Hybrid Principal AI Platform Architect for Enterprise AI

Verizon; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Principal Engineer- AI Platform Architect to lead the 5-layer architecture across global business units. The role emphasizes architectural coherence, ADRs, and end-to-end token visibility for FinOps in a hybrid work setting.

You will influence design, security, and observability standards while driving multi-cloud strategy and RAI guardrails. The position requires deep LLM architecture expertise, ADRs, and experience with enterprise-scale Kubernetes and API platforms across

Qualifications

• : Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• : Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• : Experience in software or platform architecture, with designing AI/ML systems.
• : Experience as a system-level architect with proven ADRs and reference architectures.
• : Experience with agentic development and design patterns. (LangGraph and Google ADK)
• : Experience with distributed systems: service mesh, API gateways, event-driven patterns, multi-tenancy, and data isolation.

Responsibilities

• : Lead 5-layer architecture stack and define boundaries for scalability.
• : Define API conventions, enterprise security patterns, and observability requirements.
• : Lead build-vs-buy analyses and develop 3-year TCO models.
• : Architect security and governance frameworks including RAI guardrails.
• : Stakeholder engagement and pattern evangelization across the enterprise.

Skills

LLM architecture

Architecture ADRs

Kubernetes

Multi-cloud

API design

OpenAI interfaces

RBAC patterns

Security patterns

Observability

ADRs and reference architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4+ years experience

Master's degree in CS/Engineering or MBA

Tools

LangGraph

Google ADK

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Principal Engineer- AI Platform Architect to lead the 5-layer architecture across global business units. The role emphasizes architectural coherence, ADRs, and end-to-end token visibility for FinOps in a hybrid work setting.

You will influence design, security, and observability standards while driving multi-cloud strategy and RAI guardrails. The position requires deep LLM architecture expertise, ADRs, and experience with enterprise-scale Kubernetes and API platforms across