Principal Architect, AI Solutions

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 215,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Medical, Dental & Vision Care

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off

Early access to earned wages

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is looking for a Principal Architect to lead AI initiatives, influencing technical strategy and guiding major decisions across the organization. This senior-level role requires a strong background in AI architecture and enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with business and technology leaders to ensure the successful delivery of AI solutions that align with organizational goals.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership roles.
• Significant experience designing and guiding enterprise-grade AI solutions.
• Strong background across distributed systems, APIs, integration, data platforms, security, and cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for strategic AI initiatives across products and platforms.
• Define and evolve architecture standards and reference patterns for AI solutions.
• Mentor technical leads and contribute to raising the technical bar.

Skills

AI architecture expertise

Enterprise architecture judgment

Software engineering

Communication skills

Leadership influence

Education

Bachelor’s or master's degree in Computer Science

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Principal Architect to help lead the next generation of AI-enabled product, platform, and engineering capabilities across our organization. This is a senior individual contributor role operating at the highest levels of technical leadership. The ideal candidate will combine deep AI architecture expertise with strong enterprise architecture judgment, practical delivery experience, and the ability to influence teams across business units. This role will partner closely with business and technology leaders to shape product and platform architectures, define and uphold enterprise standards, and help our engineering organization adopt modern AI and AI-powered software delivery practices responsibly and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for strategic AI initiatives across products, platforms, and shared enterprise capabilities
• Partner with business units, product leaders, and engineering teams to shape scalable, secure, and practical AI solution architectures
• Define and evolve architecture standards, reference patterns, and guardrails for AI solutions and AI-enabled software development
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and patterns, and guide the organization on where and how to adopt them
• Provide architectural leadership for capabilities, agentic workflows, AI orchestration, evaluations, AI observability, and AI governance
• Ensure AI solutions align with enterprise requirements for security, privacy, compliance, resiliency, observability, and maintainability
• Help engineering teams leverage AI-powered PDLC capabilities across coding, testing, documentation, analysis, and delivery workflows
• Guide architecture decisions across application, data, integration, platform, and operational concerns to avoid fragmented or duplicative solutions
• Mentor technical leads and senior engineers and contribute to raising the technical bar across the organization
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical strategy discussions, and investment decisions related to AI and platform modernization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership roles
• Significant experience designing and guiding enterprise-grade AI solutions in production environments
• Deep knowledge of modern AI architecture patterns, including LLM-based applications, retrieval systems, agentic workflows, prompt and tool orchestration, and evaluation approaches
• Strong architecture background across distributed systems, APIs, integration, data platforms, security, and cloud-native solutions
• Experience establishing architecture standards, reference architectures, and technical guardrails across multiple teams
• Proven ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders without direct authority
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor communication from engineering teams to executive leadership
• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation, speed, risk management, and long-term maintainability
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a large enterprise, platform-oriented environment
• Experience with AI governance, responsible AI, model risk, privacy, and security controls
• Familiarity with cloud AI platforms and services, vector search, AI gateways, observability, and production AI operations
• Experience helping engineering organizations adopt AI-powered development tools and practices
• Experience defining reusable architecture patterns for shared enterprise AI capabilities
• Experience mentoring architects or leading architecture communities of practice

What Success Looks Like

• Business units have a strong architecture partner for AI-driven product and platform decisions
• The organization has clearer standards and reusable patterns for AI solutions
• Teams adopt AI technologies faster and more safely
• AI initiatives are better aligned to business value, enterprise platforms, and engineering standards
• Engineering teams are better equipped to use AI-powered PDLC capabilities effectively and responsibly

Leadership Expectations

This role is expected to operate as a senior technical leader across organizational boundaries. The Principal Architect will influence strategy, guide major technical decisions, coach others, and help establish the technical direction for enterprise AI adoption and architecture excellence. This position does not provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Compensation

Expected compensation for this position: 215,000.00 – 300,000.00 USD per year. Final compensation packages are determined by various considerations including but not limited to candidate qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

Location

Remote –Chicago, IL

Personalized Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

At JLL, we harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities. Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you're pursuing.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at [e-mail]. This email is only to request an accommodation.

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