Lead AI Platform Architect - Cloud-Native & GCP

Informa TechTarget; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great community

Open vacation (time off)

401k match

Health insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Parental leave

ESPP

Job summary

Informa TechTarget seeks a Principal AI Platform Architect to define and build the next generation of our AI platform and cloud-native ecosystem. You will lead with hands-on expertise in cloud-native design, AI-enabled platforms, and enterprise-scale solutions across teams.

The role partners with product leadership, engineering, and executives to set architectural direction, standardize platforms, and advance AI capabilities while ensuring security, observability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and delivering enterprise software platforms at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a scalable AI platform supporting LLMs, agentic workflows, and federated development across multiple teams.
• Establish architectural standards for AI governance, security, evaluation strategies, and operational excellence.
• Architect cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform supporting enterprise-scale workloads.
• Define platform patterns for microservices, event-driven architectures, and API-first design.
• Build CI/CD pipelines that deploy automatically to the cloud while interfacing with legacy systems.
• Provide architecture guidance and governance across engineering teams through reviews and standards.
• Balance strategic platform vision with hands-on implementation to earn respect from engineering teams.
• Enable teams to add new components, agents, and functionalities within the overarching platform.

Skills

GCP expertise

AI platform experience

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud-native architectures

Security & governance

Communication skills

Event-driven systems

API-first design

Tools

Vertex AI

GKE

Terraform

Job description

Informa TechTarget seeks a Principal AI Platform Architect to define and build the next generation of our AI platform and cloud-native ecosystem. You will lead with hands-on expertise in cloud-native design, AI-enabled platforms, and enterprise-scale solutions across teams.

The role partners with product leadership, engineering, and executives to set architectural direction, standardize platforms, and advance AI capabilities while ensuring security, observability, and operational excellence.