Remote Principal AI Automation Architect

Confluent; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 285,000 - 342,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is seeking a strategic, hands-on leader to define and drive internal agentic AI capabilities and adoption of automated decisioning for R&D productivity. You will partner with Engineering, Security, and IT to scale AI usage, augment developers, and orchestrate intelligent workflows that unlock new usage patterns.

You will balance 60% execution with 40% strategy while delivering core agentic workflows that improve engineering productivity and drive measurable AI tooling adoption across

Qualifications

• 8+ years driving strategic productivity initiatives in SaaS/Cloud or developer tools.
• Expertise in distributed systems and supporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define and evangelize AI and agentic flows strategy.
• Build a roadmap for agentic automation features and AI-driven workflows.
• Lead cross‑functional teams across Engineering, Security, and IT to scale AI usage.
• Drive adoption of AI tooling and measurable outcomes across internal teams.
• Write internal playbooks for scaling agentic outcomes.

Skills

AI/ML experience

Distributed systems

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Cloud platforms

Tools

LLM integration

Workflow automation

Job description

Confluent is seeking a strategic, hands-on leader to define and drive internal agentic AI capabilities and adoption of automated decisioning for R&D productivity. You will partner with Engineering, Security, and IT to scale AI usage, augment developers, and orchestrate intelligent workflows that unlock new usage patterns.

You will balance 60% execution with 40% strategy while delivering core agentic workflows that improve engineering productivity and drive measurable AI tooling adoption across