Enterprise AI Platform Architect — Governance & Citizen Dev

MetLif; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 161,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company matching

Paid time off

Job summary

MetLife’s Global Technology team is seeking a Lead Architect to enable AI-powered development platforms for citizen developers across the enterprise. This role focuses on making AI tools easy to use while meeting security, transparency, and governance standards.

You will design scalable AI platforms, guardrails, and reusable patterns, collaborating with architecture, security, privacy, and platform teams to ensure safe, compliant adoption enterprise-wide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering or enterprise architecture.
• Experience with modern AI concepts including agentic AI.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, APIs, and secure integration patterns.
• Experience with platforms like Claude AI, Copilot Studio, or similar ecosystems.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives requiring engagement from partner organizations.

Responsibilities

• Domain expertise in AI platforms, agent frameworks, low‑code/no‑code ecosystems, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Design and define reference architectures, reusable patterns, and guardrails for AI-enabled associate and citizen development.
• Establish governance-by-design capabilities, including embedded controls for security, compliance, explainability, and transparency.
• Research and hands-on testing of new technologies and techniques for use with agent platforms.
• Participant and core contributor to the Center of Excellence for citizen agent development.
• Partner with engineering, security, and architecture teams to validate solutions and drive adoption.
• Enable reuse through templates, components, and accelerators that reduce complexity and technical debt.
• Promote adoption through training, guidance, and mentoring across both technical and business teams.

Skills

5+ years experience

Agentic AI

Cloud-native architecture

Security resiliency

Claude/Copilot

Tech leadership

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Power BI

Web APIs

API security

Job description

MetLife’s Global Technology team is seeking a Lead Architect to enable AI-powered development platforms for citizen developers across the enterprise. This role focuses on making AI tools easy to use while meeting security, transparency, and governance standards.

You will design scalable AI platforms, guardrails, and reusable patterns, collaborating with architecture, security, privacy, and platform teams to ensure safe, compliant adoption enterprise-wide.