Lead AI Platform Architect - Internal Enablement (Remote/Hybrid)

Buildertrend; Nebraska; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Sabbaticals

Volunteer time off

Wellness program

Hybrid/remote work

Tech reimbursement

Daily lunches

Job summary

Buildertrend is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to lead the design of our internal AI platform and capabilities, partnering with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and People teams. You will own architectural direction, establish engineering standards, and drive high-impact AI initiatives in a hybrid remote/on-site setting.

You will shape how AI is deployed, scale across the organization, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver foundational AI capabilities that

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years designing and deploying production AI applications using modern LLM APIs and orchestration frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience owning technical architecture and influencing engineering direction across multiple teams.
• Experience with modern AI tooling such as OpenAI, Anthropic, LangGraph, MCP, vector databases, or similar technologies.
• Prior experience at a B2B SaaS company is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for Buildertrend’s internal AI platform, designing reusable services, agentic systems, workflow orchestration, and AI capabilities that power teams across the GTM and GA functions.
• Establish the engineering standards for internal AI development, including architecture patterns, reusable components, evaluation frameworks, observability, governance, and deployment practices.
• Architect the integration and data layer that connects Buildertrend’s business tools, including Salesforce, Gong, Databricks, and others, into a scalable internal AI platform.
• Lead technical evaluations and build-vs-buy decisions for AI platforms, frameworks, and tooling in partnership with the Director of AI Enablement.
• Establish best practices for monitoring, evaluating, and continuously improving AI systems in production to ensure reliability, security, and business value.
• Translate ambiguous business problems from non-technical partners into well-scoped technical solutions and drive them to completion independently.
• Serve as the technical voice of the Central AI Enablement function in cross-functional conversations, including engineering leadership and business VPs.
• Embrace using AI as a tool to enhance your work, while remaining open to learning, applying critical thinking, and owning the quality of your final work.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

APIs

Data pipelines

Webhooks

LLM APIs

Orchestration

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

LangGraph

MCP

Vector databases

Job description

Buildertrend is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to lead the design of our internal AI platform and capabilities, partnering with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and People teams. You will own architectural direction, establish engineering standards, and drive high-impact AI initiatives in a hybrid remote/on-site setting.

You will shape how AI is deployed, scale across the organization, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver foundational AI capabilities that