Rocket Software

Technical Director - ML & Algorithms

United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$161k-$225kDetected 6 days ago

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About the role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
Rocket is seeking a Technical Leader to join its AI Center of Excellence (AI COE) and shape the machine learning and algorithmic foundations of its mainframe operational analytics products.
This role is deeply grounded in operations and telemetry with a focus on extracting signal from high-volume, high-fidelity sources such as SMF, RMF, log streams, workload metrics, and system events.

Design and implement advanced algorithms and statistical models for anomaly detection, pattern analysis, forecasting, optimization, classification, and modernization insights.
Collaborate closely with domain experts in mainframe operations, performance, security, and data platforms to translate deep system knowledge into scalable, data-driven intelligence.
Lead across reporting boundaries by influence and technical credibility rather than hierarchy, helping teams solve complex problems at all stages of feature development and delivery.
Partner with Product and Architecture leadership to shape long-term strategy for operational analytics, AI-assisted modernization, and analytics platform evolution.
Engage with enterprise customers to understand real-world operational and analytical constraints and validate ML-driven solutions.
Strong background in large datasets, distributed processing, and end-to-end ML system design.
Experience building ML or analytics solutions tied to system behavior, performance, observability, or operational telemetry.

12+ years of experience in software engineering, ML systems, or advanced algorithm development.
Proven experience owning and delivering ML or algorithmic systems into production at scale.
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively across teams and organizations through technical leadership and influence.
Track record of mentoring senior technical talent and working as a player-coach.
Strong experience with mainframe systems and data sources such as z/OS, SMF, RMF, Db2, RACF, or mainframe performance analytics.
Experience with analytics databases or in-database ML systems, including model training, evaluation, and execution close to data.
Familiarity with regression, classification, clustering, and time-series techniques used in production analytics systems.
Experience designing explainable, auditable, or compliance-aware ML solutions.
Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks or ML platforms such as Spark, Flink, Ray, or cloud ML pipelines.

Annual salary range for this position is between $161,000.00 - $225,400.00 gross before taxes.

Define and lead Rocket's machine learning and algorithmic strategy across Infra, App and Data modernization business lines.
PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
Unlimited Vacation Time as well as paid holidays and sick time

is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status

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