AI Principal Architect

AI Principal Architect – Kognitiv Inc. AI Principal Architect role at Kognitiv Inc. Join us to lead our advanced AI practice, design autonomous agent systems, and partner with executive clients to translate AI capabilities into tangible business value. Responsibilities Strategy & POV: Contribute to the firm’s commercial and technical POV, policies, and architecture regarding AI, Generative AI, and autonomous agent systems to secure competitive advantage. Client Consulting: Lead executive-level workshops to identify high-ROI AI use cases, assess organizational readiness, and develop ethical AI adoption roadmaps. Solution Structuring: Translate high-level business problems into actionable technical roadmaps, ensuring alignment with client data governance, security, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, local data laws). Pre-Sales: Partner with sales and account teams to structure, scope, and estimate complex AI consulting engagements, acting as the definitive subject matter expert. Practice Enablement: Support the firm’s practice integrations by providing AI learning/training and developing expertise in platforms like Workday. Agent Design: Design and architect multi-step, autonomous AI agent systems (leveraging LLMs, vector databases, and orchestration frameworks like LangChain/AutoGen), focusing on scalability, reliability, and observability. Architecture Governance: Establish best practices, technical standards, and QA processes for all AI and Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) workflows. Tooling Evaluation: Continuously evaluate and recommend AI builder tools, platforms (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, etc.), and infrastructure choices based on performance and TCO. Ethical Oversight: Ensure all AI strategies and architectural designs adhere to established ethical principles and minimize risks related to bias, transparency, and data privacy. Documentation: Maintain comprehensive, accurate, and professional documentation of methodologies, architectures, and client recommendations. Qualifications Proven mastery of technical consulting and AI architecture, typically gained over 10+ years of progressive experience, including: Technical consulting or professional services experience, with a proven history as a billable, client-facing resource. Designing and deploying production-grade generative AI applications and LLM workflows. Specific, demonstrable experience building and orchestrating autonomous AI agents (reasoning, tool-use, multi-step planning). Expert-level proficiency in Python and relevant AI/ML frameworks. Deep understanding of cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and related MLOps tooling. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts to executive, non-technical audiences. Experience with low-code/no-code AI agent builder tools (e.g., Flowise, LlamaIndex) is preferred. Prior experience integrating AI/ML models within complex enterprise platforms is preferred. Exposure to developing non-AI applications within complex enterprise platforms (e.g., Workday, Salesforce, SAP) in a consulting context is preferred. Benefits & Pay Transparency Kognitiv is committed to a transparent and equitable compensation structure, determined by skill set, experience, education, market data, and internal equity. Candidates invited to a recruiter screen can expect a candid discussion of our compensation philosophy, the specific salary range for this position, and the variable pay opportunities that may be available for this role. For details on our comprehensive benefits package, please visit our careers website at careers.kognitivinc.com/benefits. Equal Opportunity Employer Kognitiv is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Work Authorization Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Kognitiv. Estimated Application Deadline This job remains open until filled. Updates on deadlines will be communicated through this job posting. #J-18808-Ljbffr