Senior AI/ML Engineer

Job Description

At Sparklight/Cableone and our family of brands, we keep our customers and associates connected to what matters most. For our associates, that means: a thriving and rewarding career, respect for the communities where they live and work, a focus on health and wellness, an excellent work/life balance, and an open and inclusive workplace.

We are open to hiring remote if we find the right talent in any of the following states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT.

The Senior AI/ML Engineer will serve as the technical authority for AI/ML platforms, agent architecture, Model Context Protocol (MCP) strategy, context engineering, orchestration, governance, and AI-assisted experiences within Network Intelligence. This role will define how agentic systems safely consume network data, engineering knowledge, automation capabilities, and operational intelligence. The Senior AI/ML Engineer will establish reusable architectural patterns, development standards, evaluation practices, human approval controls, and governance requirements while providing technical mentorship to AI Engineers assigned to technology-domain delivery teams. The position will partner closely with the Senior Network Automation Engineer to maintain a clear boundary between deterministic network capability development and intelligent consumption of those capabilities.

What you will do to contribute to the company’s success

• Define and own architecture and technical standards for AI/ML platforms, agent frameworks, agent harnesses, and agentic workflows.
• Define MCP strategy, server integration patterns, tool contracts, access controls, and lifecycle standards.
• Design reusable patterns for agent orchestration, multi-agent coordination, long-running workflows, and escalation paths.
• Establish standards for context engineering, memory systems, retrieval, grounding, source attribution, and knowledge p