Senior AI/ML Systems Architect & MLOps Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 361,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Senior Principal AI & ML Engineer to drive design, development, and deployment of AI/ML-powered applications. You will lead a team, define best practices, and deliver scalable production-grade AI solutions aligned with business goals.

You will design end-to-end AI pipelines, mentor engineers, and stay at the forefront of AI tools, frameworks, and security. Onsite daily work is required in Spring, TX or Sunnyvale, CA.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering with a focus on AI/ML application development and deployment.
• Expertise in Kubernetes—container orchestration, Helm charts, pod management, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Strong experience with MLOps/AIOps tools and practices (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, model registries, monitoring frameworks).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms – Azure, AWS, or GCP, including their AI services.
• Strong programming skills in Python; familiarity with FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks is mandatory.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitOps, Docker, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Lead and mentor development teams, drive delivery, and manage technical priorities.
• Experience working with Agentic and GenAI frameworks and vector databases etc.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) for AI workloads.
• Good understanding of AI security, responsible AI principles, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI applications, microservices, and APIs on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance across development, staging, and production environments.
• Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines covering deployment, monitoring, versioning, and continuous improvement using modern MLOps/AIOps tools and practices.
• Lead and mentor a team of AI/ML engineers, conduct code reviews, and define best practices.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging AI tools, frameworks, LLM technologies, and open-source solutions to enhance platform capabilities and team productivity.
• Collaborate closely with Business Analysts, Architect and technical teams to align AI engineering efforts with business objectives and ensure secure, compliant solutions.
• Establish and maintain technical documentation, deployment runbooks and SOPs.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

AI/ML application development

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/AI/ML

Tools

Kubernetes

MLflow

Kubeflow

Airflow

Model registries

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Python

FastAPI/Flask

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure

AWS

GCP

Vector databases

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Senior Principal AI & ML Engineer to drive design, development, and deployment of AI/ML-powered applications. You will lead a team, define best practices, and deliver scalable production-grade AI solutions aligned with business goals.

You will design end-to-end AI pipelines, mentor engineers, and stay at the forefront of AI tools, frameworks, and security. Onsite daily work is required in Spring, TX or Sunnyvale, CA.