Principal AI Architect

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Principal AI Architect in USA

Robots and Pencils
Full time
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USA
10/10/2026
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Remote

Responsibilities

Define technical strategy and lead architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems.
Architect scalable multi-cloud and hybrid cloud-native solutions.
Design data warehouses, data lakes, and batch and streaming pipelines.
Design production AI/ML systems including model serving, MLOps pipelines, feature stores, and LLM-based applications.
Define infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and DevOps standards across engagements.
Optimize performance, scalability, cost, and reliability across deployed systems.
Ensure architectures meet security, governance, and compliance requirements.
Lead cloud migrations and platform modernization initiatives.
Partner with clients and senior leadership as the principal technical voice on strategy and direction.
Document architecture standards and guidelines, mentor experienced engineers and architects, and own complex architectural and integration decisions.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools, frameworks, and architectural patterns.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in technical leadership roles.
Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, GCP, and cloud-native architectures, including multi-cloud experience.
Strong background in microservices, serverless, containers, and event-driven systems.
Proficiency with infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
Strong data architecture experience across relational, NoSQL, and big data systems, including data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and orchestration.
Strong experience designing production AI/ML systems, including LLMs, MLOps, and model serving.
Understanding of cloud networking, security, identity, access management, governance, compliance, and observability.
Strong software engineering skills, including Python, APIs, and containerization.
Track record of senior technical leadership and mentoring experienced engineers.
Strong stakeholder communication skills and demonstrable use of AI-forward tools such as Claude and Cursor.
Experience with multi-cloud architecture, responsible AI, enterprise architecture certifications, or SAP EAM integrations through SAP BTP or cloud-native APIs is a plus.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a 401(k) for eligible employees.
The posting states that compensation may vary based on education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, travel, and business needs.
Employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check.

Salary: $166k - $228k/yr

Robots and Pencils

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm that designs, builds, and runs production AI systems and agentic co-workers for enterprise operations, with a focus on AWS. The privately held company, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, provides consulting and implementati...

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