Blend360
Technology
SeniorAIArchitect-GenAI&RecommendationSystems
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“Senior AI Architect - GenAI & Recommendation Systems at Blend360. Skills: AI Architecture, GenAI, Recommendation Systems, Deep Learning, Transformer Models, MLOps. Define technical investments with business objectives. Mentor AI/ML engineers”
Industry & Context.
Problem framing; Translate ambiguous business problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or quantitative field, 10+ years of experience in data science and machine learning, 3–5 years in people management or technical leadership role, Deep, hands-on expertise designing and training custom transformer architectures, Applied data science foundation, Proficiency in Python, Proficiency in core ML/DL libraries, Direct experience with industry datasets in marketing & media OR telecommunications, Command of SQL, Experience with large-scale data platforms, Experience owning end-to-end MLOps, Exceptional executive communication skills
Nice to Have
Ph.D. strongly preferred, Professional services experience, Experience with privacy-preserving ML, Knowledge of graph neural networks (GNNs), Published research or conference contributions, Experience with real-time inference and streaming ML pipelines, Experience building custom transformer models, Deep experience with OpenAI focused on embeddings
What You'll Do.
Define technical investments with business objectives
Mentor AI/ML engineers
Manage AI/ML engineers
Manage senior data scientists
Manage MLOps engineers
Set performance expectations
Foster high-performance culture
Partner with cross-functional leaders
Prioritize initiatives
Measure organizational impact
Establish engineering standards
Establish code review practices
Establish model governance frameworks
Lead design of custom transformer models
Lead development of custom transformer models
Drive innovation in attention mechanisms
Drive innovation in positional encodings
Drive innovation in tokenization strategies
Oversee adaptation of foundation models
Oversee fine-tuning of foundation models
Champion reproducible experimentation
Champion architectural decision documentation
Oversee end-to-end data science workflows
Deploy models to production
Ensure statistical rigor
Guide team in building data pipelines
Lead technical discovery with clients
Lead solutioning with clients
Translate business problems into AI initiatives
Present AI strategy to C-suite
Present model results to C-suite
Present roadmap updates to C-suite
Contribute to business development
Support RFP responses
Lead technical portions of client proposals
Help grow AI engineering practice
Establish production standards for model deployment
Establish production standards for model monitoring
Establish production standards for drift detection
Establish production standards for automated retraining
Drive adoption of MLOps best practices
Implement model governance
Implement explainability
Implement responsible AI standards
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional leaders; AI/ML engineers; Senior data scientists; MLOps engineers; Enterprise clients; C-suite stakeholders
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Client presentations; Technical strategy; Model results; Roadmap updates
Process & Methodology
Roadmap definition, Resource allocation
Full Job Description
Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. With a mission to fuel bold visions, Blend tackles significant challenges by seamlessly aligning human expertise with artificial intelligence. The company is dedicated to unlocking value and fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy. We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world, creating more fulfilling work and projects for our people and clients. For more information, visit [www.blend360.com](http://www.blend360.com/). We are seeking a visionary and execution-oriented AI Architect (Data Science) to join our team. In this senior, client facing role, you will own the full lifecycle of AI model development, setting technical strategy and ensuring that cutting-edge machine learning solutions move from concept to production with business impact at their core. With roots in data science and hands-on expertise in custom transformer architecture, you will bring both the credibility to lead technical teams. You will operate at the intersection of stakeholder management and deep technical execution and you should be equally comfortable presenting to a senior audience and reviewing model architecture with your team. This is a high-impact, high-autonomyy role with significant organizational influence. You will define the AI roadmap, establish engineering best practices, and champion a culture of rigorous, reproducible, and responsible machine learning. Strategic Leadership & Team Management * Define technical investments with business objectives * Mentor, and manage AI/ML engineers, senior data scientists, and MLOps engineers—setting performance expectations and a high-performance culture. * Partner with cross-functional leaders to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and measure organizational impact. * Establish en
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