Senior Architect, DEX & AI Solutions

DDN; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly Competitive Vacation Plans

Paid Holidays

Bonus Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision

Paid Leave Programs

Anniversary and Recognition Awards

Job summary

DataDirect Networks in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a hands-on principal architect to set technical direction and build solutions across digital workplace, AI governance, and enterprise automation. This senior IC will write code, develop proofs of concept, and deliver AI-enabled workflows into production.

The role demands 10+ years of enterprise architecture and a strong ability to turn complex needs into practical, scalable solutions while partnering with security and platform teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise infrastructure, digital workplace, software/platform engineering or architecture.
• Experience building AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, or advanced automation; knowledge of LLM APIs and safety.
• Broad understanding of identity, SaaS collaboration, endpoint management, and enterprise service management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reference architecture for Digital Employee Experience (DEX).
• Architect and implement integrations across Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian, ESM and endpoints.
• Establish reusable patterns for identity, APIs, access, observability, and automation; set technical standards.
• Lead design/code reviews and mentor engineers; collaborate with security and platform teams.
• Design and test agentic AI solutions and governance; ensure production readiness and safeguards.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Hands-on engineering

AI-enabled apps

Identity & security

Integration patterns

LLM APIs

Tools

Gemini Enterprise

Google Workspace

Slack

Atlassian

CI/CD

Job description

DataDirect Networks in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a hands-on principal architect to set technical direction and build solutions across digital workplace, AI governance, and enterprise automation. This senior IC will write code, develop proofs of concept, and deliver AI-enabled workflows into production.

The role demands 10+ years of enterprise architecture and a strong ability to turn complex needs into practical, scalable solutions while partnering with security and platform teams.