Senior Machine Learning Engineering Manager
First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026.
Role Overview :
We are looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineering Manager - AI & ML to lead and grow high-performing engineering teams building large-scale backend software, platforms, and machine learning solutions. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, engineering leadership, and hands-on experience in AI, Machine Learning, or Data.
The role requires a strong track record of managing engineering teams, contributing to technical strategy, and partnering with Product Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to define and execute the direction of scalable platforms.
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of software and machine learning engineers, fostering a high-performance engineering culture.
- Drive the development and delivery of large-scale backend software, platforms, and AI/ML solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and contribute to the overall technical strategy and architecture of the team.
- Partner closely with Product Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to define product and platform direction.
- Translate business and product requirements into scalable technical solutions and engineering roadmaps.
- Guide engineering teams through system design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
- Drive engineering best practices around code quality, scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
- Identify technical challenges, dependencies, and risks and ensure timely resolution.
- Build and maintain a strong engineering organization through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
- Collaborate with Data Science, Product, Design, DevOps, and other technical teams to deliver AI/ML-driven products and platforms.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve engineering capabilities and platform performance.
- Establish engineering metrics and processes to improve productivity, quality, and delivery predictability.
- Communicate technical strategy, project progress, risks, and key decisions to senior leadership.
Required Skills & Experience :
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering management or a comparable engineering leadership role.
- Strong technical experience building and scaling large-scale backend software, distributed systems, or technology platforms.
- Proven experience managing and growing large development or engineering teams.
- Strong experience managing, mentoring, and developing software engineers and technical leaders.
- Experience working with AI, Machine Learning, Data, or related technologies.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, and engineering best practices.
- Experience contributing to and influencing technical strategy and engineering roadmaps.
- Strong experience partnering with Product Managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Excellent understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile engineering practices.
- Strong communication, stakeholder-management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Skills
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, System Architecture, Data Science