Hands-On Forward-Deployed AI Architect

Crowe

Oakbrook Terrace (IL)

Hybrid

USD 102,000 - 204,000

Full time

10 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Flexible remote work policy

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Architect (Manager) to lead hands-on design, development, and delivery of AI solutions for clients. You will own solution architecture, feasibility, engineering quality, and production readiness while coding and prototyping as needed.

You will collaborate with Crowe Studio's FDE practice to deploy AI applications, agentic systems, and enterprise integrations, guiding technical decisions and mentoring engineers. Travel up to 80% is required.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; 6+ years in production software/cloud/AI/ML.
Strong hands-on software engineering and experience with APIs, microservices, data workflows.
Experience architecting cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS or GCP.
Excellent communication and client-facing skills; travel up to 80%.

Responsibilities

Architect and develop end-to-end AI solutions including generative AI, agentic systems, RAG, and enterprise workflows.
Lead solution architecture for AI builds and PoC engagements; ensure feasibility, scalability, security.
Remain hands-on across development including coding, prototyping, debugging and implementation.
Design cloud-native AI solutions on Azure, AWS, and GCP; define integration patterns for LLMs, vector DBs, APIs.
Mentor engineers; establish standards; communicate architectural tradeoffs and risk.
Collaborate with AI, data engineering, MLOps, DevOps, cloud, and security teams.
Evaluate frameworks and tools; identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.
Travel up to 80% as required.