AI Architect- Director

About the role

KPMG is seeking an AI Architect to join our Audit Technology Alliance organization. This role involves leading the architectural design and technical strategy for major components of our generative AI platform, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with the product vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design and technical strategy for major components of our generative AI platform, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with the product vision
• Partner with senior engineering managers, product leaders, and data scientists to translate strategic objectives into executable architectural blueprints, guiding multiple development teams through implementation
• Drive the adoption of superior engineering standards and advanced AI evaluation frameworks like LangSmith, taking ownership of the quality and verifiability of system outputs
• Spearhead technical solutioning for the platform's most complex challenges, making critical decisions on the use of AKS with KEDA, LangGraph, and our core context engineering engine
• Mentor and cultivate a team of associate architects and senior engineers, establishing a culture of technical excellence and acting as a key decision-maker for significant architectural challenges
• Own and execute a significant portion of the technology roadmap, actively researching and integrating cutting-edge AI agent patterns to keep the platform at the forefront of innovation
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Requirements

• Minimum twelve years of recent experience in software engineering and architecture, with a proven track record of leading the design of complex, data-intensive AI systems in an enterprise environment
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred
• Deep, hands-on expertise with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph, Semantic Kernel), and building sophisticated RAG pipelines with tools like Azure AI Search
• Mastery of Agile methodologies and extensive experience creating and managing robust CI/CD pipelines for microservices using Azure DevOps and Git
• Demonstrated ability to resolve ambiguous and complex technical problems at scale, providing clear, decisive guidance and direction to high-performing engineering teams
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to effectively articulate complex architectural concepts, trade-offs, and decisions to technical teams and executive stakeholders
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plans
• Robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year, based on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service
• Two annual breaks where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off: one at year-end and one around the July 4th holiday

Pay

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