Principal AI Data Infrastructure Architect

tmobile; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 289,000; Full time

Job summary

T-Mobile is seeking a senior systems architect to steer data services for customer apps, analytics, and AI-driven products. You will design high-performance services, vector and graph databases, and real-time data pipelines with strict latency targets.

Lead engineers, mentor teams, and shape architecture and governance. Collaborate across business units to enable real-time, AI-ready capabilities that power products and customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (Required)
• 7-10 years technical engineering experience (Required)
• Advanced degree may be preferred

Responsibilities

• Design and build serving infrastructure for AI use cases including vector databases, graph databases, and agent-facing data patterns
• Design Infrastructure-as-Code blueprints for provisioning serving stores, sync pipelines, and APIs in a repeatable, governed way
• Partner with business teams and other technical teams to drive technical decision making, mentor engineers, and contribute to reusable blueprints and reference implementations
• Design and develop high-performance data stores, real-time sync pipelines, and governed APIs that deliver data at the latency and scale each use case requires
• Drive engineering projects to deliver software solutions that meet technical requirements and quality standards
• Provide technical leadership by mentoring engineers and influencing technology and policy decisions across the organization
• Evaluate and apply technology strategies that align with business goals and system requirements
• Develop innovative software designs and improvements that enhance existing systems and processes
• Produce clear technical documentation and architecture descriptions for internal and external stakeholders
• Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed

Skills

AI/ML Infra

Knowledge Graphs

Vector Databases

Streaming Architecture

API Design

Data Sync Pipelines

Cloud Computing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

7-10 years technical engineering experience

Advanced degree desired

Job description

T-Mobile is seeking a senior systems architect to steer data services for customer apps, analytics, and AI-driven products. You will design high-performance services, vector and graph databases, and real-time data pipelines with strict latency targets.

Lead engineers, mentor teams, and shape architecture and governance. Collaborate across business units to enable real-time, AI-ready capabilities that power products and customer experiences.