Senior Manager, AI / ML Engineering

Job Description

What You'll Do We are seeking an experienced Senior AI Machine Learning Manager to lead our dynamic team in developing cutting-edge AI ML solutions. This role is perfect for someone passionate about leveraging AI and ML, inspire creativity, and create impactful products. You will be responsible for our Generative AI systems and how we apply them at Avalara to simplify and scale tax compliance across our entire portfolio of products. Major initiatives currently involve creating conversational agents. As an integral part of our leadership team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our AI ML initiatives, manage a talented team of AI professionals, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement strategic projects. This role will report to Sr Director of AI ML. What Your Responsibilities Will Be Lead and manage a team of AIML engineers, overseeing project lifecycles from conception to deployment, ensuring high-quality standards and timely delivery. Mentor and develop team members, providing guidance on technical challenges, career development, and professional growth opportunities. Stay abreast of the latest AIML technologies and methodologies, incorporating new and innovative approaches into our projects to maintain competitive advantage. Develop and execute our AIML strategy, aligning with the company's objectives, and ensuring the team's projects support this vision. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and design, to define project requirements, set priorities, and allocate resources effectively. Ensure operational excellence, implementing best practices in project management, software development, and quality assurance to optimize team performance and productivity. Manage stakeholder communications, providing regular updates on project status, key milestones, and any challenges or risks, ensuring alignment and support across the organization. What You'll Need to be Successful Specific Qualifications Proven expertise in Gen AI technologies and methodologies, with a strong portfolio of projects demonstrating your ability to apply these in solving complex problems. Experience with building and deploying to enterprise production environments APIs powered by AI Machine Learning systems. Proficiency in programming languages relevant to AI ML, such as Python, R, Java, Scala, C++ and familiarity with AI ML frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn). Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and understanding of how to leverage these for scalable, secure, reliable distributed systems with complex workflows relying on AI ML solutions. Strong background in data engineering and familiarity with database technologies, as well as, data processing / ETL pipelines and visualization tools. General Qualifications Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related science field. A minimum of 10 years of experience in AI ML with at least 5 years in a leadership or management position, overseeing technical teams. Excellent project management skills, with experience in agile methodologies. This is a remote role.