Director of AI Engineering
Core
Lead a specialized team of AI engineers to develop, fine-tune, and deploy foundation models (transformer-based and generative AI) to solve real business problems and deliver high-value use cases.
Role type
Director of AI Engineering (Hands-on IC with delivery leadership)
Builds
Production-ready AI solutions, foundation model applications, and scalable deployment patterns for Mastercard's digital payments ecosystem.
Domain
Financial services / Generative AI / Foundation Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Transformer architecture expertise, generative AI development, fine-tuning, prompting strategies, embeddings, model evaluation, Python, ML frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow), MLOps, data engineering collaboration, team leadership, technical coaching, risk management.
Preferred skills
Experience bridging model development with real-world business application, operating in fast-moving AI landscapes with ambiguity.
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Python, transformer-based systems, generative AI systems.
Responsibilities
Lead team development of foundation models, drive end-to-end delivery of AI use cases, partner with stakeholders to prioritize high-impact projects, establish best practices for model evaluation and responsible AI, provide technical guidance and coaching to engineers, track delivery progress and manage risks.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with delivery leadership
