Our client, a leading financial services company is hiring an Enterprise Architect in AI on a long-term contract basis.
Job ID 83920
Work Location:
Englewood, NJ
Summary:
We are seeking an Enterprise Architect with hands-on software engineering background and AI knowledge to define our enterprise-wide AI architecture strategy. This role is 80% enterprise architecture focused on designing scalable, composable systems that integrate AI capabilities across our technology landscape.
Responsibilities:
- Define enterprise AI architecture blueprint, standards, and governance frameworks
- Design composable commerce architectures with integrated AI capabilities
- Establish MACH-compliant reference architectures
- Guide build vs. buy vs. partner decisions for AI platforms
- Lead architecture review board for AI initiatives
- Create integration patterns for AI services with existing enterprise systems
- Develop data architecture supporting AI readiness
Required Skills:
- TOGAF or similar EA frameworks
- MACH Architecture: Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless
- Composable Commerce: Packaged Business Capabilities (PBCs)
- Integration Patterns: API Gateway, service mesh, event-driven
- Data Architecture: Data mesh, data fabric, governance
Software Engineering Background (Required)
- 10+ years hands-on development experience
- Proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript (recent hands-on required)
- Spring Boot, FastAPI, React/Next.js
- Microservices, containerization, CI/CD
AI Knowledge & Integration
- AI architecture patterns: LLM integration, RAG systems
- AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenAI APIs
- Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot usage experience
- AI governance and responsible AI frameworks
- Understanding of emerging AI trends
eCommerce & Cloud
- Commerce platforms: Salesforce CC, commercetools
- Headless commerce architectures
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Cost optimization for AI workloads
Experience Requirements
- 10+ years enterprise/solution architecture
- Software engineering background with code review ability
- Enterprise-scale implementations
- eCommerce architecture experience preferred
- Stakeholder management across business and technical teams
Pay: $70-$85 per hour.