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Senior AI/ML Solutions Architect

Cambia Health Solutions · Bellevue, WA · 2 mo ago
HybridEngineering$153k–$192k/yrFull-time

About the role

Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system. This is a unique technical leadership role that sits at the critical intersection of AI innovation and enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Develop working prototypes to validate technical approaches, demonstrate feasibility, and build stakeholder alignment
  • Write production-quality code when needed to fill gaps, solve complex problems, or establish patterns for teams to follow
  • Conduct hands-on technical evaluations of emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and platforms
  • Build proof-of-concepts that translate strategy into tangible demonstrations
  • Establish architectural patterns for AI systems through working examples and reference implementations
  • Define standards for AI-specific concerns: evaluation frameworks, observability, monitoring, safety guardrails, model governance, and responsible AI practices
  • Create and maintain reference architectures for common patterns (RAG systems, agentic applications, ML pipelines)
  • Lead technical design reviews and document architectural decisions
  • Bridge AI and Enterprise Architecture
  • Translate requirements bidirectionally: AI needs to enterprise architects, enterprise constraints to AI engineers
  • Advocate for AI-specific requirements within traditional architecture frameworks while ensuring alignment with Cambia's technology strategy
  • Guide AI/ML Portfolio Decisions
  • Think strategically about Applied AI's portfolio, identifying architectural patterns and reuse opportunities
  • Evaluate technical feasibility and integration complexity for product roadmap decisions
  • Balance innovation with enterprise readiness in assessing emerging technologies
  • Represent Cambia's technical interests in collaborative initiatives, building alignment through clear technical communication

Qualifications

  • Hands-on Technical Expertise
  • Architecture & Integration Experience
  • Collaboration & Consensus Building
  • Leadership
  • Deep technical knowledge of modern AI/ML systems (GenAI, LLMs, RAG architectures, agentic systems, classic ML, ML/LLM operations)
  • Proven ability to prototype and build working solutions
  • Strong coding skills in Python and experience building production AI applications, APIs, and integrations
  • Practical experience with AI-specific requirements: evaluation frameworks, observability patterns, monitoring strategies, model governance, bias mitigation, and safety guardrails
  • Experience with AI/ML platforms and cloud services (AWS, Azure, etc.) including hands-on implementation work
  • Demonstrated architecture experience spanning business units/technology domains with ability to design solutions that work across organizational boundaries
  • Understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, API design, and cloud-native patterns
  • Proven ability to design solutions that work across organizational boundaries and complex partnership integrations
  • Exceptional consensus-building skills: brings stakeholders together through prototypes, demonstrations, and shared technical understanding
  • Pristine communication skills across technical domains: can explain AI system needs to infrastructure teams and enterprise constraints to AI engineers
  • Strategic thinking about product portfolios: can see patterns across multiple AI initiatives and identify opportunities for reuse and standardization
  • Proven ability to influence senior business and technology leaders on technical strategy through clear communication and demonstrated value
  • Mentoring ability with engineers and architects, helping teams grow their technical capabilities
  • Strong interpersonal skills: relates well to people across all organizational levels and establishes trust through genuine collaboration

What You Will Do

  • Build & Prototype
  • Prototype solutions, validate technical approaches, and build stakeholder alignment
  • Write production-quality code when needed to fill gaps, solve complex problems, or establish patterns for teams to follow
  • Conduct hands-on technical evaluations of emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and platforms
  • Build proof-of-concepts that translate strategy into tangible demonstrations
  • Shape AI Architecture Standards
  • Establish architectural patterns for AI systems through working examples and reference implementations
  • Define standards for AI-specific concerns: evaluation frameworks, observability, monitoring, safety guardrails, model governance, and responsible AI practices
  • Create and maintain reference architectures for common patterns (RAG systems, agentic applications, ML pipelines)
  • Lead technical design reviews and document architectural decisions
  • Bridge AI and Enterprise Architecture
  • Serve as primary liaison between Applied AI and enterprise architecture/platform engineering teams
  • Translate requirements bidirectionally: AI needs to enterprise architects, enterprise constraints to AI engineers
  • Advocate for AI-specific requirements within traditional architecture frameworks while ensuring alignment with Cambia's technology strategy
  • Guide AI/ML Portfolio Decisions
  • Think strategically about Applied AI's portfolio, identifying architectural patterns and reuse opportunities
  • Evaluate technical feasibility and integration complexity for product roadmap decisions
  • Balance innovation with enterprise readiness in assessing emerging technologies
  • Represent Cambia's technical interests in collaborative initiatives, building alignment through clear technical communication

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