Senior AI Solution Architect

Boston Scientific; Arden Hills (MN); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific is seeking an AI solution architect to lead the design of next‑generation AI solutions across the enterprise. You will bridge business needs with scalable, secure architectures for generative AI and agentic AI applications.

You will define end‑to‑end architectures for AI-powered products, collaborate with engineers and data teams, and ensure compliance, security and quality across regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience in solution/software architecture or AI/ML engineering with hands-on generative AI work.
• Experience designing and deploying large language model-based solutions, including retrieval-augmented generation and model integration.
• Healthcare or regulated industry experience; cloud-native architectures on Azure/AWS and modern data platforms like Snowflake.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture of enterprise AI solutions, including generative AI apps, LLM-powered workflows, and intelligent automation.
• Design modular, reusable AI components and services used across platforms and use cases.
• Define patterns for agent orchestration, memory management, retrieval-augmented generation and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, production-ready AI architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand objectives, constraints and value drivers for measurable impact.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, software engineers and data teams to guide implementation and maintain architecture integrity.
• Ensure solutions meet regulatory, security and quality expectations across teams.
• Architect secure and scalable data pipelines to support AI workloads; integrate Azure, AWS, Snowflake.
• Guide platform-level decisions on hosting, vector databases, orchestration, and MLOps/LLMOps practices.

Skills

Generative AI

LLM integration

Azure/AWS

Security/compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Job description

Additional Location(s)

US-MN-Arden Hills

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you'll be supported in progressing - whatever your ambitions.

About The Role

Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

Boston Scientific is seeking an AI solution architect to join our AI Engineering team and lead the design of next‑generation AI solutions across the enterprise. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex business needs and advanced AI system design, translating business challenges into scalable, secure and compliant generative AI and agentic AI architectures.

You will define end‑to‑end technical solution architectures for AI‑powered products, including custom generative AI applications, intelligent agents, virtual assistants and reusable AI services. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong architectural judgment and the ability to influence cross‑functional stakeholders.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Lead the end‑to‑end architecture of enterprise AI solutions, including generative AI applications, large language model‑powered workflows, agentic systems and intelligent automation.
• Design modular and reusable AI components and services that can be leveraged across multiple platforms and business use cases.
• Define architectural patterns for agent orchestration, tool integration, memory management, retrieval‑augmented generation and human‑in‑the‑loop workflows.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, production‑ready AI architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand objectives, constraints and value drivers, helping ensure measurable business impact.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, software engineers, data scientists and data engineers to guide implementation and maintain architectural integrity.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, legal, privacy, quality and platform engineering teams to help ensure solutions meet regulatory, security and quality expectations.
• Architect secure and scalable data pipelines in partnership with data engineering teams to support AI and generative AI workloads.
• Evaluate and integrate technologies across Azure, AWS and Snowflake to deliver cloud‑native, resilient and cost‑effective solutions.
• Guide platform‑level decisions related to model hosting, vector databases, orchestration frameworks, monitoring and MLOps/LLMOps practices.
• Ensure solutions are designed for performance, reliability, observability and operational excellence.
• Embed ethical AI, security-by-design, privacy-by-design and compliance-by-design principles into solution architectures.
• Support risk assessments, model reviews and required documentation for enterprise and regulated environments.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in solution architecture, software architecture or AI/ML engineering, including recent hands‑on work in generative AI.
• Proven experience designing and deploying large language model‑based solutions, including retrieval‑augmented generation, prompt engineering and model integration.
• Experience in health care, life sciences or another highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures in Azure and/or AWS and modern data platforms such as Snowflake.
• Demonstrated experience working in enterprise‑scale, regulated environments with security, compliance and quality requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with vector databases, embedding strategies and search optimization techniques.
• Hands‑on experience with MLOps/LLMOps, including model monitoring, evaluation and lifecycle management.
• Proven experience defining reference architectures, design patterns and reusable AI platforms.

Minimum Salary

Minimum Salary: $106800

Maximum Salary

Maximum Salary: $202900

At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long‑term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.comand follow us onLinkedIn.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.