Lead Enterprise AI/ML Architect

Vizient, Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks an experienced AI/ML Architect to lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of enterprise-grade AI solutions for knowledge-intensive workflows.

You will work hands-on with architecture while guiding engineers, establishing evaluation and observability practices, and partnering with domain experts and platform teams. You will design systems that combine LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval, structured data, and deterministic processing, translating complex business

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in AI/ML software or systems.
• Technical leadership for complex, production-grade software or AI solutions.
• Hands-on design, build, deploy, and operate generative AI in enterprise environments.
• Strong Python and API/service development experience (FastAPI or similar).
• Expertise with LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval, and agentic workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, development, deployment, and operation of enterprise AI/ML solutions.
• Design solutions using LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval, and deterministic processing.
• Translate expert workflows into modular, testable software components.
• Establish evaluation strategies and observability for AI systems.
• Mentor engineers and drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Ensure security, privacy, auditability, and production readiness.

Skills

Technical leadership

Python

FastAPI

API design

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Retrieval-augmented generation

Agentic workflows

Cloud-native architecture

Azure

Security & compliance

Databricks

Vector databases

Mentoring & collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Databricks

Vector databases

Embeddings

Job description

Vizient, Inc. seeks an experienced AI/ML Architect to lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of enterprise-grade AI solutions for knowledge-intensive workflows.

You will work hands-on with architecture while guiding engineers, establishing evaluation and observability practices, and partnering with domain experts and platform teams. You will design systems that combine LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval, structured data, and deterministic processing, translating complex business