AI Architect

Guidehouse

AI Architect in Guidehouse’s AI & Data practice, architecting enterprise-grade AI solutions and mentoring engineering teams. Collaborating with business and IT leaders to achieve strategic initiatives.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $149,000 - $248,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and implement enterprise-grade AI solutions by collaborating with senior leadership to define technology strategies aligned with business objectives.
Serve as a technical leader for strategic AI initiatives, guiding solution design decisions across architecture, platforms, and implementation approaches.
Support and help advance AI Studio capabilities, including reusable architectures, accelerators, best practices, and reference implementations.
Lead the design and hands-on development of AI platforms, pipelines, and GenAI / Agentic AI solutions, including LLM-based systems, RAG, MLOps, cloud-native deployment, and scalable agentic architectures.
Leverage Guidehouse cloud and development environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and related enterprise platforms, to build secure, scalable solutions that can move from MVP to production.
Apply strong software engineering fundamentals and modern development practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, environment automation, code quality, and maintainable solution design.
Partner with cross-functional teams, including IT, Security, and business stakeholders, to identify high-impact AI use cases and deliver MVPs and production-grade solutions.
Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to AI engineers, acting as a technical lead within a delivery cell while communicating architectural decisions, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university.
Based on our contractual obligations, candidate must be located within the United States and US Citizen.
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST".
Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in AI, machine learning, data analytics, software engineering, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.
Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Generative AI and/or Agentic AI architectures and solutions.
Proven experience architecting, building, and deploying AI, data, or cloud-native solutions on enterprise platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, or related technologies.
Strong understanding of AI/ML fundamentals, including GenAI patterns such as RAG, agents, orchestration, prompt engineering, model selection, and evaluation trade-offs.
Relevant AI, cloud, or data/industry certifications.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including modern development practices such as CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, environment automation, code quality, and maintainable solution design.
Understanding of data pipelines, data quality, data governance, privacy considerations, security controls, compliance expectations, and responsible AI requirements.
Ability to design and deliver solutions within enterprise cloud, development, security, compliance, and IT process constraints.
Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills, with the ability to mentor developers, influence without direct authority, and partner effectively with product, delivery, IT, security, and business stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI solutionsmachine learningdata analyticssoftware engineeringcloud engineeringsolution architectureGenerative AIAgentic AIdata pipelinesCI/CD

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcoachingmentorshipcommunicationcollaborationinfluenceproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementdecision-makingteamwork

Certifications

AI certificationscloud certificationsdata industry certificationsFederal Trust certificationDoD Public Trust certification