Director - AI Engineering at Slalom · Austin, TX · Joined
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Director - AI Engineering
Slalom · Austin, TX · Just now · 0 applicants
NewOn-siteFull-timeManager
Pay
$215k–$275kListed
Workplace
On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Manager
Team: AI Engineering · Source: jobright · Posted by joined-scrapper
About the role
Slalom seeks a Director of AI Engineering to lead client delivery, technical architecture, and portfolio growth while developing AI/ML engineering and data science teams. The role combines hands-on production engineering with people leadership, practice management, and executive client engagement.
What you’ll do
Lead client delivery and technical architecture for AI-enabled solutions
Develop and grow AI/ML engineering, architecture, and data science teams
Combine hands-on design and production engineering with people leadership
Drive portfolio growth and executive client engagement
Manage practice management and capability development
Own technical quality, stakeholder relationships, and financial/operational health
What you’ll need
10+ years in AI, machine learning, data science, software engineering, or related field with production delivery experience
8+ years building and operating production services, data products, ML platforms, or intelligent applications
5+ years of technical leadership, people leadership, or capability management experience
2+ years designing and delivering GenAI, LLM, RAG, or agentic AI systems in controlled production use
Strong current coding ability in Python and SQL with judgment for prototypes, code review, and engineering tradeoffs
Deep experience with RAG and agentic architectures, including embeddings, retrieval, orchestration, evaluation, and guardrails
Original job description
Slalom is a business and technology consulting company that partners with clients to co-create modern technology, software products, and AI-enabled solutions. The Director of AI Engineering leads client delivery, technical architecture, portfolio growth, and the development of AI/ML engineering, architecture, and data science teams. The role combines…