Lead Data/AI Engineer

AT&T

Lead Data/AI Engineer driving AI Technology platform strategy and software development at AT&T. Managing stakeholder relationships and delivering high-quality data science solutions.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $166,650 - $237,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

HDFSJavaScriptPySparkPythonSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage stakeholder relationship, analyze and interpret business objectives, transform those needs into relevant data manipulation requirements, and anticipate risks, mitigate roadblocks, and execute outputs for leadership.
Provide thought leadership to executives that drive AI Technology platform strategy to align and optimize AI/ML tooling to facilitate highly productive Data Science solutioning including AI-Computer Vision, Data & Visual Analytics (DVA), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and AI-Knowledge Graph.
Acquire buy-in that must be secured from key leadership stakeholders to sponsor key strategies.
Provide thought leadership to executives that drive best-in-class software development that must be integrated with the data science artifacts, developed and manipulated to test by data scientists and testing iterations must be performed.
Review data science outputs of entire solution and vet for accuracy.
Present strategic vision to both executives and conduct public speaking to moderately sized audiences.
Synthesize complex, technical, software-based solutions into non-technical/ executive level appropriate presentation.
Mentor peer technical colleagues and present at organizational level knowledge share events.
Endeavor to submit patents and white papers for publication.
Apply knowledge with JVM-based function languages.
Utilize alternative HDFS-based computing frameworks including Spark.
Utilize Python programming, JavaScript Data Visualization.
Utilize PySpark, AI-Knowledge Graph, and AI-Computer Vision.
Utilize Image Processing and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) model packages.
Utilize Big Data technologies and multiple programming languages including Databricks, Python, PySpark, and SQL.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires a Bachelor degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Math, Scientific Computing, or Computer Engineering
3 years of experience in the job offered, or 3 years of experience in a related occupation
Applying knowledge with JVM-based function languages
Utilizing alternative HDFS-based computing frameworks including Spark
Utilizing Python programming, JavaScript Data Visualization
Utilizing PySpark, AI-Knowledge Graph, and AI-Computer Vision
Utilizing Image Processing and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) model packages
Utilizing Big Data technologies and multiple programming languages including Databricks, Python, PySpark, and SQL

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonJavaScriptSQLPySparkSparkOptical Character Recognition (OCR)AI-Computer VisionAI-Knowledge GraphImage ProcessingBig Data technologies

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementthought leadershippublic speakingmentoringpresentation skillsrisk mitigationstrategic visiondata interpretationcommunicationcollaboration