AI & Data Science Tech Lead – Hybrid & Production ML

XPO Logistics, Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

PTO 15 days/yr

9 paid company holidays

401(k) match

Education assistance

Incentive plan

Job summary

XPO Logistics, Inc. seeks a Technical Lead Manager (TLM) for AI & Data Science to guide the design and delivery of production AI solutions in a hybrid work model from Boston. You will lead a team of scientists and engineers, set technical direction, and ensure robust decision-making across projects.

The role requires 5+ years in ML/AI, 2+ years of leadership, and strong Python/PyTorch skills. Expect collaboration with enterprise data platforms, stakeholder updates, and hands-on contributions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work or military experience.
• 5 years of experience in Machine Learning Engineering, Applied AI, Data Science, or MLOps, including hands-on experience architecting and building production ML/AI systems
• 2+ years of experience leading or acting as technical lead for a focused technical team
• Demonstrated ability to review model designs and code, evaluate architecture and technical tradeoffs, and contribute code directly when needed
• Strong technical foundation in end-to-end AI systems, such as data requirements, scalable MLOps pipelines, production-grade ML inference services and APIs

Responsibilities

• Set the technical agenda for the team's AI/ML initiatives and prioritize work across scientists and engineers.
• Architect end-to-end AI/ML systems and review model designs, code, and technical approaches.
• Contribute code directly on high-priority components as needed.
• Run daily standups and provide weekly status updates to management.
• Manage stakeholder communication across business and technical audiences.
• Partner with dependent software teams to integrate and launch models into production.
• Conduct architecture and code reviews and performance tuning to ensure engineering standards.
• Mentor scientists and engineers on production-ready AI development and best practices.
• Stay at the forefront of AI/ML engineering, GenAI, and MLOps to guide technology decisions.

Skills

ML engineering

Leadership

Code review

Python

PyTorch

AI integration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

LLM tooling

Job description

XPO Logistics, Inc. seeks a Technical Lead Manager (TLM) for AI & Data Science to guide the design and delivery of production AI solutions in a hybrid work model from Boston. You will lead a team of scientists and engineers, set technical direction, and ensure robust decision-making across projects.

The role requires 5+ years in ML/AI, 2+ years of leadership, and strong Python/PyTorch skills. Expect collaboration with enterprise data platforms, stakeholder updates, and hands-on contributions