Principal Architect
Core
Designing and building an AI-first, scalable platform architecture to transform complex IP intelligence workflows (prior art search, patent landscape analysis, FTO) into modular, enterprise-grade AI systems.
Role type
Principal Architect (AI/Platform)
Builds
AI-native workflows for reasoning over long technical documents, backend services orchestrating large analytical workloads, and modern frontend experiences for reviewing output at scale.
Domain
Intellectual Property (IP) Intelligence / Legal Tech / Enterprise AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Software architecture, distributed systems design, modern backend and frontend architecture, Azure cloud deployments, Databricks (PySpark, Delta Lake, MLflow), polyglot programming (Python, TypeScript, Java, Go, Node.js), SQL and lakehouse patterns, structured extraction from long documents, batch inference at scale, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipeline design.
Preferred skills
Vector databases, semantic search, RAG architectures, knowledge graphs, IP analytics/patent intelligence domain experience, explainable systems in regulated environments.
Technologies
Azure, Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, MLflow, React, NodeJS, Python, TypeScript, Java, Go, SQL
Responsibilities
Design long-term architectural blueprints, shape core systems in early stages, build AI-native workflows, orchestrate large analytical workloads, develop modern frontend experiences, establish DevOps and MLOps foundations.
Seniority
Principal, strategic design and hands-on implementation