Director, Enterprise AI & MLOps Platform

Flexjet LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Flexjet LLC seeks a Director of AI Engineering to lead enterprise‑scale ML and Generative AI initiatives, building reliable production systems and scalable AI platforms. You will shape strategy, oversee MLOps, cloud infra, and governance while guiding a team of AI and MLOps engineers to deliver secure, compliant solutions.

You will collaborate with data science, software, security, DevOps, and product leadership to align technology with business goals, and report platform performance to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, platform engineering, MLOps, or DevOps.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing and mentoring technical teams in fast-paced, technology-driven environments.
• Experience implementing and deploying complex and integrated information systems.
• Proven experience in leading application development teams in an enterprise environment.
• Experience working with Agile methodology.
• Experience in managing large projects including setting deadlines, identifying interdependencies, communicating with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and setting expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of enterprise AI, Generative AI, and MLOps platforms while establishing standards for model development, deployment, monitoring, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Design and scale cloud-native AI infrastructure, including distributed compute environments, containerized platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and cost-optimized ML operations.
• Oversee the production deployment of machine learning and LLM-powered applications, including RAG solutions, AI copilots, model evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and automated retraining processes.
• Ensure compliance with responsible AI, security, risk management, data privacy, auditability, reproducibility, documentation, and regulatory requirements.
• Build and manage reusable AI platform services and frameworks that support multiple data science and engineering teams.
• Lead, mentor, and grow teams of AI Engineers and MLOps Engineers, fostering engineering excellence, innovation, talent development, and performance accountability.
• Partner with Data Scientists, Software Engineering, Security, DevOps, and Product leadership teams to drive enterprise AI adoption and align technical strategy with business objectives.
• Communicate AI platform vision, roadmap, and operational performance to executive stakeholders.

Skills

MLOps

Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure

LLM deployment

Python

CI/CD

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT or related field

Job description

Flexjet LLC seeks a Director of AI Engineering to lead enterprise‑scale ML and Generative AI initiatives, building reliable production systems and scalable AI platforms. You will shape strategy, oversee MLOps, cloud infra, and governance while guiding a team of AI and MLOps engineers to deliver secure, compliant solutions.

You will collaborate with data science, software, security, DevOps, and product leadership to align technology with business goals, and report platform performance to