Senior AI Architect & Engineering Lead

Alvarez & Marsal

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 220,000 - 250,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement

Paid time off

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal seeks an AI Engineering Lead and Architect to own the Intelligence Layer’s technical direction, shape architecture diagrams, and lead cross-functional teams through production delivery. You will translate product decisions into engineering plans, drive secure, scalable systems, and work with partners to deliver enterprise-grade AI capabilities.

The role combines architecture leadership, hands-on coding, and collaboration with delivery partners to build a state‑of‑the‑art AI

Qualifications

Eight or more years of software engineering experience with leadership or architecture responsibilities.
Experience directing internal teams and third-party vendors, setting direction and reviewing work.
Production experience designing knowledge graphs with Neo4j and Cypher preferred.
Full-stack fluency across front-end, back-end, APIs, data pipelines, with strong Python.
Experience creating architecture diagrams and technical specs for implementation.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end technical architecture and engineering roadmap for the Intelligence Layer.
Direct engineers and delivery partners; set priorities and standards; review designs and code.
Develop architecture diagrams, data-flow diagrams, and integration specifications.
Design knowledge graph schemas, ingestion pipelines, and retrieval patterns.
Write and ship production code in Python; contribute to front-end when needed.
Architect secure integration of structured and unstructured data across units.
Lead MCP servers, agent integrations, authentication, and enterprise identity patterns.