Top Senior Machine Learning Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Develop machine learning models, predictive solutions, data pipelines, data models, and feature engineering workflows. Analyze large datasets, validate model outputs, document assumptions, and translate business needs into technical requirements and recommendations. Collaborate with stakeholders, refine analytical use cases, support solution prototyping, and guide junior team members through coaching and technical feedback.

Leads client-facing AI engineering and intelligent automation engagements for health services clients. Manages project planning, budgets, timelines, deliverables, and risks while guiding teams developing machine learning models, algorithms, and cognitive solutions. Reviews Python code and data analysis, validates model performance, coaches team members, identifies automation opportunities, and translates business needs into technical solutions. Promotes responsible AI practices and supports stakeholder collaboration across multiple client workstreams.

Owns product strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, discovery, and delivery for software, data, and AI products supporting behavioral healthcare. Partners with engineering, clinical, community, operations, and executive teams to translate care models into workflows and product features. Leads user research, experimentation, analytics, and field pilots to improve care delivery and outcomes.

Develop and implement data science strategies for machine learning applications including lead scoring, churn modeling, pricing, personalization, and fraud detection. Own end-to-end initiatives spanning data analysis, feature engineering, model training, inference, and monitoring. Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, analytics, and business teams to deliver measurable impact, improve data capabilities, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Leads client-facing generative AI and data modernization engagements, directing solution design, delivery planning, architecture, and technical decisions. Guides teams in prompt engineering, context engineering, agent orchestration, LLM evaluation, RAG, vector databases, and AI guardrails. Oversees cloud AI implementations using Gemini, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, or Azure AI Services; develops Python prototypes; evaluates model performance; manages workstreams and deliverables; and mentors staff on AI methods, agile delivery, and technical problem-solving.

Leads engineering teams delivering scalable AI and machine learning solutions on Google Cloud. Oversees generative AI architecture, Vertex AI, LangChain, LangGraph, LLM APIs, RAG, experimentation, evaluation, guardrails, and LLMOps. Guides technical strategy, client alignment, delivery execution, and team development while applying Python, data science, and machine learning methods to build reliable AI products.

Leads Google Cloud AI and machine learning engineering teams and client workstreams. Oversees generative AI, LLM application, agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, model evaluation, prompt engineering, guardrails, and LLMOps initiatives. Reviews architecture, code quality, testing, and solution delivery using Vertex AI, LangChain, LangGraph, Python, and LLM APIs. Coaches team members, improves reusable delivery assets, and manages client relationships, timelines, quality, and expectations.

Leads client-focused generative AI and data modernization architecture, translating business needs into scalable solutions using Google Cloud, Vertex AI, LLMs, vector databases, and modern data platforms. Advises stakeholders, develops AI evaluation and guardrail practices, guides experimentation and deployment, presents technical recommendations, supports proposals, and coaches teams through complex transformation programs.

Build scalable systems and machine learning models that transform satellite imagery into labeled geospatial data and production computer vision products. Responsibilities include developing data and annotation pipelines, tracking lineage and versioning, deploying inference services, evaluating models, supporting cloud infrastructure, and improving labeling workflows. The role requires strong Python, cloud, containerization, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, production support, and deep learning expertise, with preferred experience in GCP, Vertex AI, spatial databases, and satellite imagery.

Drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, Bayesian marketing analysis, machine learning, NLP, LLM applications, and classifier implementation. Build growth metrics, monitoring pipelines, evaluation datasets, and AI trigger systems across search and Duck.ai. Analyze privacy-constrained data, deploy production-grade models, optimize SQL queries, and lead complex projects from scoping through production with minimal direction.

Own the strategy, roadmap, requirements, launch, adoption, and success metrics for a technical platform. Partner with engineering, data, product, and business teams; evaluate architecture, APIs, and system tradeoffs; prioritize foundational investments against customer and revenue outcomes; and apply AI to improve platform capabilities. The role requires strong product management experience, technical depth, analytical skills, and production experience with LLM-based or ML-adjacent products.

Lead the In-Vehicle Experience team at Samsara, focusing on transforming in-cab cameras into intelligent companions. Collaborate with engineering, prioritize features, and ensure client interactions highlight trust and connection. Conduct customer research and integrate AI and ML into product features.

