Application Architect
Core
Architectural leader defining reference architecture, guardrails, and delivery patterns for enterprise-grade AI applications, balancing performance, cost, and compliance.
Role type
Senior IC Application Architect (AI/LLM)
Builds
Enterprise AI applications, modular microservices, and production LLM solutions using RAG and agents.
Domain
Financial markets infrastructure and data
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Microservices design, LLM solution design, RAG patterns, Prompt orchestration, LLMOps, Cloud platform design, CI/CD for AI, Technical leadership
Preferred skills
Cost optimization for AI workloads, Model risk management, Domain Driven Design, Classical MLOps
Technologies
AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Langchain, Langgraph, Temporal, Langfuse, Langsmith, W&B, Vector databases, Snowflake
Responsibilities
Define target-state architecture for AI-enabled applications, Design modular domain-aligned services, Establish canonical integration patterns for LLM invocation, Architect production LLM solutions using RAG and agents, Define platform capabilities for prompt/version management and model registries, Coach teams on AI application patterns and platform reuse
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC