Lead AI Platform Architect — Data Lake & AI

Banyan Software; United States; On-site; USD 127,967 - 170,623; Full time

Job summary

Banyan Software seeks a Lead AI Architect to design and run a centralized data and AI platform powering its portfolio. You will define the target-state architecture, build an AWS-centric data lake, and establish secure guardrails with executives and business analysts.

This hands-on, player-coach role starts coding, then grows a platform team, with a focus on governance, cost control, and scalable analytics across Finance, M&A, and Business Development.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building data and AI platforms in production at meaningful scale.
• Strong AWS expertise with S3, IAM, KMS, networking, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena, Redshift, SageMaker, Bedrock, and EKS or ECS.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; Terraform or AWS CDK experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the target-state data and AI architecture for Banyan. Make the trade-offs explicit and write them down.
• Design and build the AWS-centric data lake. Set the patterns for storage, cataloging, query, ingestion, modeling, and lineage.
• Stand up the AI experimentation layer: model access via Anthropic, OpenAI and other LLMs.
• Establish data contracts, schema standards, naming conventions, and a domain model that holds up as we add sources and acquire companies.
• Partner with Senior Business Analysts embedded in Finance, M&A, and Business Development to translate use cases into platform requirements.
• Define security, privacy, and AI safety guardrails. Classify data, design access tiering, and set rules for handling PII and confidential information.
• Stay hands-on. Write code, ship infrastructure, run code reviews, and debug production issues.
• Build the team including vertical-aligned Senior Business AI Analysts and contractors for data platform engineers and ML engineers.
• Own platform reliability, observability, and cost; set SLOs, monitor usage, and scale responsibly.
• Represent Banyan's AI and data architecture to executives, portfolio companies, and external partners.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Master's degree is a plus

Job description

Banyan Software seeks a Lead AI Architect to design and run a centralized data and AI platform powering its portfolio. You will define the target-state architecture, build an AWS-centric data lake, and establish secure guardrails with executives and business analysts.

This hands-on, player-coach role starts coding, then grows a platform team, with a focus on governance, cost control, and scalable analytics across Finance, M&A, and Business Development.