AI Principal Architect - Remote in the US

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About the Role

We are seeking an AI/ML Architect who combines advanced software architecture expertise with deep experience in designing and integrating AI/ML-driven systems. This is a client-facing, strategic role that bridges enterprise architecture, machine learning design patterns, and modern application development. You’ll partner with Sales, Delivery, and Data Science teams to architect scalable, intelligent systems that align with business priorities and create real-world impact.

You’ll play a pivotal role in designing future-ready application architectures, infused with AI, ML, Automation, and data engineering principles, that accelerate innovation and deliver measurable ROI for our clients. You will also serve as a key internal leader for AI growth, promoting knowledge sharing, hands-on experimentation, and technical alignment across the Engineering team, while mentoring engineers to deepen their applied AI/ML expertise and elevate our collective capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead AI/ML-aligned architecture strategy in pre-sales engagements, including workshops, solution presentations, and technical discovery.


• Gather business and technical requirements to architect AI-integrated applications and data platforms.


• Design modern application architectures with native AI/ML integration, leveraging cloud-native tools (e.g., SageMaker/Bedrock, Azure ML, Vertex AI).


• Translate complex ML and data science workflows into scalable production-ready systems.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—engineering, data, UX, and strategy—to define AI-enhanced user journeys and solutions.


• Communicate architectural vision, solution design, and business value to technical and executive stakeholders.


• Develop technical proposals and ROI models for initiatives involving intelligent automation, predictive systems, recommendation engines, and generative AI.


• Provide technical leadership to development teams on MLOps, model serving, and AI application integration best practices.


• Ensure architecture security, compliance, scalability, and maintainability.


• Champion AI knowledge-sharing and innovation across the internal Engineering team by leading initiatives, workshops, and best practice sessions; serve as an AI ambassador within the organization to foster continuous learning and applied experimentation.


• Document and share architectural frameworks, design patterns, and implementation playbooks related to AI/ML applications.

About You

The essentials:

• 10+ years of experience in application architecture and modern software development.


• Proven experience designing and deploying AI/ML-infused solutions at scale.


• Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including ML platform services (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML).


• Experience integrating ML models into microservice-based and event-driven architectures.


• Fluency in modern programming languages (Python preferred; Java, C++ and JavaScript also welcome).


• Experience with LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or generative AI in production environments.


• Familiarity with MLOps, CI/CD pipelines for ML, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).


• Excellent communication and client-facing skills, especially in technical storytelling and aligning AI capabilities with business goals.


• Experience designing data pipelines and working with both structured and unstructured data.


• Strong collaboration and leadership skills in multidisciplinary, agile teams.

Not a must, but a plus:

• Certifications such as Nvidia LLM, Nvidia Multimodal, Nvidia MLOPs, AWS Machine Learning Specialty, Google Professional ML Engineer, or Azure AI Engineer.


• Knowledge of model governance, fairness, explainability, and responsible AI practices.


• Experience with tools such as Kubeflow, MLflow, Ray, or LangChain.

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What We Offer

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA


• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays


• 401k with company contribution


• Paid parental leave


• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being


• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network


• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!


• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here !)

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range

$140,000—$190,000 USD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.