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AI Architect Lead

ChatGPT Jobs
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 6/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/13/2026
Job Description

AI Architect Lead

Location: Houston, TX or US Remote

Duration: 6 months

Experience Required: 10 years

Role Description

  • Strong experience in enterprise solution architecture, backend engineering, and distributed systems design.
  • Expertise in Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Java, Go, or similar backend technologies.
  • Strong experience designing APIs, integration platforms, event-driven architectures, and workflow orchestration systems.
  • Hands-on experience with GenAI applications, AI agents, RAG workflows, tool-calling systems, and enterprise chatbot platforms.
  • Strong understanding of LLM ecosystems including OpenAI, Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Databricks, or similar AI platforms.
  • Experience designing orchestration frameworks, agent runtimes, workflow engines, and stateful task execution systems.
  • Strong understanding of prompt engineering, structured outputs, guardrails, function calling, and AI safety controls.
  • Experience integrating enterprise collaboration and workflow platforms including Slack, Jira, Zendesk, ServiceNow, and Confluence.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise identity and access management including Okta, SCIM, SSO, RBAC, ABAC, secrets management, and governance controls.
  • Experience with observability platforms, OpenTelemetry, monitoring frameworks, logging, tracing, metrics, and operational dashboards.
  • Strong knowledge of secure architecture practices, enterprise governance, data privacy, compliance, and operational reliability.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, deployment automation, rollback strategies, and operational lifecycle management.
  • Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills across architecture, engineering, AI Ops, governance, security, and business teams.

Core Skills

  • AI & Automation
  • AI Agents
  • GenAI Applications
  • RAG Workflows
  • LLM Platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex AI)
  • Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Java, Go
  • API & Integration Architecture
  • Workflow Orchestration
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Enterprise Security & IAM
  • DevOps / CI-CD
  • Observability & Monitoring
  • Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Note: This role is essentially a Senior/Lead AI Solutions Architect focused on designing and governing enterprise-scale AI agent and GenAI platforms.

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