AI Architect III

About the role

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for an AI Architect III within our Corporate IT team to help support our business. As a global-diversified manufacturing company, it’s sometimes hard to explain all the different things we do. We like to say, “we’re the biggest company no one has ever heard of.” We are confident you interact with one of our products in your daily life without knowing it. Whether it’s the mattress you sleep on, the car you drive, the plane you fly on, or the furniture you sit on, our high-quality components are there supporting you. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to understand operational challenges, define requirements, and identify AI opportunities that improve processes, decisions, productivity, or user experience.
• Review proposed AI use cases for business value, feasibility, data readiness, security, privacy, supportability, and alignment with enterprise needs.
• Design end-to-end AI solution architectures, including data flow, integrations, access controls, deployment approach, monitoring, and support requirements.
• Define reusable architecture patterns, design templates, standards, and decision criteria to support consistent AI solution delivery across the enterprise.
• Evaluate build, buy, or reuse options using Microsoft technologies, existing enterprise platforms, vendor solutions, internal tools, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, data, compliance, application, and support teams to review risks, data sources, integrations, responsible AI controls, cost, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Guide implementation planning, testing, deployment, documentation, user readiness, operational support transition, monitoring, and continuous improvement for AI-enabled solutions.
• Maintain awareness of emerging AI technologies, platform capabilities, risks, regulations, and industry practices that may impact solution design.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in IT architecture, solution design, application development, data platforms, automation, cloud platforms, or related technology roles.
• 1 to 2 years of hands-on or architecture experience with generative AI, large language models, agents, automation platforms, and AI-enabled business applications.
• Strong understanding of data ecosystems, cloud platforms, APIs, integration patterns, identity and access controls, data classification, security, and responsible AI principles.
• Experience with enterprise architecture, solution architecture, application lifecycle practices, MLOps or LLMOps concepts, and production support models.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, document solution tradeoffs, and explain AI concepts in clear business terms.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Skills

• Working knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, embeddings, prompt and context engineering, and LLM evaluation concepts.
• Experience designing or implementing AI solutions with Microsoft technologies such as Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or Dynamics 365.
• Experience establishing AI governance practices, including model lifecycle management, logging, auditability, risk review, and responsible AI controls.
• Experience evaluating vendor AI tools, enterprise platform capabilities, and third-party solutions against business, technical, security, and cost requirements.
• Ability to balance business value, user adoption, cost, scalability, maintainability, and operational readiness when recommending AI solutions.
• Practical delivery mindset with experience moving AI solutions from discovery and design into implementation planning, support transition, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

At Leggett & Platt Inc., we believe in providing a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees' well-being. This includes:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee wellness programs
• Community involvement initiatives

Pay

Compensation for this position will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is typically full-time, but flexible arrangements may be considered based on business needs.