Senior AI Architect & Enterprise Tech Lead

Surescripts; United States; Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Surescripts seeks a Principal AI Engineer—the most senior individual contributor and technical lead for AI initiatives across the enterprise. You will own the how, the execution, and the by-when for AI programs, partnering with product, engineering, design, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable AI solutions.

The Principal AI Engineer is accountable for technical feasibility, business alignment, and responsible AI practice across Surescripts’ platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of related software/data/AI/ML engineering experience.
• 4+ years in a lead/senior engineering role mentoring engineers to deliver software products.
• 3+ years hands-on ML/AI engineering experience.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering solutions across APIs, microservices, data engineering, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical how and the delivery timeline for AI initiatives, acting as AI solution architect and principal engineer.
• Architect scalable, interoperable, responsible AI solutions, including generative AI and predictive models, and guide their production deployment.
• Serve as a trusted technical partner across groups, providing solution architecture and evaluating technical options.
• Translate business and customer needs into technical requirements and frame options for leadership decisions.
• Lead the technical evaluation of new AI technologies and vendors and assess integration approaches.
• Prototype and validate advanced AI approaches to de-risk initiatives before teams commit.
• Run architecture and design reviews across teams and maintain transparent decisions.
• Set and evolve AI engineering standards, including MLOps, data architecture, and governance.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

System architecture

Lead and mentor engineers

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Surescripts seeks a Principal AI Engineer—the most senior individual contributor and technical lead for AI initiatives across the enterprise. You will own the how, the execution, and the by-when for AI programs, partnering with product, engineering, design, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable AI solutions.

The Principal AI Engineer is accountable for technical feasibility, business alignment, and responsible AI practice across Surescripts’ platforms.