Director, AI Platform Architecture & Delivery

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a senior software/AI platform architect to own the architecture and delivery of a single AI platform serving multiple business units in a secure, air‑gapped environment.

You will work with senior architects and AIML Ops engineers to define direction, translate business problems into platform capabilities, and lead development hands‑on where needed. The role requires deep multi‑stack experience, strong cloud and on‑prem deployments, and the ability to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the target‑state reference architecture and domains.
• Architect on‑premises, private cloud and multi‑tenant public cloud deployments.
• Define AI architecture for open‑weight models and GPU inference serving.
• Lead CI, CD and MLOps end‑to‑end with governance and observability.

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js

.NET

React

Angular

Spring Boot

Architecture

Cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a senior software/AI platform architect to own the architecture and delivery of a single AI platform serving multiple business units in a secure, air‑gapped environment.

You will work with senior architects and AIML Ops engineers to define direction, translate business problems into platform capabilities, and lead development hands‑on where needed. The role requires deep multi‑stack experience, strong cloud and on‑prem deployments, and the ability to drive