Lead AI Architect for NLP & Recommender Systems

Stride, Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); Remote; USD 113,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is seeking an AI Architect to design and deliver production-grade AI solutions across the organization. You will lead a small team of AI Engineers and coordinate with UX, front-end, and SMEs to build enterprise ML capabilities.

You will oversee end-to-end model development, deployment, and governance, aligning AI work with school services and business goals. The role requires hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, containerization, and IaC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, Math, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years related experience or equivalent.
• Certifications like AWS/Azure are a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and deploy ML models, with emphasis on NLP and recommender systems.
• Lead and mentor 1–3 AI engineers and flex contributors.
• Ensure production readiness with scalable, secure, and well-documented AI solutions.

Skills

NLP models

Recommender systems

Python

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

DevOps

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Math/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ML libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch)

scikit-learn

Job description

Stride, Inc. is seeking an AI Architect to design and deliver production-grade AI solutions across the organization. You will lead a small team of AI Engineers and coordinate with UX, front-end, and SMEs to build enterprise ML capabilities.

You will oversee end-to-end model development, deployment, and governance, aligning AI work with school services and business goals. The role requires hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, containerization, and IaC.