Hybrid: Senior AI Context Architect

Material; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Material is hiring a Senior Architect / AI Context Engineer to lead the design of AI-enabled enterprise architectures across MCP servers, agent patterns, and governance. You will author system prompts, curate reusable agent skills, and drive an internal pilot of a governed agent platform while ensuring end-to-end auditability.

The role requires 8+ years in EA roles, strong proficiency in Python/TypeScript, hands-on work with MCP, LangChain, and OpenAI/ Claude APIs, and experience with Atlassian,

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software, solutions, or enterprise architecture.
• Experience designing AI/LLM-integrated systems and agent architectures.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript/Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain MCP server architectures and agent patterns.
• Curate agent skills, prompts, and harness configurations.
• Publish governance docs: ADRs, security checklists, SDLC templates.

Skills

AI/LLM architectures

Context engineering

Programming (Python/TypeScript)

Governance artifacts

Enterprise platforms

Tools

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

LangChain/LangGraph

Claude/OpenAI APIs

Job description

Material is hiring a Senior Architect / AI Context Engineer to lead the design of AI-enabled enterprise architectures across MCP servers, agent patterns, and governance. You will author system prompts, curate reusable agent skills, and drive an internal pilot of a governed agent platform while ensuring end-to-end auditability.

The role requires 8+ years in EA roles, strong proficiency in Python/TypeScript, hands-on work with MCP, LangChain, and OpenAI/ Claude APIs, and experience with Atlassian,