Senior Principal, ML/AI

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Lexington, KY, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence
The Role
Leads major cross-functional ML and AI initiatives, owns an 18–24-month technical roadmap, and influences engineering, product, operations, and business priorities. Architectures scalable end-to-end ML systems, advances generative AI and 2D/3D modeling capabilities, removes technical and operational obstacles, mentors teams, and drives measurable revenue, cost, quality, and efficiency improvements. Serves as a subject-matter expert for ML infrastructure, data pipelines, model governance, tooling, and production operations.
Summary Generated by Built In

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity.

Xometry is seeking a Senior Principal, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence to join our team. You will serve as a technical leader for large, cross-functional ML/AI initiatives that have significant and lasting business impact. You will own and drive an 18- to 24-month technical roadmap that balances innovation with business value delivery. You will work closely with engineering, product, design, manufacturing operations, and business leadership to influence partner roadmaps and resourcing. You will be a respected subject-matter expert, proactively removing roadblocks for teams and tackling problems beyond your immediate scope. You will identify and lead on opportunities to drive revenue growth, cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and competitive differentiation — especially in areas involving 2D/3D part understanding, generative AI, and advanced machine-learning platforms.

How You’ll Contribute:

  • Serve as the technical leader of multiple large, cross-functional ML/AI solutions with significant, lasting impact across Xometry’s business
  • Define, and drive the 18-24-month ML/AI technical roadmap - balancing breakthrough innovation (e.g., generative 3D, foundation models, large-scale vision/3D pipelines) with reliable business value delivery (e.g., quoting accuracy, lead-time reduction, defect detection, cost optimization
  • Influence partner roadmaps across engineering, product, operations, and business teams: align priorities, advise on resourcing, champion ML/AI best practices
  • Proactively identify and remove roadblocks for teams and projects — whether technical, operational, data-related, or resource constraints
  • Mentorship of individuals and technical teams
  • Act as a trusted SME with strong cross-functional partnerships: your insights and guidance will shape ML/AI infrastructure, data, model, infrastructure, and tooling decisions
  • Play a leadership role in identifying areas of opportunity — e.g., using ML/AI to unlock new revenue streams (e.g., rapid quoting for new manufacturing modalities, generative design for customers), reduce cost (e.g., automated quality inspection), or optimize efficiency (e.g., 3D-geometry classification, defect detection, generating manufacturing ready models)
  • Address problems adjacent to your sphere of immediate influence: proactively tackle challenges outside direct scope and champion holistic solutions
  • Stay ahead of industry developments in ML, AI, generative AI, 2D/3D modeling and manufacturing tech; translate insights into the improvement of internal best practices, tooling, frameworks, model governance, data pipelines, and operationalization
  • Consistently scrutinize existing work, identify opportunities for incremental growth and efficiency optimization - whether in inference latency, model retraining intervals, feature pipelines, cost of compute, or automation of manual tasks

What You'll Bring to Xometry:

  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related field (PhD preferred for deep generative/3D modeling emphasis)
  • 12+ years of professional experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or data science roles — with several years in senior or principal capacity leading major programs
  • Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering large scale ML/AI solutions - end-to-end from data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring & operations
  • Deep expertise in machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), data engineering, model infrastructure, MLOps, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and scalable production systems
  • Experience in 3D modeling / geometry / computer vision / generative models (e.g., point-cloud processing, mesh processing, text23D, image23D, CAD/CAM integration) is highly desirable
  • Strong exposure to generative AI techniques (large language models, multimodal models, diffusion, GANs) and translating them into business use-cases
  • Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills: you can partner with product, engineering, ops, manufacturing, design, business leadership and translate technical concepts into business language
  • Proven ability to influence without direct authority and drive change across organizations
  • Strong communication and presentation skills; you can articulate technical vision, roadmap, trade-offs and outcomes to senior leadership
  • Track record of identifying and delivering measurable business impact via ML/AI - e.g., revenue growth, cost savings, improved efficiency
  • Experience mentoring and guiding teams of ML engineers / data scientists / AI researchers, shaping team culture, practices, and career growth

We also offer a competitive benefits package, including 401(k) match, medical, dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave; EAP, other wellbeing resources; and much more.

#LI-Hybrid

Xometry is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

For US based roles: Xometry participates in E-Verify and after a job offer is accepted, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Skills Required

  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • PhD preferred for deep generative or 3D modeling emphasis
  • 12+ years of professional experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or data science
  • Several years in a senior or principal capacity leading major programs
  • Experience architecting and delivering large-scale ML/AI solutions end to end, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and operations
  • Deep expertise in TensorFlow, PyTorch, data engineering, model infrastructure, MLOps, cloud platforms, and scalable production systems
  • Experience in 3D modeling, geometry, computer vision, or generative models
  • Experience with generative AI techniques, including large language models, multimodal models, diffusion, or GANs
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and ability to translate technical concepts into business language
  • Ability to influence without direct authority and drive organizational change
  • Strong communication and presentation skills for articulating technical vision, roadmaps, trade-offs, and outcomes to senior leadership
  • Track record of delivering measurable business impact through ML/AI
  • Experience mentoring and guiding ML engineers, data scientists, or AI researchers

Xometry Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Xometry and has not been reviewed or approved by Xometry.

  • Healthcare Strength Core medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents is highlighted alongside mental‑health resources and an EAP. Feedback suggests many view the health plan as good or flexible, contributing positively to total rewards.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) program and company‑paid life/STD/LTD are positioned as core financial protections. Feedback suggests retirement offerings are a consistent component of total compensation.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Flexible time off, paid holidays, volunteer time, and hybrid/remote options expand the time‑away and flexibility toolkit. Feedback suggests this breadth adds meaningful non‑cash value for many roles.

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The Company
HQ: North Bethesda, MD
381 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Xometry is the leading AI-enabled marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, transforming one of the largest industries in the world. With its proprietary technology, Xometry creates a marketplace that enables designers and engineers to rapidly source high-quality on-demand manufactured parts and assemblies. Xometry's innovative platform also empowers sellers of manufacturing services across the nation to grow their businesses. Xometry’s buyers range from self-funded startups to Fortune 100 companies.

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