Director of AI applied solutions

Megazone Cloud US • Frisco, TX

4d

About The Position

Reporting to the CTO, our new ] Director of Applied AI Solutions is the senior, client-facing technologist who converts business opportunities into production-ready AI/ML and GenAI platforms on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Reporting to the CTO, you’ll consult with C-suite stakeholders, architect end-to-end solutions—spanning data ingestion to responsible-AI guardrails—and steer multidisciplinary engineering teams through build, deployment, and post-production optimization. You will deliver world-class outcomes to our customers on AWS, Azure, GCP, and with our leading AI, Data, and Security ISV partners.

Requirements

• 8+ years in data science, ML engineering, or AI architecture
• Demonstrated production delivery of applied AI (traditional ML, deep learning, GenAI/LLMs) on at least two hyperscalers.
• 2+ years progressive experience in cloud architecture, consulting, or solutions engineering; 5+ years leading cross-functional technical teams.
• Hands-on expertise with MLOps stacks and IaC.
• Strong grasp of DevSecOps, IaC, container, CI/CD, SRE, and FinOps.
• Demonstrated ability to present to C-suite audiences
• Relevant certifications—e.g., AWS ML Specialty, Azure AI Engineer, Google Professional ML Engineer.
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field (Master’s/PhD preferred).

Nice To Haves

• Experience integrating data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops to surface AI, ML, and GenAI use-cases.
• Develop business cases, TCO/ROI models, and executive roadmaps.
• Design cloud-native reference architectures covering data pipelines, feature stores, model-training, vector databases, and real-time inference.
• Expert-level relationships with AWS, Azure, GCP, and key AI ISV partners.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, webinars, and roundtables.
• Publish white papers, deliver conference talks, and brief analysts to position the firm as an applied-AI innovator.
• Track emerging research (LLM fine-tuning, agent frameworks, privacy-preserving ML) and inject into offerings.

Benefits

• Our Product is Our People: We live by this. We invest in people who invest in themselves. Your growth is our growth.
• True Servant Leadership: Our CTO leads with a "force multiplier" philosophy. Management is here to empower you and clear roadblocks, not to micromanage. We won't ask you to do anything we're not willing to do ourselves.
• Flat Organization, Real Impact: Your voice and designs will directly shape our technical roadmap and our clients' success. You'll work on the latest tech to solve real problems.
• A "Learn-from-it" Culture: We're moving fast and building new things. We believe mistakes are learning opportunities, not failures.
• We seek diverse talent who are ready to make an immediate impact. We believe that innovation thrives when teams are built with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you are excited by this mission, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience doesn't perfectly match every qualification listed.
• Megazone Cloud is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director