Principal AI Architect

Job Title: Principal AI Architect

Location: Dallas, TX – Onsite 4 days a week

The Company

Headquartered in Dallas TX, our client is a technology and strategy consultancy that aims to provide a competitive edge to its clients by solving complex problems with data, software, and strategy. They specialize in areas like technology strategy, product development, software engineering, and digital transformation, with a particular emphasis on AI, MLOps, and Data Engineering. The firm's clientele spans various industries, including AgTech, Healthcare, Logistics, and Financial Services.

Platform / Stack

You will work with technologies that include PyTorch, AWS, Azure, and IoT.

Compensation Expectation: $160,000 – 180,000

What You'll Do As a Principal Ai Architect:

• Strategic Vision:
• Define the long-term architectural vision and evolution roadmap across multiple business domains.
• Translate business strategy into a coherent, modular, and scalable technical ecosystem.
• Anticipate future trends (AI, IoT, data unification) and ensure technology readiness.
• Architectural Mastery
• Establish standards for system integration, API architecture, and data flow across platforms.
• Lead deep technical reviews — from infrastructure and scalability to application design.
• Make principled trade-offs between speed, cost, and maintainability, balancing near-term needs and long-term resilience.
• Influence and Leadership:
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives, engineering leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• Build alignment across product, data, and cloud domains, fostering shared architectural ownership.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, raising the bar for architectural thinking company-wide.
• Execution and Delivery
• Translate architectural intent into actionable roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Ensure quality through architecture governance, documentation, and technical reviews.
• Lead by example in ambiguity — setting clarity and direction where systems and teams intersect.

Qualifications:

You could be a great fit if you have:

• 12 years in software architecture or systems design; 5 years in a principal or enterprise-level role
• Proven experience architecting multi-tenant SaaS platforms on AWS or comparable cloud environments
• Strong grounding in system integration, microservices, API design, and data architecture
• Demonstrated success leading modernization of legacy systems (e.g., Ruby on Rails → distributed architectures)
• Exceptional communication skills—comfortable moving between whiteboard and boardroom
• Preferred
• Experience in IoT or data-rich domains (agriculture, manufacturing, energy, logistics)
• Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines and cloud-native analytics
• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and security frameworks
• Professional certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, TOGAF)

Benefits Offered:

Employer provides access to:

• Medical, Vision, & Dental benefits
• 401k
• PTO