Principal Architect - AI Product Engineering

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Remote - USFull-TimePrincipal
Salary$158,200 — $217,300 USD
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Job Details

Experience
12+ years in software engineering or application development, with 5+ years in architecture leadership
Required Skills
Artificial IntelligenceC#Azure.NETDatabricksMLOpsGenerative AILangChain

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years in software engineering or application development.
  • 5+ years in architecture leadership roles delivering enterprise-scale systems.
  • Proven experience leading teams in delivering complex, cloud-native, AI-driven applications.
  • Proficiency in agentic AI and orchestration using Semantic Kernel or LangChain.
  • Experience with vector databases, hybrid search, and RAG optimization.
  • Expertise in LLM evaluation, quality gates, telemetry, and MLOps/LLMOps.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Databricks, and data pipelines.
  • Experience with C#, .NET, Azure Functions, microservices, and containerized architectures.
  • Proficiency in Agile development workflows, GitHub, and AI-assisted coding tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to align technical architecture with business outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional engineering and architecture teams in the end-to-end delivery of complex AI systems.
  • Define and enforce reference architectures, technical patterns, and delivery standards for enterprise AI adoption.
  • Provide senior-level architectural oversight, guiding the design of advanced, distributed, AI-powered applications.
  • Drive the integration of modern AI capabilities like generative AI, intelligent agents, and Model Context Protocol into production.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to executive stakeholders to help define enterprise AI strategies.
  • Oversee a portfolio of large-scale AI delivery programs, ensuring architectural integrity and risk mitigation.
  • Mentor senior architects, tech leads, and engineers to raise the overall technical bar of the practice.
  • Contribute to thought leadership through whitepapers, conference speaking, and open-source contributions.
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