Principal AI Architect for Enterprise Platform (Remote)

Korn Ferry; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry is seeking a Principal AI Architect to lead hands-on development of scalable, production-grade systems in a remote setup across the USA. The role emphasizes applying AI/ML and agent-based approaches to real business processes and ensuring end-to-end delivery from design to operation.

You will partner with senior leadership to set architectural direction, establish scalable patterns, and drive reliability, security, observability, and cost efficiency in enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• 5-6+ years of hands-on software development experience
• Deep expertise in system design, data modeling, and distributed systems
• Strong experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Strong familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar)
• Experience with modern development practices and tooling
• Exposure to front-end frameworks, scripting, and automation
• Experience deploying AI/ML or LLM-based solutions in production
• Familiarity with emerging agent-based architectures and tooling
• Pragmatic mindset applies AI where it adds real value
• Experience working with senior business and technical stakeholders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence decisions

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and deploy scalable, production-grade systems
• Apply AI/ML and agent-based approaches where they drive meaningful impact
• Own end-to-end technical delivery (design → deployment → operation)
• Partner with engineering teams to define application and platform architecture
• Establish scalable design patterns and best practices
• Ensure long-term maintainability and system performance
• Design systems with strong focus on security, scalability, and resilience
• Ensure systems are observable, cost-efficient, and production-ready
• Collaborate cross-functionally to meet enterprise-grade expectations
• Integrate AI capabilities into business processes and software systems
• Define guardrails, failure modes, and decision frameworks
• Continuously optimize performance, cost, and reliability
• Act as a senior technical advisor to leadership
• Communicate architectural decisions and tradeoffs to diverse stakeholders
• Help lay the groundwork for future technical strategy and team growth

Skills

Software development

System design

Distributed systems

Databases

Cloud AWS

DevOps tooling

Frontend basics

Scripting

Automation

AI in production

LLM deployment

Agent-based architectures

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Korn Ferry is seeking a Principal AI Architect to lead hands-on development of scalable, production-grade systems in a remote setup across the USA. The role emphasizes applying AI/ML and agent-based approaches to real business processes and ensuring end-to-end delivery from design to operation.

You will partner with senior leadership to set architectural direction, establish scalable patterns, and drive reliability, security, observability, and cost efficiency in enterprise platforms.