Senior AI Orchestrator & Platform Architect

PepsiCo; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to lead the engineering of enterprise-grade agentic orchestration capabilities. This role involves defining technical direction, ensuring compliance, and enabling seamless human-agent collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in a relevant field, extensive experience in ML, and significant expertise in orchestration and security architectures. This position offers opportunities to drive strategic initiatives and mentor other engineers.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in ML, Data Science, AI required.
• Extensive experience designing and operating enterprise platforms/services.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architecture, design standards for agent workflow orchestration.
• Establish and enforce non-human identity patterns and auditability standards.
• Implement deterministic handoff patterns and resilient messaging.
• Define promotion gates and automated CI/CD standards.

Skills

Systems/platform architecture

Orchestration and workflow systems

Identity and security architecture

Governance and compliance engineering

Observability/SRE partnership

Developer enablement

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/AI/ML/Data Science or equivalent experience

Master’s preferred

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to lead the engineering of enterprise-grade agentic orchestration capabilities. This role involves defining technical direction, ensuring compliance, and enabling seamless human-agent collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in a relevant field, extensive experience in ML, and significant expertise in orchestration and security architectures. This position offers opportunities to drive strategic initiatives and mentor other engineers.