Director of AI Solutions & Engineering

Position Title: Director of AI Solutions & Engineering

Location: Dallas, TX

Your role

We are seeking a visionary and technically elite Director of AI Solutions & Engineering to lead the architecture, engineering, and delivery of enterprise-grade AI solutions within our Corporate Data Office and AI team. This role blends deep technical expertise, strategic leadership, and hands-on engineering to deliver next-generation AI applications that leverage the full power of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science.

You will own the end-to-end architecture and development of AI systems—leveraging the Microsoft Azure stack (Semantic Kernel, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Azure AI Search), React-based front ends, advanced evaluation and observability frameworks, and integrated ML workflows. The ideal candidate is a full-stack AI technologist fluent in AI-assisted development tools, capable of designing scalable architectures, leading engineering execution, embedding machine learning experimentation into the build process, and driving data science–driven insights into business solutions.

What you’ll do

AI Architecture & Engineering Leadership

• Define and own the enterprise AI architecture blueprint to support Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, machine learning pipelines, and multi-modal AI solutions.
• Architect and implement end-to-end AI applications using Azure Semantic Kernel, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Azure AI Search, and modern front-end frameworks (React/Next.js).
• Lead integration of AI solutions with enterprise data sources, APIs, and secure cloud/on-prem environments.
• Design high-availability, secure, and compliant AI systems aligned to enterprise standards.

Machine Learning & Data Science Integration

• Oversee ML model lifecycle management from feature engineering and model training to deployment, monitoring, and retraining.
• Direct data science initiatives that use predictive modeling, NLP, and statistical analysis to inform and optimize business processes.
• Guide teams in experiment design, A/B testing, and model performance analysis.
• Ensure ML/AI models are explainable, ethical, and auditable, aligning with governance and compliance requirements.

Full Stack AI Development

• Direct and contribute to development across the full stack—from prompt engineering and orchestration to data pipelines, model integration, and UI/UX.
• Build AI evaluation frameworks with automated testing, benchmarking, and real-time performance monitoring.
• Implement AI Observability solutions for accuracy, latency, drift detection, hallucination monitoring, and bias detection.
• Integrate AI FinOps practices to measure, manage, and optimize AI infrastructure costs.

AI Tooling & Automation

• Champion the use of AI-assisted coding, testing, and documentation tools to maximize team productivity.
• Leverage n8n and similar workflow automation platforms to orchestrate AI pipelines and integrate with business processes.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt cutting-edge AI frameworks, SDKs, and cloud-native services.

Technical Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to define AI/ML roadmaps, project priorities, and success metrics.
• Communicate architectural decisions and technical trade-offs to C-level executives and technical teams alike.
• Lead AI engineering and data science standards, governance, and best practices across the organization.

What you’ll need

Required

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or related field; PhD preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, software architecture, or enterprise solution delivery, including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record architecting and deploying AI solutions at scale using Azure cloud services (Semantic Kernel, Functions, Cosmos DB, Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI).
• Expert in full-stack development, including front-end (React/Next.js), backend APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong proficiency in machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and experience with NLP, RAG, and AI agent development.
• Proficiency in AI orchestration frameworks (Semantic Kernel, LangChain) and AI evaluation/observability platforms.
• Experience integrating vector databases and graph databases into AI/ML solutions.
• Hands-on experience with AI workflow orchestration tools like n8n, Airflow, or Prefect.
• Demonstrated experience applying data science methodologies to business problems.
• Experience implementing AI cost optimization (AI FinOps) and observability practices.

Preferred

• Experience in multi-agent AI systems, reinforcement learning, or generative AI product delivery.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and ethical AI considerations for enterprise deployments.

Exceptional communication skills, capable of influencing technical and non-technical audiences.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our team

IT

Our IT team is at the heart of our business. We develop infrastructures, design and build networks, support servers and provide the first line of support by delivering rich connectivity for our customers. With new data centers coming online all the time, it’s a rapidly changing technical environment so our team is always ready to innovate and take the lead on projects. We constantly develop, deploy and support vital networks and data services that drive business performance and improve life for customers around the globe.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.