Senior AI Architect — NLP, ML Pipelines & MLOps

Stride, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is seeking an AI Architect to design and deliver production-ready AI solutions. You will lead a small team of AI Engineers and collaborate with UX, front-end, and SMEs to build enterprise ML systems that drive actionable business outcomes.

The role requires deep expertise in NLP, recommender systems, and end-to-end ML pipelines in cloud environments, with strong DevOps/MLOps practices and governance alignment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying ML models, especially NLP and recommender systems.
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform to build scalable environments.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and deploy ML models across product lines.
• Lead a small AI team; mentor engineers and flex contributors.
• Develop end-to-end ML pipelines in cloud environments and manage governance.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, IT managers and executives.
• Ensure data privacy, documentation, and monitoring for performance.

Skills

NLP

Recommender systems

Python

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

DevOps/MLOps

Communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Math/Engineering

Six years related experience or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Job description

Stride, Inc. is seeking an AI Architect to design and deliver production-ready AI solutions. You will lead a small team of AI Engineers and collaborate with UX, front-end, and SMEs to build enterprise ML systems that drive actionable business outcomes.

The role requires deep expertise in NLP, recommender systems, and end-to-end ML pipelines in cloud environments, with strong DevOps/MLOps practices and governance alignment.