Director, Senior Technical Architect

Scorpion Therapeutics; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking an accomplished Enterprise AI Architect to shape the architecture and technology strategy for our ELT-level AI programs. You will define reference architectures, standards, and integration patterns that align with our enterprise platforms and guardrails.

You will advise senior business and Digital leaders, translating ambitious AI goals into concrete, measurable outcomes and ensuring responsible AI governance and reliable, secure platforms across engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with substantial experience in architecture/technology strategy for large programs (AI/data-intensive preferred).
• Hands-on expertise in modern engineering, cloud, data/integration patterns, APIs, AI/ML services, security, reliability.
• Experience acting as a technical advisor/design authority to influence senior stakeholders and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture and technology strategy for ELT-level AI programs; create roadmap and target-state architecture.
• Define target/reference architectures, technical standards, integration patterns, guardrails.
• Align AI program architecture to enterprise platforms and standards; ensure reuse of shared capabilities and integration into the platform spine.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to business/Digital leaders and ELT sponsors; translate ambiguous AI ambitions into practical choices and measurable outcomes.
• Define responsible AI architecture (governance, controls, verification) across AI, automation, and modern engineering.
• Provide architectural leadership and mentorship; raise technical standards.
• Establish reliability, security, documentation, and operational excellence expectations (compliant, observable, resilient).

Skills

Engineering

Cloud

Data integration

APIs

AI/ML services

Security

Reliability

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8+ years of experience

Master’s degree + 7+ years

PhD + 5+ years

Job description

What You Will Achieve

• Shape architecture and technology strategy for key ELT-level AI programs; create roadmap and target-state architecture.
• Define target/reference architectures, technical standards, integration patterns, guardrails.
• Align AI program architecture to enterprise platforms and standards; ensure reuse of shared capabilities (agent, data, memory, security) and integration into the platform spine.
• Serve as trusted technical advisor to business/Digital leaders and ELT sponsors; translate ambiguous AI ambitions into practical choices and measurable outcomes.
• Define responsible AI architecture (governance, controls, verification) across AI, automation, and modern engineering.
• Provide architectural leadership and mentorship; raise technical standards.
• Establish reliability, security, documentation, and operational excellence expectations (compliant, observable, resilient).

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor’s + 8 years; OR Master’s + 7 years; OR PhD + 5+ years.
• Experience defining architecture/technology strategy for significant programs or technology domains (ideally AI/data-intensive).
• Hands‑on expertise in modern engineering, cloud, data/integration patterns, APIs, AI/ML services, security, reliability.
• Experience acting as a technical advisor/design authority through influence.
• Experience partnering with senior business/Digital stakeholders to shape technical direction and measurable outcomes.

Bonus Points (Preferred Requirements)

• Technology/engineering degree.
• Regulated global enterprise experience (compliance, privacy, security, risk).
• Experience architecting AI/agentic/automation solutions and platform reuse.
• Track record influencing senior stakeholders.
• Recognized depth in AI/modern architecture (agentic platforms, LLMs, data platforms, cloud, enterprise integration).