Technical Director of Engineering, MLOps Platform - AI Infra

About the Role

NVIDIA is seeking a Technical Director of Engineering for its MLOps platform team. This role involves onboarding all ML teams onto a unified MLOps platform and architecting it for unification. NVIDIA is at the forefront of developing AI-based products across various domains. The vision is to leverage the MLOps platform developed for Autonomous Vehicles and extend its application to other use cases such as NLP, speech, recommendation systems, computer vision, and healthcare. The successful candidate will embed with ML teams to assist in developing their MLOps pipelines using a single methodology on this unified platform, identify commonalities and domain-specific aspects, and develop MLOps tools and features. This leadership position offers the opportunity to establish a unified MLOps strategy for NVIDIA, bridging MLOps production pipelines and infrastructure to create a world-class MLOps platform.

What You Will Be Doing

• Hire, lead, and manage a team of exceptional ML engineers at the intersection of platform and pipelines.
• Establish a working model for the team to be embedded into ML teams, architecting their MLOps pipelines and onboarding them onto the unified platform.
• Engage with other MLOps platform leaders to develop a unified architecture.
• Articulate and report the unified MLOps strategy for NVIDIA, covering onboarding, architecture, and roadmap.
• Establish and ensure accountability for the success metrics of MLOps adoption.
• Inspire the team by fostering a culture of user-centricity, inclusivity, and healthy debate.

What We Need To See

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Architecture, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of overall experience in distributed systems development and machine learning.
• Expertise in large-scale machine learning systems and platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to develop data-first, production machine learning pipelines.
• 10+ years of experience managing senior/principal engineers.
• Proven track record as a technical leader for complex, successful projects, from problem identification to requirements, design, implementation, deployment, and operations.
• Demonstrated ability to be a visionary leader who can understand industry problems and drive transformation.
• Balanced demeanor, intellectual humility, and inclusiveness in interactions.
• Ability to use out-of-the-box thinking for creative solutions to challenging problems.
• A fun and hardworking teammate who enjoys challenges and celebrates success.