Principal AI Agent Platform Architect

OpenTalent; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent seeks a Principal AI Systems Architect to define and champion the enterprise-wide technical strategy for agentic systems, including multi-agent orchestration, planning/reflection loops, and durable execution patterns for hyperscale reliability.

You will drive executive trade-offs on model frameworks, infrastructure roadmaps, and capability ceilings, and push for standard interfaces, governance, and security across AI production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; 17+ years total software engineering experience; Master’s 14+ years; PhD 10+ years.

Responsibilities

• Define and champion the enterprise-wide technical strategy for agentic systems, including multi-agent orchestration, planning/reflection loops, and durable execution patterns that operate with hyperscale reliability.
• Negotiate critical build-versus-buy trade-offs at the executive level, influencing corporate-wide investment decisions regarding model frameworks, infrastructure roadmaps, and capability ceilings.
• Drive the adoption of industry-standard interfaces (MCP) across Cisco’s portfolio to enable interoperable AI agents across tools and vendors.
• Establish and enforce rigorous engineering standards and reference architectures for AI; mentor Principal and Senior staff to elevate technical bar.
• Lead the technical resolution of high-risk challenges, prototyping breakthrough methodologies before company-wide commitment.
• Own the security posture of agentic systems, including defenses against prompt injection, scoped tool-permissioning, and sandboxing for autonomous actions.

Skills

Strategic AI architecture

Agent orchestration

Distributed systems design

LLM production systems

Security and containment

Model governance

Inference optimization

AIOps

LangSmith/Arize tooling

LangGraph/SDKs

Cross-organizational leadership

Industry governance (NIST/ISO)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

LangSmith (trial/evaluation)

Arize Phoenix

LangFuse

Braintrust

Job description

OpenTalent seeks a Principal AI Systems Architect to define and champion the enterprise-wide technical strategy for agentic systems, including multi-agent orchestration, planning/reflection loops, and durable execution patterns for hyperscale reliability.

You will drive executive trade-offs on model frameworks, infrastructure roadmaps, and capability ceilings, and push for standard interfaces, governance, and security across AI production environments.