Senior Data & AI Architect — Equity & Hybrid Role

Charter Next Generation, Inc.; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Holiday pay

Paid vacation

401(k) with company match

Performance-based bonuses

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Charter Next Generation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data/AI Architect to lead data and AI initiatives in a hybrid Chicago office.

You will design scalable data architectures, stay hands-on with Python and SQL, and drive API development and cross-functional integrations across ERP and manufacturing systems. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in data/ML disciplines, strong cloud experience, and a proven track record in production ML and MLOps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across data architecture, data engineering, ML engineering, software engineering, data science, or related disciplines.
• Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, data science, statistics, or operations research is a plus.
• Strong hands-on Python and SQL experience.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable architectures for enterprise data, analytics, ML, and AI solutions.
• Remain hands-on in Python, SQL, data pipelines, APIs, and production applications.
• Design and build integrations across ERP, manufacturing, operational, finance, and other enterprise systems.
• Develop APIs and services using Python frameworks such as FastAPI.
• Establish architecture and patterns for productionizing forecasting, optimization, ML, and AI solutions.
• Develop and promote MLOps and software engineering practices including CI/CD, testing, deployment, monitoring, and observability.
• Define reusable patterns for integrating models and AI into business applications and workflows.
• Partner with manufacturing and business teams to translate operational processes into technical solutions.
• Establish standards for data modeling, quality, security, governance, integration, and platform architecture.
• Evaluate technologies and architecture decisions based on scalability, maintainability, cost, and business value.
• Mentor data engineers, analytics engineers, data scientists, and analysts to raise engineering standards.
• Support modernization and simplification of legacy data and analytics systems.
• Periodically travel to CNG manufacturing locations to support high-value initiatives.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data architecture

ML engineering

Cloud platforms

APIs

CI/CD

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in engineering/CS

Tools

Git

Job description

Charter Next Generation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data/AI Architect to lead data and AI initiatives in a hybrid Chicago office.

You will design scalable data architectures, stay hands-on with Python and SQL, and drive API development and cross-functional integrations across ERP and manufacturing systems. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in data/ML disciplines, strong cloud experience, and a proven track record in production ML and MLOps.