Chief Architect - AI-Driven Platform Leader

Employ; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Learning & development programs

Job summary

Employ is seeking a Chief Architect responsible for defining the technical architecture of its evolving product landscape. This role will require a hands-on leader who can guide architectural decisions and influence technical direction significantly. You will be pivotal in moving toward a more unified, AI-enabled platform, collaborating with engineering leadership and senior teams.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SaaS architecture and a pragmatic approach, ensuring a coherent platform while driving innovation. You'll have an opportunity to shape the company's future and enhance the employee experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to reason from first principles and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
• Real technical depth and high credibility with engineers.
• Ability to balance long-term design with practical delivery needs.

Responsibilities

• Define the target-state architecture for the company’s platform evolution.
• Guide major architectural decisions and focus on key technical choices.
• Lead prototyping efforts for new capabilities and validate ideas quickly.

Skills

Deep technical judgment

Strong systems thinking

Understanding of modern SaaS architecture

Ability to communicate tradeoffs

Pragmatic delivery

Simplifying complexity

AI-native architecture direction

Job description

Employ is seeking a Chief Architect responsible for defining the technical architecture of its evolving product landscape. This role will require a hands-on leader who can guide architectural decisions and influence technical direction significantly. You will be pivotal in moving toward a more unified, AI-enabled platform, collaborating with engineering leadership and senior teams.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SaaS architecture and a pragmatic approach, ensuring a coherent platform while driving innovation. You'll have an opportunity to shape the company's future and enhance the employee experience.