Senior AI Orchestrator & Platform Architect

PepsiCo; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to lead the engineering of an enterprise-grade AI orchestration capability. This role encompasses technical direction, architecture standards, and governance practices essential for ensuring secure and reliable AI operations.

With a focus on cross-team collaboration and operational excellence, you will guide strategy that impacts workflows, human-agent interactions, and compliance. Candidates should have significant experience in ML, AI, and platform services, ideally holding a relevant Bachelor's or Master's degree.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in ML, Data Science, and AI required.
• Extensive experience in designing and operating enterprise platforms with production reliability.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architecture, design standards, and engineering guardrails.
• Ensure end-to-end auditability for agent actions.
• Define promotion gates and automated CI/CD standards.

Skills

Multi-tenant isolation

Scalability

Versioning

RBAC/ABAC

Audit logging models

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/ML/Data Science or equivalent

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to lead the engineering of an enterprise-grade AI orchestration capability. This role encompasses technical direction, architecture standards, and governance practices essential for ensuring secure and reliable AI operations.

With a focus on cross-team collaboration and operational excellence, you will guide strategy that impacts workflows, human-agent interactions, and compliance. Candidates should have significant experience in ML, AI, and platform services, ideally holding a relevant Bachelor's or Master's degree.