AI-Driven Digital Architecture Director

Voya Financial; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision and life保险

401(k) Savings plan with company match

Retirement plan (cash balance)

Job summary

Voya Financial seeks an AI/Digital Architecture Director to shape the future architecture of our customer-facing digital applications. You will set direction for a modernization landscape, drive consistency, enable reusable digital capabilities, and advance AI integration across enterprise data and domain services.

The role blends strategic architecture with hands-on AI and security work, guiding a small team while collaborating with digital, engineering, data, and business leaders to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in digital application architecture, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or a related technology discipline.
• Demonstrated experience designing or leading the architecture of end-to-end, customer-facing digital applications.
• Strong knowledge of modern web application architecture, including React, micro frontends, backend-for-frontend services, APIs, and integration with core domain services.
• Practical experience using AI agents or agentic AI patterns to design or build AI-native software, conversational user interfaces, intelligent workflows, or related digital capabilities.
• Ability to connect architecture strategy to implementation patterns, technical standards, and modernization roadmaps.
• Experience integrating digital applications with enterprise data platforms, shared services, APIs, and complex legacy environments.
• Strong understanding of secure application architecture, including authentication, authorization, application security, privacy, and zero‑trust principles.

Responsibilities

• Define the target architecture and modernization roadmap for Voya's customer-facing digital application ecosystem.
• Establish architecture patterns and standards for modern digital experiences, including React applications, micro frontend architecture, backend-for-frontend services, APIs, and integration with enterprise domain services.
• Guide the creation of consistent, reusable digital capabilities that support multiple products and lines of business.
• Lead architectural approaches for incorporating agentic AI into customer experiences and the software development lifecycle.
• Apply practical experience with AI agents to the design of AI-native applications, conversational interfaces, intelligent workflows, and modern digital experiences.
• Partner with digital, product, engineering, data, platform, security, and business teams to translate strategic objectives into implementable architecture.
• Define secure integration patterns among digital applications, enterprise data platforms, shared services, APIs, and legacy systems.
• Ensure architecture decisions incorporate application security, authentication, authorization, privacy, resilience, and zero‑trust principles from the outset.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, architecture patterns, and platform capabilities, recommending where they can generate measurable business or customer value.
• Provide strategic architecture oversight across modernization initiatives without becoming the day-to-day solution architect for every project.
• Guide and develop a small, blended team of employees and contractors while remaining personally engaged in architecture strategy, design, and execution.
• Communicate complex architecture concepts clearly to technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders.
• Create a pragmatic transition path from the existing digital landscape to a modern, scalable, secure, and AI-enabled future state.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Executive communication

Digital architecture

AI agent experience

Web app architecture

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Master's degree in related field

Job description

Voya Financial seeks an AI/Digital Architecture Director to shape the future architecture of our customer-facing digital applications. You will set direction for a modernization landscape, drive consistency, enable reusable digital capabilities, and advance AI integration across enterprise data and domain services.

The role blends strategic architecture with hands-on AI and security work, guiding a small team while collaborating with digital, engineering, data, and business leaders to deliver