Forward Deployed AI Architect

Hitachi, Ltd.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

401K plan

PTO and holidays

Flexible work from home

Job summary

GlobalLogic seeks an experienced AI-enabled software delivery leader to work with customer engineering, product, and executive teams. You will identify SDLC bottlenecks and design proofs using modern AI tools, driving agentic workflows and automation to accelerate development.

The role emphasizes delivering measurable outcomes such as faster cycle times, improved test generation, and streamlined release readiness, with a strong focus on governance, security, and production readiness for

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, product engineering, platform engineering, solution architecture, or similar roles, with strong product-side delivery experience.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, SDLC, Agile/Scrum, DevSecOps, product lifecycle, and enterprise engineering practices.
• Hands-on fluency with AI development tools, IDE-based AI assistants, agentic workflows, and AI-enabled software delivery, with the ability to build, evaluate, and explain working solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customer engineering, product, architecture, and executive teams to identify SDLC bottlenecks and opportunities for AI-led acceleration.
• Design and deliver working proofs using VelocityAI SDLC, modern AI development tools, agentic workflows, and automation.
• Help customers move from traditional ticket- and sprint-based delivery toward intent-driven delivery loops that can generate plans, code, tests, documentation, and validation artifacts.
• Define and measure acceleration outcomes such as reduced cycle time, faster story-to-code conversion, improved test generation, faster code review, reduced handoffs, and improved release readiness.
• Present technical approach, architecture, proof results, business impact, and adoption recommendations to both technical and executive audiences.
• GlobalLogic estimates the starting pay range for this role to be performed in the US is $160,000 to $220,000 and reflects base salary only. This pay range is provided as a good faith estimate and the amount offered may be higher or lower.

Skills

Product delivery

SDLC

Agile/Scrum

DevSecOps

Enterprise practices

Tools

Claude Code

Google Cloud Code

OpenAI Codex

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Windsurf

LangChain

AutoGen

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

MCP

RAG

vector databases

Job description

Job Description

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Requirements

Must-Have Qualifications and Experience Experience:

15+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, product engineering, platform engineering, solution architecture, or similar roles, with strong product-side delivery experience.

Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of software architecture, SDLC, Agile/Scrum, DevSecOps, product lifecycle, and enterprise engineering practices.

Technical Fluency: Hands-on fluency with AI development tools, IDE-based AI assistants, agentic workflows, and AI-enabled software delivery, with the ability to build, evaluate, and explain working solutions.

Good-to-Have Skills or Attributes Tools & Frameworks:

Experience with tools and frameworks such as Claude Code, Google Cloud Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, LangChain, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, MCP, RAG, or vector databases.

Customer Engagement: Experience in customer-facing technical roles such as principal architect, field engineer, solution architect, forward-deployed engineer, technical advisor, or pre-sales engineering leader.

AI Governance: Strong understanding of AI governance, human-in-the-loop controls, responsible AI, security, observability, and production readiness for AI-enabled systems.

Job Responsibilities

Work directly with customer engineering, product, architecture, and executive teams to identify SDLC bottlenecks and opportunities for AI-led acceleration.

Design and deliver working proofs using VelocityAI SDLC, modern AI development tools, agentic workflows, and automation.

Help customers move from traditional ticket- and sprint-based delivery toward intent-driven delivery loops that can generate plans, code, tests, documentation, and validation artifacts.

Define and measure acceleration outcomes such as reduced cycle time, faster story-to-code conversion, improved test generation, faster code review, reduced handoffs, and improved release readiness.

Present technical approach, architecture, proof results, business impact, and adoption recommendations to both technical and executive audiences.

GlobalLogic estimates the starting pay range for this role to be performed in the US is $160,000 to $220,000 and reflects base salary only. This pay range is provided as a good faith estimate and the amount offered may be higher or lower. GlobalLogic takes many factors into consideration in making an offer, including candidate qualifications, work experience, operational needs, travel and onsite requirements, internal peer equity, prevailing wage, responsibilities, and other market and business considerations.

What we offer

Exciting Projects:Come take your place at the forefront of digital transformation! With clients across all industries and sectors, we offer an opportunity to work on market-defining products using the latest technologies.

Collaborative Environment: You can expand your skills by collaborating with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment — or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities!

Work-Life Balance:GlobalLogic prioritizes work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home.

Professional Development:We provide continuing education classes, professional certification and training (technical, soft skills, language, and communication skills) to help you realize your professional goals. Being part of a global organization, there are additional learning opportunities through international knowledge exchanges.

Excellent Benefits:We provide our employees with competitive salaries, health and life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, a matched contribution 401K plan, flexible spending accounts, and PTO and holidays

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic is a full-lifecycle product development services leader that combines chip-to-cloud software engineering expertise and vertical industry experience to help our customers design, build, and deliver their next-generation products and digital experiences. We expertly integrate design, complex engineering, and agile delivery capabilities to deliver superior business outcomes for global brands in telecom, automotive, healthcare, technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and semiconductor industries.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic employs over 25,000 designers and engineers across the globe. Analysts like NASSCOM and Zinnov have recognized us for being a top company in our field, and we are consistently nominated as a preferred employer by both global HR consultative firms and local job boards. By creating a work environment that is exciting and flexible, and by fostering growth through ongoing learning and development programs, we empower our employees to achieve both their professional and personal goals.

At GlobalLogic, we make amazing products — and careers.