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