[Hiring] Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer @Rackspace

Rackspace; United States; Remote; USD 128,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer to join their remote team. The role focuses on designing and delivering machine learning solutions using GCP, requiring extensive experience in AI/ML technologies and a relevant degree. Candidates will lead projects and collaborate directly with clients to implement innovative solutions that drive business success, while also keeping up with the latest in machine learning research. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving skills, emotional intelligence, and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience for Masters or 6+ years for PhD in ML.
• 5+ years experience building ML solutions.
• Strong coding experience in Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute ML projects from proof of concept to deployment.
• Collaborate with customers to understand requirements.
• Manage all phases of machine learning projects, including model development.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Deep Learning

GCP cloud

Python

Communication

Problem-Solving

Education

Masters or PhD in Machine Learning or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hugging Face

Job description

Jun 12, 2025 - Rackspace is hiring a remote Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer. Salary: $128,300 - $219,230. Location: USA.

About the Role:

We are expanding our team of motivated technologists with a proven track record of delivering results in technology consulting. We are looking for a Machine Learning Architect with experience in GCP cloud who is passionate about helping customers build AI/ML solutions at scale. Being an experienced technologist with technical depth and breadth, aided with strong interpersonal skills, you will work directly with customers as part of a delivery team, helping to enable innovation by creating state of the art Machine Learning solutions that align to business goals.

This role includes responsibilities both as a Professional Services Machine Learning Architect and as a hands-on Machine Learning engineer on customer engagements.

The qualified Machine Learning Architect will have demonstrated the ability to think strategically about businesses, create technical definitions around customer objectives in complex situations, develop solution strategies, motivate & mobilize resources, and deliver results. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is a critical component to be successful in this role. We seek team members who are self-motivated, driven, collaborative, passionate about machine learning, and want to have a direct positive impact on our customer's business. Strong communication skills and emotional intelligence are also needed to help develop a team that works with you.

Work Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities

Design machine learning solutions and execute machine learning projects end to end from proof-of-concept stage to deployment in production using cloud native technologies and state of the art machine learning models.

Be technically focused but work directly with the business representatives/customers to understand the requirements driving the need for a solution to be developed.

Be responsible for all phases of the project from problem definition, data annotation, model development, model deployment to end user documentation/training.

Design the architecture of ML solutions on GCP cloud platforms including MLOPs.

Stay abreast of the latest developments. Read the latest published machine learning research and adapt the models to solve customer’s problems.

Establish credibility by demonstrating technical excellence and delivering value through solutions you build. Develop strong relationships with our customers.

Qualifications

Masters with 10+ years of experience or PhD with 6+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Deep Learning.

Minimum 5+ years of experience architecting and building Machine Learning solutions.

Minimum 5+ years of experience with GCP cloud.

Experience building ML models and strong knowledge of ML techniques is required.

Experience with hugging face, TensorFlow/pytorch, transformer architectures, prompt engineering, agentic systems, LLMs.

Strong coding experience in Python and architectural patterns like microservices.

Solid understanding of agile methodologies and experience in planning machine learning projects from inception to production deployment.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead a team on “what’s next” when encountering a technical issue in a machine learning project.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Travel

Travel as per business requirements

Sponsorship

Candidate must be legally able to work for any employer in the US

This role is not sponsorship eligible

The following information is required by pay transparency legislation in the following states: CA, CO, HI, NY, and WA. This information applies only to individuals working in these states.

· The anticipated starting pay range for Colorado is: $128,300 - 188,210

· The anticipated starting pay range for the states of Hawaii and New York (not including NYC) is: $136,600 - 200,310

· The anticipated starting pay range for California, New York City and Washington is: $149,500 - 219,230

Unless already included in the posted pay range and based on eligibility, the role may include variable compensation in the form of bonus, commissions, or other discretionary payments. These discretionary payments are based on company and/or individual performance and may change at any time. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. Information on benefits offered is here.

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About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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