Ai Architect

The ideal candidate will be technically strong but also has a proven track record of leading and executing technical projects and presenting to C-suite. The role requires the ability to travel up to 80% of the time (though it will likely be quite a bit less throughout the year depending on the client/project).
7+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or cloud architecture.
Proven experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native architecture.
Strong understanding of the ML model lifecycle, AI infrastructure, and scalable system design.
Expertise in API design, integration patterns, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
Ability to lead architectural decision-making and align technical solutions with business needs.
About AI Transformation:
Everything we do is about making the future of human work more purposeful. We do this by leveraging state-of-the-art technologies, modern architecture, and industry experts to create AI-powered solutions that transform the way our clients do business.
The new AI Transformation team will build on established AI foundation, furthering the capabilities of our Applied AI / Machine Learning team. By combining Generative AI, Machine Learning and Software Engineering, this team empowers clients to transform their business models through AI, irrespective of their current AI adoption stage.
As a member of AI Transformation, you will help distinguish in the market and drive the firm's technology and innovation strategy. The future is powered by AI, come build it with us.
About the Team:
We invest in expertise. You'll have the time, space, and support to go deep in your projects and build lasting technical and strategic mastery. You'll work with developers, product stakeholders, and project managers as a trusted leader and domain expert.
We believe in continuous growth. Our team is committed to professional development and knowledge-sharing.
We protect balance. Our distributed team culture is grounded in trust and flexibility. We offer unlimited PTO, a flexible remote work policy, and a supportive environment that prioritizes sustainable, long-term performance.
About the Role
The AI Architect I (Manager) designs, governs, and evolves end-to-end architectural solutions that enable scalable, secure, and high-performance AI systems across the enterprise. This role partners closely with engineering, data, cloud infrastructure, security, and product teams to define technical standards, integration patterns, and frameworks that operationalize predictive and generative AI capabilities. As a manager-level architect, the role leads solution design, mentors' technical staff, facilitates architecture reviews, and ensures responsible AI, security, and governance standards are consistently applied to support a future-ready AI ecosystem.
Architect end-to-end AI solutions, including model training pipelines, inference platforms, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and cloud ML platforms.
Lead cross-functional architecture and design reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and business objectives.
Collaborate with AI engineering, MLOps, DevOps, data engineering, and security teams to define scalable, secure, and reusable technical patterns.
Design model-serving and inference architectures optimized for latency, throughput, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Define integration patterns for large language models (LLMs), vector databases, APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows.
Establish and document architectural standards, reference architecture, diagrams, and decision records for enterprise adoption.
Provide guidance on cloud architecture, Kubernetes-based ML platforms, GPU capacity planning, and AI infrastructure modernization.
Embed responsible AI, data governance, compliance, and security requirements into solution designs and architecture artifacts.
Partner with security teams to assess technical risk and mitigate AI-specific vulnerabilities.
Mentor senior engineers and contribute to technical skill development across teams.
Evaluate emerging AI platforms, frameworks, and cloud capabilities to inform long-term architectural strategy.
Participate in AI-related incident reviews and drive improvements to system resilience and reliability.
Drive standardization across AI development, deployment, and lifecycle management practices.
Qualifications
7+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or cloud architecture.
Proven experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native architecture.
Strong understanding of the ML model lifecycle, AI infrastructure, and scalable system design.
Expertise in API design, integration patterns, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
Ability to lead architectural decision-making and align technical solutions with business needs.
Excellent communication, documentation, and diagramming skills.
Demonstrated ability to guide teams through complex technical design challenges.
Willingness to travel occasionally for cross-functional planning and collaboration.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field.
Master's degree, cloud architect certification, or enterprise architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF).
Prior experience in technical leadership, architecture governance, or standards development.
Advanced experience architecting ML platforms on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including Kubernetes-based infrastructure, GPU planning, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform).
Experience designing resilient, observable, multi-region cloud architectures, and event-driven data pipelines.
Expertise in generative AI and LLM-enabled systems, including RAG architectures, vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS), and model-serving frameworks (e.g., vLLM, TGI).
Experience designing prompt orchestration, guardrails, fine-tuning workflows (e.g., LoRA/QLoRA), and secure LLM integration.
Ability to participate in onsite or virtual design sessions; hybrid or remote work arrangements per organizational policy.
Availability to support critical launches, reviews, or incident response as needed.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, IL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $180000.00/yr.
Our Benefits: Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 14, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.