AI Tools Architect / Tech Lead

Zerto; Fort Collins (CO); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks an AI Tools Architect / Tech Lead in a hybrid role based in Colorado. You will stay current with AI coding tools, craft personas, and deploy agentic workflows across multiple teams while leading a small group to deliver rapid value.

You bring 10+ years of software engineering, hands-on AI tooling, and a proven ability to drive technical change and communicate clearly with leadership and engineers alike.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong coding skills.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in a real engineering context.
• Experience as technical lead for small fast moving teams.
• Ability to drive technical change through documentation and tooling.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; able to sell ideas.

Responsibilities

• Stay current on AI coding tools and agentic workflows; drive ideas to implementation.
• Author and maintain AI configuration artifacts and persona libraries.
• Design AI personas for targeted use cases and evaluate AI-assisted code reviews.
• Prototype AI tooling in Python; build automation scripts and GitHub Actions.
• Partner with engineering leads to drive adoption and present findings to leadership.
• Act as tech lead for a small team delivering value quickly.

Skills

Software engineering

AI tooling

Technical leadership

Change management

Communication

Self-direction

CI/CD

LLM evaluation

Cross-team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

BS in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

GitHub Copilot

ChatGPT

Claude

Python

Job description

AI Tools Architect / Tech Lead

This role has been designed as “Hybrid” with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Stay current on developments in AI coding tools and agentic workflows; bring new ideas back to the organization and drive them to implementation
• Author and maintain shared AI configuration artifacts: org and team-specific personas, and prompt libraries.
• Design and deploy AI personas for targeted use cases — for example, a security reviewer persona that critically evaluates PRs for vulnerabilities, or a test coverage persona that identifies gaps
• Build and evaluate AI-assisted code review agents and workflows; measure their effectiveness and iterate
• Prototype AI-powered tooling in Python or similar — automation scripts, GitHub Actions integrations, or custom agents
• Partner with engineering leads and individual contributors across multiple teams to drive adoption and behavior change
• Present findings, proposals, and results to engineering leadership; create clear, compelling documentation and slide decks
• Act as tech lead for a small team that delivers value quickly

Must-Have Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong coding skills
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) in a real engineering context
• Experience in acting as the technical lead for small fast moving/high impact teams
• Demonstrated ability to drive change in a technical organization — through documentation, tooling, or direct influence
• Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to sell your ideas
• Self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity; able to jump between teams and projects without close supervision
• Experience with LLM evaluation techniques or AI model benchmarking
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
• Curiosity and willingness to experiment, learn, explore, and sometimes fail.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience writing technical documentation, READMEs, runbooks, or similar artifacts
• Experience in building a community of practice or working with Open Source communities

Education

BS in CS, CE, or equivalent practical experience.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Job

Engineering

Job Level

TCP_05

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 160,000 - 303,000 in Colorado // 152,000 - 349,000 in Texas
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

The estimated job application period closure is July 27 2026; this timeline is provided for transparency and internal planning purposes.

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT

employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.