Principal AI Architect

ASAPP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 230,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ASAPP is seeking a Principal AI Architect to serve as the senior technical voice for enterprise customers planning AI integration into customer experience. You will work with technology leaders to shape practical, forward-looking paths on ASAPP's platform, spending time with Delivery, Research, and Engineering teams to stay close to production deployments.

You will lead executive discussions, champion reusable capabilities, and embed with cross-functional teams to translate insights into

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise technology, including 5+ years as principal or lead architect or similar.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and LLM application architecture.
• Excellent executive presence and ability to explain complex ideas to business and engineering audiences.
• Track record of publishing or presenting on applied AI (blog posts, talks, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to CTOs, CIOs, and enterprise architects at strategic prospects and customers.
• Provide clear viewpoint on conversational and agentic AI directions and roadmaps.
• Lead executive briefings, architecture discussions, and workshops with account and solutions teams.
• Shape and qualify custom requests and partner with Product and Delivery before commitments.
• Rotate through Delivery, Research, and Engineering to gain hands-on platform knowledge.
• Embed with Delivery, Research, and Engineering to distill learnings for Solution Engineers.
• Provide prioritized input from customer needs to Product and Engineering.
• Represent ASAPP externally through content, talks, and industry conversations.

Skills

Enterprise experience

LLM & prompt engineering

Executive communication

Public speaking / publications

Tools

LLM architecture

Job description

At ASAPP, our mission is simple: deliver the best AI-powered customer experience-faster than anyone else. We are guided by principles that shape how we think, build, and execute, including deep customer obsession, purposeful speed, ownership, and a relentless focus on outcomes. We work in small, highly skilled teams, prioritize clarity over complexity, and continuously evolve through curiosity, data, and craftsmanship.

We’re building a globally diverse team of technologists and problem solvers who thrive in fast-paced environments, value collaboration, and approach every challenge with a Day 1 mindset. With hubs in New York City, Mountain View, Latin America, and India. If you’re driven by continuous learning, rapid iteration, and the challenge of building in a high-growth startup, this is more than a role-it's a journey.

We are seeking a Principal AI Architect to be the senior technical voice our enterprise customers turn to as they plan how AI fits into their customer experience. You will spend most of your time with customer technology leaders, helping them shape a practical, forward-looking path on ASAPP's platform. The rest of your time you'll spend inside our Delivery, Research, and Engineering teams, staying close to what we're building and what's working in production, and sharing that knowledge with our Customer-facing technology teams.

What you’ll do

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to CTOs, CIOs, heads of CX technology, and enterprise architects at strategic prospects and customers.
• Bring a clear point of view on where conversational and agentic AI is heading, and help customers decide what to adopt now, what to plan for, and what to skip.
• Lead executive briefings, architecture discussions, and workshops alongside our account and solutions teams.
• Shape and qualify custom requests, favoring solutions that become reusable product capabilities, and partner with Product and Delivery before making commitments.
• Start with a structured onboarding rotation through our Delivery, Research, and Engineering teams, so you build hands-on knowledge of our platform and how we deploy it before taking on full account coverage.
• Embed regularly with Delivery, Research, and Engineering, and turn what you learn into concise guidance that helps our Solution Engineers, and related technical field teams.
• Bring customer needs back to Product and Engineering as clear, prioritized input.
• Represent ASAPP externally through content, talks, and industry conversations.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years in enterprise technology, including 5+ years as a principal or lead architect, solutions leader, engineering director, or applied AI/ML lead.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and LLM application architecture; familiarity with conversational AI and speech.
• A track record of owning technical outcomes on complex enterprise programs.
• Excellent executive presence and communication, with the ability to explain technical ideas to both business and engineering audiences.
• Good judgment about scope, including the confidence to tell a customer "not yet."
• A track record of publishing or presenting on applied AI, such as LinkedIn posts, a blog, a YouTube channel, or conference talks. A large following isn't required, but we're looking for someone who already shares what they learn publicly.

Nice To Have

• Contact center tech, CCaaS, or CX technology experience.
• Experience in a field CTO, office-of-the-CTO, or principal architect role at an AI, cloud, or data platform company.
• Depth in one or more industries such as travel and hospitality, financial services, telecommunications, or insurance.

$230,000 - $240,000 a year

The actual salary may be different depending upon non-discriminatory factors such as qualifications, experience, and other factors permitted by law.

ASAPP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. If you have a disability and need assistance with our employment application process, please email us at [email protected] to obtain assistance.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.