Director, Senior Technical Architect

Scorpion Therapeutics; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking an experienced Enterprise AI Architect to shape the architecture and technology strategy for ELT-level AI programs in Seattle. You will translate ambitious goals into concrete roadmaps and target architectures, defining standards, integration patterns, and guardrails.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with senior leaders, ensure governance and security, and drive reliable, observable platforms with a focus on platform reuse and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years of experience or equivalent.
• Experience defining architecture/technology strategy for AI/data-intensive programs.
• Hands-on experience with cloud, data/integration patterns, APIs, AI/ML services, security, and reliability.
• Experience advising teams via design authority.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders on high-visibility programs.

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture and strategy for ELT-level AI programs.
• Define solution architectures, standards, integration patterns, and guardrails.
• Align AI architectures to enterprise platforms and reuse shared capabilities.
• Advise ELT/business leaders; define delivery models and outcomes.
• Architect responsible AI/automation with governance and verification.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship; raise delivery teams’ standards.
• Establish reliability, security, documentation, observability and resilience.

Skills

AI architecture

Cloud computing

Data integration

Security

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

APIs

LLMs

Security standards

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Shape architecture and technology strategy for ELT-level AI programs; translate ambiguous ambitions into actionable roadmap and target-state architecture.
• Define solution and reference architectures, including technical standards, integration patterns, and guardrails.
• Align AI program architectures to enterprise platforms/standards; ensure reuse of shared capabilities (agent, data, memory, security) and integration with the platform spine.
• Serve as trusted advisor to ELT/business/Digital leaders; define delivery models and measurable outcomes.
• Architect responsible AI/automation and modern engineering practices with appropriate governance, controls, and verification.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship; raise delivery teams’ standards through influence.
• Establish reliability, security, documentation, and operational excellence expectations; ensure architectures are compliant, observable, and resilient.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s + 8 years, OR Master’s + 7 years, OR PhD + 5+ years.
• Experience defining architecture/technology strategy for significant programs (ideally AI/data-intensive).
• Hands-on expertise in modern engineering, cloud, data/integration patterns, APIs, AI/ML services, security, and reliability.
• Experience advising/guiding teams via design authority.
• Experience partnering with senior business/Digital stakeholders on high-visibility programs.

Preferred Requirements:

• Degree in tech/engineering-related field.
• Regulated global enterprise experience (compliance, privacy, security, risk).
• Experience architecting AI/agentic/automation solutions and applying platform reuse.
• Deep AI/modern architecture (agentic platforms, LLMs, data platforms, cloud, enterprise integration).

Compensation/Benefits (if hired):

• Annual base salary $162,900–$271,500; eligible for Global Performance Plan bonus (20% target) and long-term incentive; benefits include 401(k) match, paid time off, leave, and medical/dental/vision.