Principal AI Architect – Remote Enterprise AI Leader

TEKsystems; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 191,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Principal AI Architect in a fully remote-capable, Dallas-area role to drive large-scale AI programs from strategy to production. You will shape technical roadmaps, lead cross-functional teams, and mentor architects while partnering with Anthropic, OpenAI, and other providers.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, prototyping, and a blend of executive-level strategy with practical engineering contributions, including CI/CD, Python, and security/governance considerations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in enterprise technology, software engineering, cloud, architecture, or professional services with 5+ years leading architecture for complex enterprise solutions.
• Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud or enterprise platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Salesforce) for enterprise clients.
• 2+ years designing and delivering production generative AI, LLM, and agentic solutions using Claude and/or frontier models.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for large, complex AI programs spanning rollout, custom agent and application development, integration, security, governance, observability, and operations.
• Lead AI discovery and readiness assessments, workshops, proofs of concept, and evaluations with clear success criteria.
• Guide enterprise rollouts of Claude, including adoption strategy, security, access design, integration, and measurable usage outcomes.

Skills

Executive communication

Python

CI/CD

Claude / Anthropic expertise

OpenAI API

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP/Salesfo

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related

Tools

Claude API

Anthropic APIs

Bedrock

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Principal AI Architect in a fully remote-capable, Dallas-area role to drive large-scale AI programs from strategy to production. You will shape technical roadmaps, lead cross-functional teams, and mentor architects while partnering with Anthropic, OpenAI, and other providers.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, prototyping, and a blend of executive-level strategy with practical engineering contributions, including CI/CD, Python, and security/governance considerations.