AI Architect

Position: AI Architect

Location: Fort Worth, TX 76155  (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite)
Duration: 6+ Months
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description:

• We are seeking a highly experienced AI Architect to join a centralized Machine Learning and AI team supporting multiple business units within a large enterprise environment. This role requires deep expertise in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, enterprise AI architecture, scalable ML deployment and AI platform engineering.

• The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience designing, building, deploying and monitoring enterprise-grade AI/ML solutions while driving reusable platform capabilities across teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect scalable AI/ML solutions for enterprise business use cases

• Develop, train, validate, and deploy Machine Learning and Deep Learning models

• Build reusable AI platform components, templates, APIs, and deployment frameworks for cross-functional teams

• Design and implement end-to-end ML pipelines including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance

• Develop scalable and distributed AI solutions using cloud platforms and parallel processing technologies

• Implement AI monitoring, telemetry, observability, and reliability engineering practices

• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact AI solutions

• Support model optimization, production troubleshooting, and operational excellence initiatives

• Drive AI best practices, platform standardization, and reusable architecture patterns across teams

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline

• 10+ years of experience in a technical professional environment

• Strong hands-on experience with Python programming

• Strong expertise in Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms and implementations

• Experience designing and deploying end-to-end Machine Learning pipelines in enterprise environments

• Strong knowledge of supervised learning models including classification and regression techniques

• Hands-on experience building scalable production-grade AI systems

• Strong understanding of AI platform architecture, API design, distributed systems, and reliability engineering

• Experience with data extraction, cleansing, analysis, and feature engineering

• Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Databricks and Azure ML

• Experience with SQL and visualization tools such as Tableau and PowerBI

• Experience building reusable AI platform components and enterprise ML frameworks

• Experience implementing AI quality evaluation and monitoring frameworks

• Practical experience with MLOps and AI operational readiness practices

• Consulting or client-facing experience preferred

• Airline industry experience is a plus

Top Must-Have Skills:

• MS/PhD Degree

• Python

• Machine Learning

• Deep Learning

• ML Design and Deployment

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Databricks

• Azure ML

• SQL

• Tableau

• PowerBI

Team Environment:

• The candidate will join a centralized AI/ML team supporting multiple business units including Loyalty and Marketplace initiatives.

• The environment is collaborative, innovation-driven, and focused on delivering measurable business and revenue impact.

• The resource will work closely with senior and principal-level data scientists, engineers, and product stakeholders while independently driving AI solution development and deployment.