Principal AI Platform Architect

USAA

. Lead the strategy, architecture, and evolution of USAA's enterprise AI platform .

Posted 10/16/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $164,780 - $305,780 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading enterprise AI platform strategies, architecture, and governance while ensuring compliance and security across technology domains. Proven ability to mentor teams and communicate complex technology strategies to diverse stakeholders.

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Enterprise AI Platform StrategyArchitecture GovernanceMachine Learning ImplementationCross-Functional CollaborationRisk Management

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Hard Skills

Technology ArchitecturePlatform EngineeringData ArchitectureGenerative AIAdvanced AnalyticsAI GovernanceSecurity ControlsKnowledge GraphsContext ManagementOrchestration Frameworks

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCommunicationInfluencingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWS BedrockOpenAIAnthropicEnterprise AI Platforms

Industry Keywords

Regulatory ComplianceRisk ManagementArchitecture StandardsTechnology GovernanceEnterprise-Scale Transformation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the strategy, architecture, and evolution of USAA's enterprise AI platform
Define scalable, secure, and compliant AI capabilities supporting generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics
Partner with senior business and technology leaders to establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and platform roadmaps
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to finalize strategy, requirements, measures, risks, and controls across multiple domains
Coordinate with domain architects to create technology decisions, architecture artifacts, evolutionary strategies, and roadmaps
Provide leadership and guidance to business executives and IT stakeholders on priorities, funding, and architecture execution
Assess domain applications and advise executive business owners on courses of action; provide assessment summaries to the CTO for board presentation
Define and document architecture standards, principles, and policies; evaluate and approve or reject waivers
Support the USAA technology ecosystem, including Program Increment planning and troubleshooting Availability Command Center incidents
Mentor experienced architects, engineers, and IT colleagues; recommend mentoring opportunities to build team redundancy and backfill capability
Lead technical design and definition of systems, services, and dataflows across multiple domains and portfolios
Execute architecture practices and processes, ensuring timely deliverables and sponsoring enhancements
Maintain external relationships with industry organizations, government boards, and vendors
Pursue external eminence through certifications, conference presentations, technical publications, open-source contributions, or patents
Identify, measure, monitor, and control risks in accordance with risk and compliance policies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience
10+ years of experience in technology architecture, platform engineering, software engineering, data architecture, or related disciplines, including leadership of enterprise-scale technology transformation initiatives
Experience defining and evolving enterprise platform strategies, reference architectures, technology standards, and multi-year roadmaps
Experience architecting and implementing AI, machine learning, generative AI, or advanced analytics platforms, including governance, security, scalability, operationalization, and risk management
Experience partnering across technology, product, data, risk, security, legal, and business organizations
Deep understanding of AI applications across architecture, software development, testing, operations, platform engineering, and developer productivity workflows
Ability to evaluate and guide enterprise investments in AI technologies using measurable business outcomes, adoption strategies, value realization metrics, and success frameworks
Experience communicating complex technology strategies, architecture decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership
Ability to influence organizational AI fluency through thought leadership, education, mentoring, architecture guidance, and cross-functional collaboration
Deep understanding of technology governance, architecture principles, security controls, regulatory considerations, and risk management in highly regulated industries
Experience leading cross-functional architecture efforts across application, data, integration, cloud, security, and AI domains
Experience with enterprise AI platforms such as AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, or equivalent foundation model ecosystems
Experience designing and implementing enterprise agent architectures, orchestration frameworks, tool integration patterns, and autonomous workflow capabilities
Experience designing enterprise knowledge architecture and context management capabilities, including knowledge graphs, semantic models, vector search, metadata platforms, retrieval architectures, and context engineering patterns
Experience establishing enterprise AI governance, observability, evaluation, security, and model lifecycle management in highly regulated environments
Must not require visa sponsorship or immigration support now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment
Relocation assistance
Pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance, at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors
Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
401(k)
Pension
Life insurance
Parental benefits
Adoption assistance
Paid time off program with paid holidays
16 paid volunteer hours
Various wellness programs
Career path planning
Continuing education