Senior AI Architecture Leader & Technical Authority

Technovate AI; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Technovate AI is seeking a Senior Technical Leader to set and defend the technical standard across engagements. You will shape how we approach work, arbitrate build-vs-buy, and mentor engineers while representing our point of view to clients.

You will own reference architectures across AI system classes, lead discovery with technical authority, and drive architecture decision records to ensure delivery quality from day one.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of engineering experience including leadership.
• Deep production experience with AI system classes (retrieval, agents, predictive modeling).
• Proven ability to say no to work that should not be built, with clear reasoning.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architectures and delivery standards used across engagements.
• Act as the senior technical authority in pre-sales discovery and scoping conversations.
• Arbitrate build-vs-buy and architecture decisions across concurrent engagements.
• Mentor staff and senior engineers, raising the bar in design reviews.
• Represent the firm's technical point of view publicly through writing and speaking.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI system architectures

Retrieval systems

Agent-based systems

Predictive modeling

Executive communication

Job description

Technovate AI is seeking a Senior Technical Leader to set and defend the technical standard across engagements. You will shape how we approach work, arbitrate build-vs-buy, and mentor engineers while representing our point of view to clients.

You will own reference architectures across AI system classes, lead discovery with technical authority, and drive architecture decision records to ensure delivery quality from day one.