Principal AI Systems Architect

OpenText; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenText is seeking a Principal AI Developer in Ireland to lead the design and delivery of scalable AI systems. You will own the full stack from platform to application, including orchestration, APIs, and production readiness, while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering standards.

The role sits at the heart of OpenText’s AI strategy and sovereign cloud initiatives, driving multi-agent AI orchestration in regulated environments across the Ireland R&D hub.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms.
• Expertise in AI/ML frameworks, APIs, and production deployment.
• Experience with vector DBs, retrieval systems, or LLM frameworks.
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI services, orchestration layers, and APIs.
• Lead technical design and architecture decisions.
• Ensure systems are scalable, observable, and cost-efficient.
• Own production readiness: monitoring, logging, incident response.
• Mentor junior developers and enforce engineering standards.
• Implement LLMOps/MLOps practices (CI/CD, versioning, evaluation).
• Optimize systems for latency, throughput, and cost.

Skills

AI services

Orchestration layers

APIs

Architectural decisions

Scalability

Observability

Production readiness

Mentoring

LLMOps

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/AI or related

Tools

Vector DBs

LLM frameworks

Cloud platforms

Job description

OpenText is seeking a Principal AI Developer in Ireland to lead the design and delivery of scalable AI systems. You will own the full stack from platform to application, including orchestration, APIs, and production readiness, while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering standards.

The role sits at the heart of OpenText’s AI strategy and sovereign cloud initiatives, driving multi-agent AI orchestration in regulated environments across the Ireland R&D hub.