CareerPlan

Open AI Developer - Enterprise AI Architect

USAFull-time$110k–$150k2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Design and ship production-grade enterprise AI systems using open-weight models, fine-tuning, and agentic AI for real users, moving beyond pilots to reliable client integrations.

Role type

Principal AI Architect (Senior IC + Technical Leadership)

Builds

Production AI systems, reference architectures, and reusable accelerators for enterprise clients.

Domain

Enterprise AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Financial Services

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Open-weight model fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA), distributed systems, Kubernetes, Python, PySpark, Databricks, Snowflake, quantization, distillation, model evaluation infrastructure, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Acts

Preferred skills

Financial-services model risk management, startup/product company experience, leadership of 30+ engineers

Technologies

Python, Kubernetes, PySpark, Databricks, Snowflake, CI/CD, GPU serving

Responsibilities

Set reference architectures for AI systems covering model selection, routing, orchestration, and guardrails; Lead open-weight model engineering and fine-tuning strategies; Improve inference economics via routing, caching, and quantization; Lead more than 30 engineers and data scientists across concurrent client implementations; Partner with sales and consulting on technical due diligence and feasibility assessments.