Senior Data & AI Solutions Architect - Client-Facing

United States Digital Space LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

the company seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead end-to-end data, AI, and application deployment for enterprise customers in Austin. You will own architecture, drive design choices, and deliver scalable, production-grade solutions with deep customer empathy.

The role combines data engineering, ML/AI model integration, and customer-facing delivery, including architecture guidance, reference implementations, and scalable accelerators across accounts.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering.
• Comfortable writing code in either Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks.
• Working knowledge of two or more common Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one.
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark™ and knowledge of Spark runtime internals.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments.
• Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs.
• Design and deployment of performant production end-to-end data architectures and applications that combine data pipelines, ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
• Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes, translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
• Documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range.
• Build skills in technical areas, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies which support the deployment and integration of the company-based solutions to complete customer projects.
• Travel to customers 20% of the time.
• the company Certification

Responsibilities

• Lead production-grade systems and reference architectures for customer projects.
• Own architecture decisions to ensure secure, scalable solutions.
• Embed with customer teams and provide feedback to engineering/product teams.
• Collaborate with project managers, architects, and customer teams to deliver engagements.
• Deliver with customer empathy and ensure outcomes meet specifications.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Spark

CI/CD

MLOps

Python/Scala/JS

Job description

the company seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead end-to-end data, AI, and application deployment for enterprise customers in Austin. You will own architecture, drive design choices, and deliver scalable, production-grade solutions with deep customer empathy.

The role combines data engineering, ML/AI model integration, and customer-facing delivery, including architecture guidance, reference implementations, and scalable accelerators across accounts.