Senior AI Architect for Edge & Cloud Systems

HP; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 165,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off

Job summary

HP is seeking a Principal Software Architect to define and guide the architecture of modern software platforms within HP's device and services ecosystem. You will lead across client apps, backend services, cloud integrations, and edge AI-enabled experiences to shape the next generation of intelligent PCs and peripherals.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering and 5+ years in technical leadership, with deep expertise in AI/ML, distributed systems, and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree/ PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture for complex, AI-enabled software platforms spanning client applications, backend services, cloud workflows, local device interactions, connected hardware, and enterprise integrations.
• Establish the architectural principles, system boundaries, design patterns, and technology choices required to deliver scalable, secure, reliable, maintainable, high-performance, and extensible platforms.
• Lead the architecture of AI/ML capabilities, including generative AI experiences, LLM and agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, model orchestration, inference services, traditional machine learning, and edge AI execution.
• Design production-ready AI/ML systems with robust approaches for evaluation, experimentation, model and prompt versioning, telemetry, monitoring, feedback loops, responsible AI, safety controls, and operational governance.
• Align architecture across local applications, cloud services, enterprise identity, device management platforms, connected devices, firmware-adjacent interfaces, and backend systems.
• Define and address critical non-functional requirements, including security, privacy, compliance, performance, resiliency, auditability, manageability, diagnostics, deployment readiness, and supportability.
• Maintain strong hands-on technical engagement through prototyping, architecture and code reviews, technical investigations, performance analysis, and resolution of high-impact engineering challenges.
• Guide senior engineers and technical leads, raising standards for architecture, code quality, testing, design documentation, technical decision-making, and software lifecycle practices.
• Produce and maintain clear architecture artifacts, including system diagrams, architecture decision records, integration specifications, technical roadmaps, risk assessments, and platform evolution plans.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, AI/ML frameworks, cloud services, and enterprise platforms, recommending adoption based on customer value, technical fit, risk, and long-term viability.
• Influence executive and cross-functional stakeholders by clearly communicating technical strategy, architectural trade-offs, risks, dependencies, technical debt, and recommended investment priorities.

Skills

Architecture design

AI/ML

Distributed systems

C++/Rust/Python

Cloud/native

Edge AI

Security/compliance

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree/ PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Tauri

WebView

PowerShell automation

Microsoft Graph/Intune/Azure

Job description

HP is seeking a Principal Software Architect to define and guide the architecture of modern software platforms within HP's device and services ecosystem. You will lead across client apps, backend services, cloud integrations, and edge AI-enabled experiences to shape the next generation of intelligent PCs and peripherals.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering and 5+ years in technical leadership, with deep expertise in AI/ML, distributed systems, and security.