AI Architect

NTT DATA North America; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA North America is seeking an AI Architect to own the end-to-end agentic AI system architecture, orchestration, and the autonomy boundary in a production environment. The role focuses on delivering an autonomous system that makes decisions and acts with limited human intervention.

The candidate should have 7-8 years in tech, with 3-4 years hands-on experience building agentic AI at scale, and a track record delivering reliable autonomous components. Hybrid/onsite in New York City.

Qualifications

• 7-8 years overall tech experience with 3-4 years in hands-on agentic/autonomous AI production
• Direct ownership of core architecture, not just contribution to someone else’s design
• Experience at large AI-native tech companies or scale-ups (e.g., Meta, NVIDIA, AWS, Google/Gemini)
• Experience building evaluation systems proving reliability for autonomy

Skills

Agentic AI systems

Production deployment

Core architecture ownership

Evaluation systems for autonomy

Multi-agent orchestration

Cloud/AI infrastructure

Tools

Meta/NVIDIA/AWS/Google or equivalent AI-native scale-up

Job description

AI Architect -26-02164

Hybrid/Onsite in NYC

2yrs Duration

TempW2orC2C

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

NTT DATA's Client is currently seeking an AI Architect to join their team in New York, New York (US-NY), United States (US).

AI Architect – Principal/Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Systems

Why: Client's SenSei AIOps team needs someone who owns agent architecture, orchestration, and the trust/autonomy boundary — deciding when an agent acts vs. defers to a human. The need is for someone who has taken multi-agent or autonomous AI systems from prototype to production at real scale — a system that makes decisions and takes actions, not a chatbot wrapper.

Must Have:

• 7-8 years overall experience, with at least 3-4 years recent, hands‑on work building and shipping an agentic or autonomous AI system in production
• Direct ownership of core architecture — not a contributor on someone else's design
• Experience at a company like Meta, NVIDIA, AWS, or Google/Gemini (or equivalent AI-native scale‑up)
• Experience building evaluation systems that proved the agent was reliable enough to run with real autonomy

Preferred:

• Exposure to a regulated or mission‑critical environment (finance, healthcare, infra)

About NTT DATA

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting hourly range for this remote role is $80 to $90. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life, and AD&D insurance, short-and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally required benefits

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start‑up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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