Top Machine Learning Jobs in Houston, TX

Leads the design and development of data engineering and AI-enabled solutions for legal, client, and internal business applications. Builds Python and SQL workflows for structured and unstructured data, integrates generative AI and APIs, validates AI outputs, establishes human-in-the-loop quality controls, and supports responsible AI governance. Collaborates with attorneys and technical teams, evaluates emerging technologies, prototypes self-service tools, and provides technical guidance to less experienced professionals.

Lead design and implementation of enterprise Workday HR architecture, governance, integrations, and reporting. Advise stakeholders, define standards, mentor teams, create prototypes, ensure compliance, optimize configurations, and evolve Workday strategy to improve scalability and efficiency.

Lead a portfolio of technology-enabled continuous improvement initiatives for internal operations and DoD customers. Manage product backlogs, write user stories, define roadmaps, gather requirements, and facilitate Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and PI planning activities. Drive Splunk analytics, dashboarding, alerting, AI, ML, automation, proactive monitoring, and predictive analytics solutions. Ensure stakeholder alignment, measurable operational improvements, and compliance with DoD security requirements while maintaining an active Secret clearance.

Advise energy and commodities clients on trading strategy, risk management, operating models, and transformation. Associates break down complex problems, lead quantitative and strategic analyses, develop recommendations, manage small consulting teams, and work directly with client leadership. The role requires expertise across oil, gas/LNG, power, and related asset-intensive energy environments, with knowledge of derivatives, risk measurement, and emerging AI/ML applications in trading and risk.

Create end-to-end computer-use tasks for AI agents in Linux desktop environments. Design realistic multi-application scenarios, prepare files and instructions, write Python setup and automated scoring scripts, test tasks, and document them. The contract requires daily check-ins, rapid feedback, and availability throughout a three- to four-week engagement. Experience with AI tools, AI/ML projects, Linux VMs, Git, reinforcement learning environments, or computer-use benchmarks is relevant.

Leads Ankura’s enterprise data platform consulting practice, including technical strategy, cloud data architecture, client relationships, business development, engagement oversight, and team development. Advises executives on data-platform transformations, manages a multi-client book of business, oversees delivery quality and economics, and develops reusable methodologies and capabilities. Requires substantial leadership experience in enterprise data architecture, cloud platforms, analytics, consulting, commercial growth, and distributed delivery teams.

Leads complex AI client projects from requirements gathering through delivery, serving as the primary client contact and coordinating Sales, Operations, Product, and Engineering. Responsibilities include defining scopes and delivery plans, managing risks, quality, timelines, budgets, profitability, and KPIs, resolving execution challenges, and improving scalable processes for AI project delivery.

Develops and productionizes deep learning and machine learning perception models for robotics and recycling sortation. Responsibilities include experimenting with neural network architectures, designing computer vision solutions, conducting statistical experiments, deploying successful models, collaborating with data, modeling, and cloud infrastructure teams, and improving ML infrastructure.

Analyze and characterize conversational audio data, identify underrepresented areas, and build active-learning and human-in-the-loop workflows. Develop representative benchmarks, automate model adaptation, and create reusable data analysis and scoring systems. Partner with research, engineering, and data teams to run experiments, improve models, organize data, and translate complex findings into measurable product improvements.

Lead Sardine’s fraud product portfolio, setting vision and roadmap across device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, and machine learning. Manage product managers and partner with engineering, data science, risk operations, marketing, and sales. Drive fraud detection performance, reduce false positives and customer friction, monitor emerging threats, and scale zero-to-one products into enterprise-ready solutions for payment and fraud-prevention customers.

Leads a data science team and personally drives analyses, experimentation, and product analytics to identify patient experience improvements. Partners with Product, Engineering, Research, and Data Engineering teams to develop product features, evaluate business and product performance, guide product planning, and translate statistical findings into actionable recommendations. Manages and develops analytical talent while applying data storytelling, A/B testing, marketplace metrics, and retention, conversion, engagement, and churn analysis.

Develops, calibrates, validates, and maintains credit risk models, including PD, LGD, and EAD models, for lending, collections, loss forecasting, capital planning, and stress testing. Analyzes large datasets, evaluates model performance, documents model changes, supports systems testing, and communicates statistical insights to stakeholders and management. Collaborates across the credit union to improve risk-return strategies and reporting.

Leads Lyra Health’s AI/ML engineering roadmap, scales and mentors machine learning teams, and drives production-grade systems for clinical applications. Responsibilities include people leadership, quarterly planning, technical architecture, design reviews, model governance, ML SDLC oversight, and deployment of reliable microservices on Kubernetes. The role partners with product, data science, and clinical stakeholders while ensuring safety, operational excellence, cloud scalability, and compliance for sensitive healthcare data.

