AI Platform Architect & Technical Lead

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Williams Lea, an RRD Company, is seeking a Technical Lead to own the architectural pattern and integration approach for AiVA engagements with top global law firms. You will provide architectural direction, review engineer builds, and ensure security and scalable data flows across engagements.

In this role you will mentor AI Workflow Engineers, collaborate with platform engineers, and present complex architectures to senior stakeholders across US, UK, and other regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering, cloud architecture, or enterprise integration experience.
• Track record of leading complex technical architecture on client-facing delivery engagements.
• Demonstrated experience with AI or automation platforms at enterprise scale; familiarity with agent frameworks, LLM APIs, and orchestration patterns.
• Strong integration engineering background: authentication, data pipelines, deployment infrastructure, and monitoring.
• Comfortable working across geographies and time zones (US, UK, EMEA clients).
• Experience in legal, professional services, or knowledge-worker environments preferred; not required.

Responsibilities

• Define engagement architectural pattern: decomposition, orchestration, data flow, integration, deployment.
• Review and sign off on AI Workflow Engineer builds against the pattern.
• Own integration architecture with client systems: authentication, data ingress, downstream deployment, monitoring.
• Provide architectural direction and escalation resolution with platform engineering.
• Present technical architecture to senior client stakeholders.
• Guide AI Workflow Engineers on architectural choices and evaluation design.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to capability development.
• Ensure compliance with client requirements, data protection, security standards, AiVA platform standards.

Skills

8+ years software eng

Leadership of complex architecture

AI/automation platforms

Integration engineering

Cross-geo collaboration

Security best practices

Client-facing communication

LLM APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

LLM APIs

Agent frameworks

Orchestration

Authentication

Data pipelines

Deployment infra

Monitoring

Job description

Williams Lea, an RRD Company, is seeking a Technical Lead to own the architectural pattern and integration approach for AiVA engagements with top global law firms. You will provide architectural direction, review engineer builds, and ensure security and scalable data flows across engagements.

In this role you will mentor AI Workflow Engineers, collaborate with platform engineers, and present complex architectures to senior stakeholders across US, UK, and other regions.