AI Platform Lead — Energy & Utilities

Smart Energy Water; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SEW.ai seeks a senior AI/ML leader to drive development and deployment of AI solutions across Energy & Utilities platforms. You will guide model architecture, training pipelines, and governance while mentoring engineers and collaborating with clients and partners.

You will translate complex use cases into scalable AI features, ensuring responsible AI practices and strong cross-functional partnerships. This role demands strategic thinking and hands-on technical leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or related field.
• 5–8+ years of experience in AI/ML or data science.
• Experience with large-scale financial or transactional data is preferred.
• Ability to influence business strategy and communicate at all levels.
• Ability to translate client challenges from business and technology perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and deployment of AI/ML and Vertical AI solutions for Energy & Utilities platform use cases.
• Serve as business/technical leader for model architecture, feature engineering, training pipelines, and inference services.
• Mentor AI Engineers and ML practitioners; provide code and design reviews.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

NLP

MLOps

LangChain

Vector embeddings

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

LangChain

Semantic search

Vector databases

Job description

SEW.ai seeks a senior AI/ML leader to drive development and deployment of AI solutions across Energy & Utilities platforms. You will guide model architecture, training pipelines, and governance while mentoring engineers and collaborating with clients and partners.

You will translate complex use cases into scalable AI features, ensuring responsible AI practices and strong cross-functional partnerships. This role demands strategic thinking and hands-on technical leadership.