Sr. AI Architect

Sr. AI Architect

(Oak Park, PA, 17857) | 05/28/26

Job Description

Role: Sr. AI Architect

Location: Oaks, PA

Need candidate who can work onsite from Day 1 (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities

Define and own the enterprise AI/ML vision, roadmap, and long-term strategy aligned with business goals

Lead design, development, deployment, and lifecycle management of AI and machine learning solutions

Build and mentor high-performing AI, data science, and ML engineering teams

Partner with Product and Business leaders to identify high-impact AI use cases and prioritize initiatives

Establish best practices for model development, validation, monitoring, explainability, and retraining

Ensure AI solutions comply with data privacy, security, regulatory, and ethical AI guidelines

Oversee AI platform architecture, model pipelines, and MLOps frameworks for scalability and reliability

Drive adoption of generative AI, predictive analytics, NLP, and advanced modeling techniques where applicable

Communicate AI strategy, performance, and risks clearly to executive leadership and stakeholders

Evaluate and manage AI vendors, tools, platforms, and cloud services

Required Qualifications

Experience with Financial services, Wealth management is preferred to have.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field

15+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or advanced analytics

5+ years in a Architecture or people-management role overseeing AI/ML teams

Strong hands-on experience with ML models, statistical methods, and AI frameworks

Experience deploying AI solutions in production environments at scale

Hands on RAG experience: embeddings, retrieval strategies, chunking, metadata/routing, evals, and guardrails.

Open source frameworks: strong with LangChain (or similar), plus experience with FastAPI/Flask and async patterns.

Azure: practical experience with Azure OpenAI/Models, Azure AI Search, Azure ML, AKS/Container Apps, Key Vault, App Insights/Log Analytics, and Hybrid Private Networking.

Terraform: modules, CI/CD integration, and handling nested data structures.

MLOps/DevOps: Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD (Gitlab or Azure DevOps), secrets management, and automated testing.

Solid understanding of LLMs (prompting, function/tool calling, structured outputs, rate limiting, token/cost management).

Proficiency with Python, SQL, and modern data/ML platforms (cloud-based preferred)

Strong understanding of data governance, model risk management, and responsible AI practices

Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts for non-technical audiences

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

Experience in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries

Exposure to generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and prompt engineering

Familiarity with MLOps tools, CI/CD for ML, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Experience driving enterprise AI transformation or center-of-excellence models

Prior ownership of AI compliance, audit, or regulatory reviews

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