AI Platform Architect

Black Rock Groups; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Sick leave

Job summary

Tech Mahindra in Austin, TX is seeking an AI Platform Architect with 15+ years in enterprise architecture to own patterns, standards, and technical direction for AI-enabled internal platforms, including Forecasting, data lake, and agentic automation stack.

You will define architecture standards across GCP/AWS, lead platform-level decisions, collaborate with Quality Engineering to harden prototypes, and serve as the primary escalation point for engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise/platform architecture, including AI-enabled systems.
• Experience architecting agentic or AI-augmented internal platforms.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification (or equivalent depth).
• Working fluency in Node.js and cloud data platforms (Snowflake/BigQuery).

Responsibilities

• Define architecture standards and apply design patterns consistently across core FinOps applications.
• Own platform-level technical decisions across the GCP (90%)/AWS cloud split.
• Set technical direction for MCP development and agentic tooling integration.
• Partner with Quality Engineering Lead to ensure prototypes are hardened, not rewritten.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point to the Client engineering leadership.

Skills

Node.js

GCP

BigQuery

Snowflake

AI-enabled systems

Enterprise/platform architecture

Education

GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification

Job description

Role: AI Platform Architect

Location: Austin, TX (Onsite)

Exp. Level: 15+ yrs

Role Purpose: Owns the patterns, standards, and technical direction for the Client's AI-enabled internal engineering platforms - the senior technical authority across core Fin Apps: Forecasting, Finance/Infrastructure data lake, and the Agentic Automation Platform stack.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define architecture standards and apply design patterns consistently across core FinOps applications (Forecasting, Infrastructure finance data-lake, Agentic Automation Platform).
• Own platform-level technical decisions across the GCP (90%)/AWS cloud split
• Set technical direction for MCP development and agentic tooling integration.
• Partner with Quality Engineering Lead to ensure prototypes are hardened, not rewritten.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point to the Client engineering leadership.

Must-Have:

• 15+ years in enterprise/platform architecture, including AI-enabled systems.
• Demonstrated experience architecting agentic or AI-augmented internal platforms.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification (or equivalent depth).
• Working fluency in Node.js (the Client's primary stack language) and cloud data platforms (Snowflake/BigQuery).

Nice-to-Have:

• Multi-cloud (AWS) architecture experience.
• Exposure to financial/FinOps or commitment-tracking systems.
• Python/Streamlit familiarity (the Client's pilot stack).

The pay range for this role is $140k- $150k per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience, and location of the candidate.

This role is also open for contract: $75/hr - 85/hr

Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at [e-mail].