Applied AI Architect, Education
Core
Senior technical owner for a portfolio of education customers, acting as the 'CTO of your book of business' to shape AI strategy and guide adoption from pre-sales to production.
Role type
Senior IC Applied AI Architect (Education)
Builds
Technical account plans, adoption roadmaps, and responsible AI architectures for universities, schools, and research institutions.
Domain
Education (Higher Ed, K-12, Research) + Enterprise AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Customer-facing technical leadership, software and cloud architecture, modern AI systems and frontier LLMs, stakeholder management, change management, technical account planning, solution evaluation, adoption roadmap creation, cross-functional coordination.
Preferred skills
Education sector fluency, experience with OpenAI products (ChatGPT Edu, API, Codex), prototyping with Python/JavaScript, building trusted relationships with C-suite and academic leaders.
Technologies
OpenAI API, ChatGPT Edu, Codex, agentic AI solutions, Python, JavaScript
Responsibilities
Serve as primary technical advisor and relationship owner for education customers; partner with Account Directors on technical strategy; lead discovery with institutional leaders to identify use cases; translate priorities into applied AI architectures; guide institutions through evaluations, prototypes, and proofs of value; develop actionable adoption roadmaps; build trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, and academic leaders; coordinate support from engineering, product, and research teams; track adoption and customer impact; identify reusable architectures and expansion opportunities.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC