Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

Vibehackers; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Vibehackers seeks a Senior Enterprise AI Architect to define and drive enterprise AI and cloud architecture for large-scale digital transformation programs. You will mentor global engineering teams and engage executive stakeholders to align technology investments with business outcomes, delivering scalable GenAI platforms.

The role focuses on governance, architecture standards, and reference architectures using GCP, Vertex AI, Gemini, and Agentic AI across industries.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution design, and large-scale digital transformation programs.
• Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Vertex AI, Gemini, AI Agents/Agentic AI, and cloud-native architectures.
• Extensive experience designing Enterprise AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, RAG, and multi-agent solutions.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end architecture for mission-critical, scalable, and secure platforms.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and platform engineering.
• Experience in AI governance, responsible AI, security, compliance, and enterprise adoption frameworks.
• Experience driving executive stakeholder management, technology strategy, and business transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading global engineering teams, architects, and customer engagements across multiple industries.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise AI and cloud architecture strategy for strategic customers.
• Lead large-scale AI transformation programs leveraging Gemini, Vertex AI, Agentic AI, and Google Cloud services.
• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and AI adoption roadmaps.
• Engage with C-level executives to align technology investments with business outcomes.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical due diligence, and solution assurance activities.
• Design reference architectures, accelerators, reusable frameworks, and industry-specific AI solutions.
• Mentor architects and engineering leaders; drive technical excellence across programs.
• Collaborate with Google product, engineering, partner, and customer teams to shape strategic AI initiatives.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Architecture

GCP

Vertex AI

Gemini

GenAI

Governance

Executive Communication

Tools

Gemini Enterprise

Vertex AI

APIs

Job description

Focused on building enterprise GenAI and agentic AI with Gemini and Vertex AI-heavy on AI-driven platforms and agent tooling.

About the Role

Lead enterprise AI and cloud architecture for large-scale digital transformation programs, driving end-to-end design and delivery of scalable, secure GenAI and agentic AI platforms. Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor to executive stakeholders while mentoring global engineering teams and establishing governance and adoption frameworks.

Job Description

Role

Senior technical leader responsible for defining and driving enterprise AI and cloud architecture strategies for strategic customer engagements. The role focuses on leading large-scale AI transformation programs and delivering mission-critical, scalable, and secure AI platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise AI and cloud architecture strategy for strategic customers.
• Lead large-scale AI transformation programs leveraging Gemini, Vertex AI, Agentic AI, and Google Cloud services.
• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and AI adoption roadmaps.
• Engage with C-level executives to align technology investments with business outcomes.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical due diligence, and solution assurance activities.
• Design reference architectures, accelerators, reusable frameworks, and industry-specific AI solutions.
• Mentor architects and engineering leaders; drive technical excellence across programs.
• Collaborate with Google product, engineering, partner, and customer teams to shape strategic AI initiatives.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution design, and large-scale digital transformation programs.
• Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Vertex AI, Gemini, AI Agents/Agentic AI, and cloud-native architectures.
• Extensive experience designing Enterprise AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, RAG, and multi-agent solutions.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end architecture for mission-critical, scalable, and secure platforms.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and platform engineering.
• Experience in AI governance, responsible AI, security, compliance, and enterprise adoption frameworks.
• Experience driving executive stakeholder management, technology strategy, and business transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading global engineering teams, architects, and customer engagements across multiple industries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Consulting mindset with excellent communication skills; able to engage business and technical stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Hands-on experience with Gemini Enterprise and Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (GECX).
• Domain experience in Telecommunications is an advantage.
• Agentic AI / AI Agents
• RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Google Cloud Vertex AI Gemini Gemini Enterprise GECX Agentic AI AI Agents RAG

Skills

Enterprise Architecture Solution Design Leadership Technical Strategy Stakeholder Management Executive Communication Team Leadership Mentoring Architecture Governance AI Governance Responsible AI Security and Compliance Distributed Systems Microservices APIs Event-Driven Architecture Platform Engineering Consulting Mindset