AI-First Digital Architecture Director

Voya Financial; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Voya Financial is seeking an AI/Digital Architecture Director to shape the future architecture of our customer-facing digital applications. This role will set architectural direction for a complex modernization landscape, driving consistency, reusable digital capabilities, and stronger integration with enterprise data, supported by agentic AI.

This is a strategic, technically credible architecture role that blends hands-on AI knowledge with the ability to translate emerging technologies into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in digital application architecture or related field.
• 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, BFF services, APIs, and integration with core domain services.
• Practical experience using AI agents or agentic AI patterns to design or build AI-native software or interfaces.
• Ability to connect architecture strategy to implementation patterns and modernization roadmaps.
• Experience integrating digital applications with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and legacy systems.
• Strong understanding of secure architecture including authentication, authorization, privacy, and zero-trust principles.
• Ability to influence across matrixed teams including engineering, digital, data, security, product, and business.

Responsibilities

• Define the target architecture and modernization roadmap for customer-facing digital application ecosystem.
• Establish architecture patterns for modern digital experiences (React, micro frontends, APIs).
• Guide the creation of reusable digital capabilities across products and lines of business.
• Lead AI integration into customer experiences and software development lifecycle.
• Apply AI agent experience to AI-native applications, conversational interfaces, and intelligent workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate strategic objectives into implementable architecture.
• Define secure integration patterns among digital apps, enterprise data platforms, APIs, and legacy systems.
• Ensure architecture decisions include security, authentication, authorization, privacy, resilience, and zero-trust.
• Provide strategic architecture oversight across modernization initiatives and guide a blended team.
• Communicate complex architecture concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Executive communication

Architectural strategy

Leadership

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related

Master's degree in related field

Tools

React

Micro frontends

Backend-for-Frontend (BFF)

APIs

Job description

Voya Financial is seeking an AI/Digital Architecture Director to shape the future architecture of our customer-facing digital applications. This role will set architectural direction for a complex modernization landscape, driving consistency, reusable digital capabilities, and stronger integration with enterprise data, supported by agentic AI.

This is a strategic, technically credible architecture role that blends hands-on AI knowledge with the ability to translate emerging technologies into