Chief AI Platform Architect for Patient Health Tech

Edwards Lifesciences; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Performance-based incentives

Benefits programs

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences’ Advanced Innovation & Technology (AI&AT) teams are building an AI Center of Excellence in Irvine, CA. The role focuses on defining how AI is applied across the structural heart journey, delivering secure, multi-tenant AI services and guiding governance across internal teams.

You will lead architecture decisions, manage internal platforms, and shape the reference architecture while partnering with HR and engineering to align teams with strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of experience in software or AI architecture, including at least 5 years in a formal technical leadership or chief architect capacity.
• Experience negotiating a formal shared-capacity or co-delivery model with an internal IT organization.

Responsibilities

• Design reusable, secure, multi-tenant AI services for internal customers.
• Operate the AI platform as an internal product with defined customers, roadmap and SLAs.
• Chair the operating cadence of the AI Center of Excellence.
• Make build/buy/rent decisions for AI capabilities with authority to stop internal builds.
• Own reference architecture and enforce technical standards across AI initiatives.
• Own AI gateway, model routing, and observability layer.
• Build and lead delivery pods with engineers from IT under shared-capacity.
• Own production reliability for AI applications.

Skills

Bachelor's degree + 12 years exp in AI

Senior technical leadership

Experience negotiating internal IT co‑

Education

Bachelor's degree in software/AI architecture

Job description

Edwards Lifesciences’ Advanced Innovation & Technology (AI&AT) teams are building an AI Center of Excellence in Irvine, CA. The role focuses on defining how AI is applied across the structural heart journey, delivering secure, multi-tenant AI services and guiding governance across internal teams.

You will lead architecture decisions, manage internal platforms, and shape the reference architecture while partnering with HR and engineering to align teams with strategic goals.