Principal Architect: AI-Driven Enterprise Architecture

American Express; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

Hybrid/onsite/virtual arrangements

Career development

Descripción de la vacante

American Express is seeking a highly technical Principal Architect to lead AI-enabled architecture strategy across Global Servicing and Technology. You will shape reference architectures, establish guardrails, and guide major platform decisions with a focus on security, scalability, and enterprise governance.

This role requires visionary leadership to influence senior stakeholders, mentor engineers, and translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, scalable solutions that improve customer

Formación

• 15+ years of experience in technology architecture within large-scale environments.
• Design and deliver enterprise-grade platforms and technology capabilities.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native platforms, and data-intensive apps.
• Experience with AI architecture including generative AI and agentic systems.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and drive architectural decisions across a matrixed organization.

Responsabilidades

• Define and advance AI and agentic platform architecture strategy.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership for complex AI use cases from exploration to production.
• Establish reference architectures, reusable patterns, and guardrails for AI and automation.
• Ensure AI architectures meet security, privacy, risk, governance requirements.
• Mentor architects and engineers across the organization.

Conocimientos

Enterprise architecture leadership

AI architecture

Generative AI

Cloud-native platforms

Stakeholder management

Educación

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Descripción del empleo

American Express is seeking a highly technical Principal Architect to lead AI-enabled architecture strategy across Global Servicing and Technology. You will shape reference architectures, establish guardrails, and guide major platform decisions with a focus on security, scalability, and enterprise governance.

This role requires visionary leadership to influence senior stakeholders, mentor engineers, and translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, scalable solutions that improve customer