Leads complex enterprise SaaS delivery programs for major banks, owning governance, client and executive relationships, commercial controls, risk management, regulatory deadlines, third-party coordination, and successful go-live. The role requires deep financial crime compliance technology experience, including AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, or case management platforms, plus proven Tier 1 bank implementations, program turnaround expertise, cloud delivery, and senior stakeholder credibility.

Lead independent validation and ongoing monitoring of complex financial and analytics models, including ALM, loss forecasting, loan transition, corporate finance, and engagement models. Identify weaknesses, communicate findings, guide remediation, and strengthen model governance. Collaborate with Finance, Quantitative Research, Growth Analytics, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Accounting, and Compliance to maintain Affirm’s model risk framework and address audit, regulatory, and examiner requests.

Leads KeyBank’s Red Team and offensive security program, including adversary emulation, penetration testing, physical and application assessments, cloud security testing, AI security evaluations, and purple team exercises. Develops testing strategy, methodologies, tooling, metrics, and maturity roadmaps; mentors engineers; coordinates internal and third-party engagements; validates remediation and attack paths; and presents findings and strategic recommendations to executives and cybersecurity stakeholders.

Leads Kapitus’ core lending product portfolio, including term loans and lines of credit. Owns product P&L, strategy, pricing, go-to-market execution, competitive intelligence, roadmap prioritization, regulatory alignment, and financial outcomes. Partners with Product Delivery, Risk, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Compliance, and executives. Manages and develops a team of product managers while identifying opportunities for AI and machine learning to improve underwriting, decisioning, offers, and borrower communications.

Leads Tala’s Machine Learning Engineering team in building and operating platforms for model development, real-time inference, streaming features, batch processing, deployment, monitoring, and production reliability. Manages and develops 4–6 engineers, owns delivery and prioritization, provides architectural leadership, improves engineering practices and SLOs, and partners with Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, Credit, and Business Development teams.

Leads enterprise innovation strategy and cross-domain solution architecture across AI, data, cloud, software engineering, ITSM, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity. Designs scalable, secure solutions; develops reusable accelerators and innovation frameworks; supports federal proposals, capture efforts, and technical writing; advises senior government stakeholders; and drives cross-functional collaboration, capability development, and technology adoption in GovCon environments.

Develop and lead data science and machine learning initiatives, including exploratory analysis, predictive modeling, experimentation, recommendation systems, user classification, model monitoring, and production deployment. Partner with product, marketing, analytics, and engineering teams to convert user insights into automated services. Manage projects throughout their lifecycle, support strategic ML planning, and deliver solutions for personalization, cross-selling, and retargeting.

Consult as a fractional data scientist for hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices. Lead data science initiatives: build infrastructure, develop and deploy models, create portfolio dashboards, monitor post-deployment performance, and partner with investment teams to turn data into actionable investment insights. Advise on vendor selection, data quality, technology stacks, KPIs, and governance.

Lead positioning, messaging, go-to-market strategy, launches, channel enablement, competitive intelligence, and analyst relations for Sophos’ AI cybersecurity solutions. Translate complex technical capabilities into buyer- and partner-focused narratives, build launch assets and sales tools, and coordinate cross-functional execution across product, sales, marketing, and research teams. The role also develops customer feedback loops, competitive battlecards, and category-defining market perspectives.

Lead load and generation interconnection studies, including steady-state, short-circuit, and dynamic analyses. Develop power-flow and stability models, establish study methodologies, evaluate system upgrades and grid-enhancing technologies, and present recommendations to utilities, developers, regulators, and customers. Serve as a power systems subject-matter expert, help connect planning assessments with utility operations, and collaborate with AI and automation teams to improve study efficiency and accuracy.

Leads enterprise data, analytics, business intelligence, and AI strategy across healthcare payer functions. Partners with executives to prioritize analytics initiatives, build reporting and predictive insight capabilities, establish data governance and accountability, and drive measurable business outcomes. Oversees cross-functional teams, enterprise application development, Azure architecture, quality automation, DevOps, and intelligent automation while engaging C-suite and board stakeholders.

Leads the development of partner enablement programs for Databricks and Snowflake ecosystems. Establishes strategies, governance, stakeholder relationships, learning pathways, workshops, bootcamps, champion networks, and readiness frameworks for technical and business audiences. Translates data, AI, analytics, and lakehouse use cases into scalable learning experiences, aligns programs with partnership growth objectives, measures engagement and effectiveness, and continuously improves initiatives based on partner feedback and business impact.