AI Architect

Emergent Software

. Define the architecture and technical direction for AI capabilities across the product portfolio .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $190,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScriptGo.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the architecture and technical direction for AI capabilities across the product portfolio
Design and build scalable AI solutions, including agentic workflows, personalization, RAG, knowledge representation, and AI-driven customer experiences
Establish reusable patterns and standards for prompts, memory, context management, evaluation, and AI orchestration
Develop prototypes and reference implementations while remaining actively involved in software development
Integrate AI capabilities across .NET, Node.js, Go, and Java platforms
Evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and infrastructure, including build-versus-buy decisions
Partner with Platform Engineering and product teams to move AI capabilities from concept through production
Provide architectural guidance, design reviews, and hands-on support to engineering teams adopting AI
Explore new AI use cases and emerging capabilities, including agent harnesses, personalized content generation, and MCP
Identify practical AI opportunities that create measurable customer and business value
Contribute to technical due diligence and AI capability assessments for potential acquisitions
Establish best practices for model selection, hosting, tenant isolation, data privacy, and responsible AI development
Partner with Legal, Information Security, IT, and Platform Engineering to ensure AI solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
Guide a growing AI team while driving next-generation capabilities across the SaaS platform portfolio

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of software engineering experience, with significant architecture and technical leadership responsibilities
Proven experience designing, deploying, and scaling production AI, machine learning, RAG, or agentic systems
Deep understanding of modern AI architecture, including LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), memory, context management, evaluation frameworks, knowledge graphs, ontologies, and other AI/ML techniques
Experience with agentic AI, agent orchestration, agent harnesses, and MCP initiatives
Experience working with graph databases, vector databases, knowledge representation frameworks, and semantic data models supporting AI applications
Strong hands-on software engineering background with the ability to remain actively involved in development
Experience leading technical strategy, architecture decisions, and AI roadmaps
Ability to work across multiple technology stacks and integrate AI capabilities into existing platforms
Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and executive stakeholders
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving SaaS environments
Experience designing AI systems leveraging knowledge graphs, ontologies, semantic search, graph databases, and RAG architectures
Experience with Python, Node.js, or TypeScript
AWS and AWS Bedrock experience
Experience with evaluation platforms such as Braintrust, LangSmith, LangFuse, or similar tools
Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Candidates must reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, or Wisconsin
Must complete an online assessment including a short cognitive evaluation
Must pass a criminal background check prior to the first date of employment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote role
Direct hire position
Opportunity to lead next-generation AI product innovation
Technical leadership and architecture ownership
All new hires and contractors are required to clear a criminal background check prior to their first date of employment