Senior AI/ML Engineering Leader — Hybrid & Scalable Impact

Verizon; Bakersfield (CA); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) matching

Paid vacation

Job summary

Verizon seeks a senior AI leader to partner with AI Platform Engineering, guide principal engineers, and ensure compliance with Responsible AI frameworks. This hybrid role blends leadership with hands-on governance of AI deployments.

You will steer data-driven models, oversee scalable ML tasks, and maintain data science code quality while aligning with enterprise standards and safety policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Ten or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work/military experience or specialized training.
• Three or more years of managing high-performing engineering/AI teams.
• Experience in AI Science/Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with AI Platform Engineering leaders who guide product owners for compliance.
• Direct a specialized team of Principal AI Engineers and Scientists.
• Rely on compliance policies and AI safety standards to guide decisions.
• Utilize dashboards, cloud governance, and AI evaluation architecture for deployment go/no-go decisions.
• Leverage data tools to redefine raw data into scalable data science models.

Skills

AI architecture

LLMOps

Distributed systems

Team management

AI Science/Engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Engram

Agent Registry

Job description

Verizon seeks a senior AI leader to partner with AI Platform Engineering, guide principal engineers, and ensure compliance with Responsible AI frameworks. This hybrid role blends leadership with hands-on governance of AI deployments.

You will steer data-driven models, oversee scalable ML tasks, and maintain data science code quality while aligning with enterprise standards and safety policies.