Lead Data Engineer

Marvik • Colorado Springs, CO

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About The Position

Want to build the "plumbing" that powers not just analytics, but the next generation of AI applications? This role offers projects ranging from massive batch processing to real-time streaming and event-driven architectures. You will gain exposure to the cutting edge of AI Engineering, integrating Vector Databases and preparing unstructured data (text, images). You will have the opportunity to work with top-tier open-source orchestration and processing tools like Airflow, Spark, and Kafka, within a culture of continuous learning.

Requirements

• AI-driven leadership posture: you personally set the bar for AI-augmented practice — you build with AI tools, expect your team to, and know how to distinguish what's ready to ship from what still needs a human call
• 10+ years of professional experience in AI/ML, data engineering, or data science, with 4+ years in formal leadership roles (Senior Manager, Director, or Head of) at a B2B SaaS or AI/ML platform company
• Demonstrated track record of building and leading AI/ML or data teams of 5–15 people, with a strong hiring track record in the AI/ML market within the last two to three years
• Deep technical credibility across the modern AI/ML stack: data platforms (Postgres, pgvector, MongoDB or equivalent), ML platforms (training, serving, MLOps), and generative AI (LLMs, embeddings, RAG, fine-tuning, evals)
• Experience shipping production ML and AI workloads to enterprise customers with the trust patterns that come with it: evals, observability, drift detection, confidence scoring
• Excellent communication across all audiences — engineers, product, executives, and customers; strong cross-functional partnership instincts with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience in construction tech, MEP, BIM, AEC, or other CAD and engineering workflow domains
• Background in AI security and threat modeling: prompt injection, data exfiltration, agent abuse, tenant isolation for AI workloads
• Experience with Azure-native AI architecture (Azure ML, Azure AI Foundry, AKS)
• Prior experience at a Series B or growth-stage company navigating the transition from product-market fit to scale
• Background in regulated or enterprise sales motions where compliance, security, and SLA discipline are non-negotiable

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CTO and leadership to set the Intelligence strategy and roadmap; own the execution
• Build, hire, and develop the Intelligence team — set the bar for craft, shape the operating cadence, and build the collaboration patterns with product, platform, and engineering
• Stand up the canonical data substrate: schema discipline, tenancy isolation, data contracts, lineage, and governance that AI/ML workloads run cleanly against
• Stand up the ML and AI platform: model lifecycle, feature store, vector store, training and serving infrastructure, and MLOps practice
• Lead the learning and reasoning capabilities of the platform: RAG architectures, agentic data systems, knowledge graphs, and the patterns that let Stratus's data compound into platform intelligence
• Develop and drive evaluation frameworks measuring model quality, agent reliability, drift, and platform effectiveness — make AI workloads observable to engineering, product, and customer success
• Drive the build-vs-buy posture for the AI/ML stack; set production readiness standards for AI workloads in close collaboration with the platform team
• Partner with product on the AI use case portfolio; engage directly with customers when needed to ground Intelligence decisions in real workflow problems

Benefits

• Projects ranging from massive batch processing to real-time streaming and event-driven architectures.
• Exposure to the cutting edge of AI Engineering: integrating Vector Databases and preparing unstructured data (text, images).
• Opportunity to work with top-tier open-source orchestration and processing tools (Airflow, Spark, Kafka).
• A culture of continuous learning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed