Senior AI Platform Architect & Strategy Leader

Workday; Pleasanton (CA); Vor Ort; USD 242.000 - 364.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Workday is seeking a Sr Principal architect for the AI Platform to own end-to-end architecture across distributed systems, AI workloads, and governance. The role requires deep expertise in model engineering, multi-cloud patterns, and scalable platform design, with the ability to align multiple teams around shared standards.

The successful candidate will guide executives on technical strategy, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating with Workday customers and

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time in senior architecture roles.
• 8+ years experience defining the architecture of large-scale distributed systems running in production.
• 8+ years experience running architecture practices, such as reference architectures, architecture decision records, and architecture review boards.
• 5+ years of experience architecting AI or machine learning platforms that support production workloads at enterprise scale.
• Strong background in model engineering, including model selection, evaluation, serving, and optimization.

Aufgaben

• Define long-term architecture vision and target state for the AI Platform and create a practical roadmap.
• Own the overall architecture of platform services powering agents and AI workloads.
• Set architectural standards for reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Define how models are integrated, served, evaluated, and optimized across the platform.
• Lead cloud architecture across AWS and GCP, including multi-cloud patterns.
• Embed governance, security, privacy, and compliance into architecture from the start.
• Establish reference architectures, patterns, and architecture principles.
• Evaluate frameworks, platforms, and vendors to support long-term architecture.
• Collaborate across pillars and teams to align on shared standards.
• Mentor architects and engineers and drive an architecture community.

Kenntnisse

Distributed systems

AI platforms

Cloud architectures (AWS/GCP)

Architecture leadership

Mentorship

Executive communication

Agent frameworks

Kubernetes

AI governance

Public speaking

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

LangGraph

MCP

A2A

Jobbeschreibung

Workday is seeking a Sr Principal architect for the AI Platform to own end-to-end architecture across distributed systems, AI workloads, and governance. The role requires deep expertise in model engineering, multi-cloud patterns, and scalable platform design, with the ability to align multiple teams around shared standards.

The successful candidate will guide executives on technical strategy, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating with Workday customers and