Remote AI Architect – NLP & ML Pipeline Lead

Stride, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is hiring an AI Architect distributed remotely in the United States. The role leads a small AI engineering team to design, prototype, and deploy enterprise-grade ML solutions across K12 and other business units.

Strong emphasis on NLP, recommender systems, and end-to-end ML pipelines in cloud environments. The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, implement robust MLOps practices, and collaborate with product, IT, data stewards, and executives to drive measurable outcomes while

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying ML models in NLP and recommender systems (3+ yrs).
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform for scalable environments.
• Strong communication, planning, and ability to lead small teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and deployment of production-ready AI solutions across product lines.
• Supervise 1–3 AI Engineers and flex contributors; enforce coding best practices.
• Ensure governance, data privacy, and alignment with business objectives.
• Drive DevOps/MLOps and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

NLP

Recommender systems

Python

Machine Learning

Cloud computing

DevOps practices

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

MLflow

Kubeflow

Job description

Stride, Inc. is hiring an AI Architect distributed remotely in the United States. The role leads a small AI engineering team to design, prototype, and deploy enterprise-grade ML solutions across K12 and other business units.

Strong emphasis on NLP, recommender systems, and end-to-end ML pipelines in cloud environments. The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, implement robust MLOps practices, and collaborate with product, IT, data stewards, and executives to drive measurable outcomes while