Senior Applied AI Architect & Enterprise Advisor

Aimlroles; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Incentive pay

Job summary

Pure Storage is seeking an experienced AI advisory professional for a Staff/Principal role. You will blend research, consulting, and technical leadership to scope high‑impact AI initiatives across enterprise accounts and partners.

You will communicate with PhD data scientists and C‑suite leaders, shaping AI strategy and ROI. The role emphasizes deep technical depth, cross‑functional collaboration, and global delivery with travel.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (CS, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related) or equivalent demonstrated through publications and production system experience

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and advisory engagements with customers to identify high‑value AI use cases
• Advise on end‑to‑end AI deployment — model selection, training/fine‑tuning strategies, inference optimization, data pipeline design
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to qualify and position AI opportunities, and develop proof‑of‑value prototypes
• Create AI enablement content for field teams, partners, and customers
• Present at industry conferences, publish technical content and peer‑reviewed research
• Operate autonomously in ambiguous environments and drive initiatives to completion

Skills

AI/ML expert

Communication

Independent researcher

Education

Advanced degree in CS/Physics/Math/Engineering or equivalent publications

Tools

PyTorch

vLLM

Ray

Kubernetes

Spark

Snowflake

Kafka

Job description

Pure Storage is seeking an experienced AI advisory professional for a Staff/Principal role. You will blend research, consulting, and technical leadership to scope high‑impact AI initiatives across enterprise accounts and partners.

You will communicate with PhD data scientists and C‑suite leaders, shaping AI strategy and ROI. The role emphasizes deep technical depth, cross‑functional collaboration, and global delivery with travel.