Chief AI Architect — TS/SCI w/ Polygraph, Hybrid Deployment

ClearEdge; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ClearEdge is seeking a Chief Architect to set the technical direction and architecture for our AI-enabled product family. You will lead architectural decisions across engineering teams, including hybrid and air-gapped deployments, with a focus on modular, secure, and extensible platforms.

You will prototype frontier AI capabilities, mentor engineers, and communicate technical strategy to leadership and customers while balancing business objectives with long-term platform direction.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance; U.S. citizenship.
• 15+ years of IT experience.
• Experience with Generative AI: frontier LLMs, AI-native IDEs, RAG and vector stores, agentic AI principles.
• Experience deploying complex systems across hybrid and air-gapped environments.
• Experience across the full software development lifecycle.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including briefings for internal and external leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture vision for an assigned product, scaling it across current and future customer engagements.
• Lead proofs of concept and prototypes evaluating new technologies.
• Perform technical trade‑off analysis and implementation decisions across teams.
• Produce functional design documents; support installation and integration of the platform baseline.
• Mentor engineers, including leads embedded in specific customer implementations.
• Support business development: whitepaper authoring, customer briefings, proposals.
• Deliver technical briefings and presentations to internal and external leadership.

Skills

Lead architecture for complex multi‑te

AI/native development

Full-stack, layered system design

Prototyping new technical approaches

Translating business objectives into架

Mentoring engineers and technical lead

Presenting technical direction to exec

Balancing customer requests with long‑

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

ClearEdge is seeking a Chief Architect to set the technical direction and architecture for our AI-enabled product family. You will lead architectural decisions across engineering teams, including hybrid and air-gapped deployments, with a focus on modular, secure, and extensible platforms.

You will prototype frontier AI capabilities, mentor engineers, and communicate technical strategy to leadership and customers while balancing business objectives with long-term platform direction.