Remote Principal GenAI Architect

DIRECTV; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

DIRECTV seeks a Principal AI Architect to define and evolve enterprise-grade Generative AI architectures aligned with strategic objectives. You will provide deep technical leadership, setting governance and scalable designs across GenAI platforms and enterprise systems.

You will partner with application, data, and platform teams to embed AI capabilities, drive strategy, and ensure reusable patterns, security, and future-proofing across the organization.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Engineering/CS/Electrical/Math or equivalent.
• 5–7 years in Enterprise/Solution Architecture; 8+ preferred.
• Deep expertise in GenAI and AI/ML architectures.
• Experience designing multi-agent systems and orchestration frameworks.
• Proven ability to design secure, scalable enterprise architectures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for GenAI across the enterprise, providing hands-on architectural leadership as an individual contributor.
• Drive GenAI strategy and solution design, evaluating LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and orchestration platforms.
• Architect MCP implementations, defining context, memory, tools, policies, and guardrails.
• Design and lead multi-agent and agent-to-agent orchestration architectures for autonomous task execution.
• Define orchestration strategies balancing performance, cost, reliability, and observability.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions and support business cases.
• Lead workshops and establish reusable AI architecture patterns with governance.
• Ensure modular, future-proof designs accommodating vendors and regulatory needs.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

AI architecture

RAG

Vector stores

Model orchestration

Security & governance

Education

Bachelors in CS/Eng

Tools

Salesforce

MuleSoft

Genesys

GenAI platforms

Job description

DIRECTV seeks a Principal AI Architect to define and evolve enterprise-grade Generative AI architectures aligned with strategic objectives. You will provide deep technical leadership, setting governance and scalable designs across GenAI platforms and enterprise systems.

You will partner with application, data, and platform teams to embed AI capabilities, drive strategy, and ensure reusable patterns, security, and future-proofing across the organization.