Senior Enterprise AI Architect & Leader

Sonic Healthcare USA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonic Healthcare USA is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives, architect scalable ML systems, and deploy AI-powered applications in production. This senior role requires hands-on leadership, collaboration with Engineering, Product, Security, and Data teams, and a focus on secure, compliant AI solutions.

The candidate will drive platform strategy, mentor engineers, and establish governance for AI initiatives, while staying ahead of emerging technologies and industry

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years building AI/ML systems in production.
• Proven experience designing and deploying scalable AI solutions.
• Strong programming skills, preferably in Python.
• Experience with LLMs, RAG, ML platforms, LangChain or similar, vector databases, and AI inference platforms.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives from concept through production.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and technical direction for enterprise AI and machine learning solutions.
• Design, build, and deploy AI applications, LLM-powered products, RAG pipelines, and agent-based systems.
• Establish best practices for model development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
• Drive AI platform strategy, scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to translate business needs into AI-powered solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend adoption opportunities.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across AI initiatives.
• Ensure AI solutions align with security, privacy, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Python

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LLM APIs

RAG Architecture

Vector Databases

LangChain

Kubernetes & Containers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

LangChain

Kubernetes

Job description

Sonic Healthcare USA is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives, architect scalable ML systems, and deploy AI-powered applications in production. This senior role requires hands-on leadership, collaboration with Engineering, Product, Security, and Data teams, and a focus on secure, compliant AI solutions.

The candidate will drive platform strategy, mentor engineers, and establish governance for AI initiatives, while staying ahead of emerging technologies and industry