Remote Senior AI Engineer, Production ML & Systems

Maximus; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Engineer - Data Science and Algorithms to guide the AI Transformation and Experience efforts. This remote, high-impact role focuses on designing, building, and deploying production-ready AI solutions across enterprise systems and government programs.

You will mentor engineers, refine algorithms, and translate complex data problems into scalable, robust software while staying ahead of evolving AI technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 10+ years of professional experience.
• 7+ years building and data science experience with production algorithms on real data.
• 5+ years designing or building solutions in cloud environments.
• 3+ years of experience with AI, ML, or related technologies.
• Experience deploying algorithms on production systems beyond notebooks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and improve production AI solutions.
• Own difficult technical problems from initial exploration through implementation, deployment, and continuous improvement.
• Write high‑quality software and contribute directly to custom enterprise capabilities.
• Build AI‑enabled applications that integrate models, enterprise data, cloud services, APIs, and existing systems.
• Improve AI solutions by incorporating holistic algorithmic improvements.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies through hands‑on experimentation and determine where they can provide practical value in production.
• Build reusable components, libraries, patterns, and reference implementations that enable other teams to deliver AI‑based capabilities.
• Mentor other staff through solutioning of custom algorithms and solution enhancements.

Skills

Python

C++

Distributed systems

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

SageMaker

Jupyter

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Engineer - Data Science and Algorithms to guide the AI Transformation and Experience efforts. This remote, high-impact role focuses on designing, building, and deploying production-ready AI solutions across enterprise systems and government programs.

You will mentor engineers, refine algorithms, and translate complex data problems into scalable, robust software while staying ahead of evolving AI technologies.