Lead AI Architect & Platform Engineer

Gmr Marketing; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/vision/dental insurance

401k

Employee stock purchase plan

Vacation

Personal days

Paid holiday time

Disability

Life insurance

FSA/HSA plans

Job summary

GMR Marketing is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide AI-driven experiences within the Experience Technology team. You will set technical direction for internal AI tools, client platforms, and packaged services while mentoring a team across disciplines.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to balance speed and risk, architect scalable AI-native solutions, and ensure deliverables align with business goals in a dynamic agency environment.

Qualifications

• Define the architecture roadmap and ship software from goal to delivery.
• Shape AI architecture for tools, agents, evaluation, with cost and risk in view.
• Establish agentic coding workflows with Claude Code and reusable skills.
• Grow engineers through mentoring, pairing, and standards.
• Explain technical risks to Product and EO with timelines and cost.
• Lead design and code reviews; contribute to system design decisions.
• Turn strategy into delivery with VP-level collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI initiatives end to end.
• Define how the team uses AI coding tools and agents.
• Establish production-grade AI workflows and gates.
• Mentor engineers through pairing and reviews.
• Communicate risks and costs to Product and EO.
• Collaborate with leadership to deliver on AI roadmap.

Skills

Lead AI initiatives

AI architecture

Agentic tooling

Claude Code

Mentor engineers

Cost awareness

Design reviews

Strategic delivery

Tools

Claude Code

AWS Bedrock

Job description

GMR Marketing is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide AI-driven experiences within the Experience Technology team. You will set technical direction for internal AI tools, client platforms, and packaged services while mentoring a team across disciplines.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to balance speed and risk, architect scalable AI-native solutions, and ensure deliverables align with business goals in a dynamic agency environment.