Develop and optimize full-funnel, multi-channel demand generation campaigns that generate pipeline, accelerate deals, and support cross-sell and upsell opportunities. Partner with product marketing, sales development, content, product, field, partner marketing, and analytics teams. Build lead-nurturing programs, align assets to buyer stages, monitor conversion and ROI metrics, and create dashboards to optimize campaign performance.

Develop and implement AI solutions and machine learning systems that enhance products and solve complex client problems. Responsibilities include advanced analytics, LLM production deployment, prompt engineering, RAG pipeline optimization, cross-functional collaboration, technical discovery, responsible AI advocacy, client relationship building, and mentoring junior team members.

Leads pricing and revenue data science initiatives for consumer markets clients. Develops predictive models, forecasts trends and customer behavior, manages dashboards and visualizations, ensures data quality, and translates complex analytics into strategic decisions. Oversees client engagements, validates outcomes, directs complex projects, and coaches diverse, high-performing teams.

Lead go-to-market strategy for Sprout Social’s AI portfolio, including the Trellis AI agent. Develop enterprise launch playbooks, positioning, executive messaging, campaigns, and enablement programs. Analyze market and competitive dynamics, influence product roadmaps, improve launch processes, and partner with Product, Sales, Revenue, Brand, and executive leadership to drive adoption, revenue growth, deal expansion, and category leadership. The role also mentors marketing team members and operates with substantial autonomy.

Lead agile design and development projects for mobile apps and digital products. Coordinate product, design, engineering, marketing, leadership, and client stakeholders; manage project plans, scope, requirements, backlogs, acceptance criteria, deadlines, workflows, and deliverables. Support scoping and client relationship management while ensuring successful end-to-end software launches and alignment with business objectives.

Lead AI engineering teams to design, build, and deploy end-to-end AI solutions. Manage client relationships, plan and deliver projects, mentor staff, drive adoption of cloud-native microservices, CI/CD, vector databases and orchestration tools, and ensure high standards of quality, innovation, and compliance.

Develop and operate production ML and AI systems powering patient experiences such as matching, ranking, recommendations, onboarding, and personalization. Build reusable ML infrastructure, pipelines, evaluation, observability, and model-serving capabilities. Provide technical leadership across the ML lifecycle, guide architecture, evaluate custom versus foundation-model approaches, and partner with ML and Patient Engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable AI products.

Leads the AI Engineering team across applied AI features and foundational ML infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing Senior and Staff engineers, hiring and coaching, deploying LLM-powered capabilities, building MLOps and AI observability platforms, balancing product delivery with platform investment, and ensuring privacy, compliance, evaluation rigor, and clinical safety in production systems.

Own the strategic vision and roadmap for Coursera’s AI-driven search experience. Lead conversational search, personalization, semantic and multilingual search, ranking, and discovery improvements. Partner with engineering, design, research, data science, ML, marketing, and partnerships teams to deliver scalable platform capabilities. Use experimentation, market analysis, KPIs, and customer insights to improve conversion, merchandising, learner experience, and revenue.

Set the technical vision for data science, lead complex statistical and machine learning model development from concept through production, and architect scalable modeling platforms and pipelines. Develop credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting models; establish model governance standards; partner with senior leaders; mentor data scientists; and communicate technical strategy to executives. The role emphasizes production deployment, monitoring, cloud architecture, and high-impact decision-making across the business.

Develop and maintain production machine learning models, build scalable training and serving technologies, optimize real-time and batch ML pipelines, and monitor model performance and drift. The role involves deep neural networks, recommendation systems, automated retraining, ML research, engineering excellence, and communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences. Candidates need 6+ years of industry ML experience, strong coding skills, and experience deploying neural networks at scale.

Serve as primary client contact for a portfolio of loyalty-program clients. Scope and manage end-to-end actuarial analyses rooted in predictive modeling and machine learning, validate model outputs, translate results into clear recommendations and presentations, and partner with analysts and data scientists to deliver high-quality, client-facing work in a fully remote consulting environment.

Leads cyber risk assurance strategy and multidisciplinary teams responsible for control monitoring, testing, evidence management, issue remediation, audit support, regulatory readiness, and assurance automation. The role advances continuous, AI-enabled assurance by translating regulatory and cybersecurity requirements into measurable outcomes, maintaining assurance frameworks, evaluating control effectiveness, managing concurrent activities, and reporting metrics to support executive risk decisions.