Enterprise AI Architect for Sovereign, On-Prem Delivery

BearPlex, Inc; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BearPlex, Inc. in Austin is seeking an experienced Enterprise AI Architect to translate complex enterprise problems into credible AI architectures, covering RAG, knowledge systems, and on-prem deployments.

You will lead technical pre-sales, map integrations to existing data sources, and shepherd implementations to ensure the delivered system mirrors the architecture you sold. Expect a role at the intersection of strategy and delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven track record architecting and delivering production AI or software systems.
• Deep understanding of RAG, embeddings, open-weight models, fine-tuning, and retrieval.
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and on-prem or sovereign constraints.
• Ability to run technical discovery, shape solutions, and win technical credibility.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise AI architectures spanning RAG, knowledge systems, and agents.
• Lead technical pre-sales with diagnostics, discovery, and credible proposals.
• Architect sovereign cloud and on-prem deployments with data residency controls.
• Plan integrations with enterprise data sources, identity, and apps.
• Bridge to delivery, ensuring builds match sold architectures.
• Advise on model strategy based on data, budget, and risk.
• Be the trusted technical voice to architects, security teams, and execs.

Skills

Shipped real systems

Enterprise AI fluency

Cloud and infrastructure depth

Pre-sales credibility

Regulated-enterprise experience

Clear communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

BearPlex, Inc. in Austin is seeking an experienced Enterprise AI Architect to translate complex enterprise problems into credible AI architectures, covering RAG, knowledge systems, and on-prem deployments.

You will lead technical pre-sales, map integrations to existing data sources, and shepherd implementations to ensure the delivered system mirrors the architecture you sold. Expect a role at the intersection of strategy and delivery.