• Location: New York NY
• Type: Perm
• Job #26893

Company Overview:
A global private investment firm with over $120 billion in assets under management is seeking a Senior AI Architect to join their team. The role focuses on designing and delivering secure, scalable AI solutions across the firm.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Lead AI Architect to develop and apply reference architectures, engineering patterns, and standards for AI workflows.
• Own technical design, implementation, and production operation of assigned AI products.
• Design and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and tools with clear schemas and permissions.
• Design human-in-the-loop workflows with approval gates and auditable handoffs.
• Build evaluation and regression harnesses for quality and safety checks.
• Implement security and governance controls in partnership with Cybersecurity.
• Partner with Data and Platform Engineering for deployment and operations support.
• Evaluate models, platforms, vendors, and emerging capabilities.
• Develop critical components, review code, and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Document solution designs and operational handoffs.
• Mentor AI engineers and provide technical guidance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science, engineering, machine learning, or related field.
• 6–10+ years of experience in software, data, ML, or AI engineering.
• Strong experience with LLM APIs, RAG, embeddings, vector search, and AI application security.
• Experience with agentic systems using SDKs like Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK, or LangChain.
• Experience designing MCP servers and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Strong Python and software-engineering skills, including APIs and cloud services.
• Experience integrating AI with enterprise data platforms and business applications.
• Preferred experience with Snowflake, Azure, or AWS, and enterprise AI platforms.

Compensation:
Salary: $175,000 – $200,000, Plus Bonus