AI Architect- Director

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

Qualifications

• 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 (200TEC)