Senior Architect: AI‑Driven Servicing Platform

RiseMe; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 250,000 - 530,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket, a Detroit-based company, seeks a Distinguished Engineer within Servicing Tech to set the multi-year technical direction for the systems that serve 1 in 6 U.S. mortgage clients.

You will define AI-driven workflows and the platform integrations that connect Servicing Tech to Rocket and to investors, regulators, and partners across the loan lifecycle. You will lead the architecture across three connected bets—the next-generation servicing system, its AI-enabled workflows, and the platform

Qualifications

• Significant tenure as a senior individual contributor (typically a Principal-or-equivalent track) with demonstrable company-wide impact across multiple domains.
• Hands-on experience leading platform-building efforts at enterprise scale.
• Sustained external presence in the engineering community per the recognition criteria above.
• Evidence of having owned at least one multi-year technical bet end-to-end, including accountability for the outcome.
• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or a related field welcome but secondary to demonstrated impact and recognition.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year technical strategy for the next-generation servicing system, the AI-based workflows that run on top of it, and the platform integrations that connect it across Rocket.
• Own the architectural direction the vertical will build on for years.
• Lead the cross-cutting platform investments that materially change what Servicing Tech is capable of, including the AI-enabled direction of our core systems.
• Own multi-year technical bets where the payoff is uncertain and the timeline outlasts most planning cycles, and stay accountable for the outcome.
• Serve as a standing technical advisor to executive leadership on technology strategy, build-vs-buy decisions, and the bets that shape Servicing Tech's direction.
• Drive alignment across engineering organizations on shared architectural direction, resolving foundational trade-offs that no single org can resolve alone.
• Maintain a sustained external presence through conference talks, written thinking, open-source contribution, or standards-body participation, such that peers outside the company recognize the work.
• Mentor Principal Engineers with the explicit aim of developing future Distinguished Engineers, and shape the engineering culture of the vertical as a named outcome of the role.

Skills

Senior IC

Platform building

Enterprise-scale

External presence

Mentorship

Job description

Rocket, a Detroit-based company, seeks a Distinguished Engineer within Servicing Tech to set the multi-year technical direction for the systems that serve 1 in 6 U.S. mortgage clients.

You will define AI-driven workflows and the platform integrations that connect Servicing Tech to Rocket and to investors, regulators, and partners across the loan lifecycle. You will lead the architecture across three connected bets—the next-generation servicing system, its AI-enabled workflows, and the platform