Senior AI/ML Engineer for Enterprise & Student Success

Fordham University Portal; Rose Hill (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fordham University Portal is seeking a senior AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and implement practical AI/ML solutions across the university. This technical lead role advances enterprise AI strategies and collaborates with AVP, IT, data governance, and academic stakeholders.

The position focuses on developing student-support agents, predictive models for enrollment and operations, and secure, privacy-preserving implementations.

Qualifications

• Designing, building, and implementing practical artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions.
• Technical implementation lead experience.
• Developing targeted AI agents to support the student journey.
• Building predictive models to anticipate institutional needs.
• Translating institutional needs into secure, scalable, ethical, and privacy-compliant AI/ML solutions.
• Improving campus operations, decision support, and student outcomes through AI/ML.
• Assisting in the development of technical roadmaps for AI/ML implementation.
• Building and supporting retrieval-augmented generation workflows.
• Building and supporting vector database integrations.
• Building and supporting AI application components.
• Using approved platforms, institutional data sources, and responsible development practices.
• Serving as a liaison between university leadership, technical teams, and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Designs and deploys multi-agent systems capable of reasoning, tool-use, and autonomous problem-solving throughout the student success lifecycle.
• Develops and maintains predictive models for student success, enrollment planning, and operational efficiency.
• Identifies opportunities to improve university operations and student outcomes through AI/ML solutions.
• Assists in the development of the technical roadmap for AI/ML implementation with governance and privacy focus.
• Builds and supports retrieval-augmented generation workflows and vector database integrations.

Skills

AI/ML design

Multi-agent systems

Predictive modeling

Stakeholder liaison

Ethics & privacy

Roadmap development

Technical leadership

Deployment & ops

Education

PhD in CS

Tools

Vector databases

Retrieval-augmented generation

Job description

Fordham University Portal is seeking a senior AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and implement practical AI/ML solutions across the university. This technical lead role advances enterprise AI strategies and collaborates with AVP, IT, data governance, and academic stakeholders.

The position focuses on developing student-support agents, predictive models for enrollment and operations, and secure, privacy-preserving implementations.