Senior Principal AI-Platform Architect

KPMG LLP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP seeks a Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer to join our Product organization in Chicago. You will shape platform architectures, advance AI-native prototyping, and guide product engineering decisions across teams.

You will influence architecture, security, and scalability while mentoring staff and partnering with product leadership to deliver enterprise-grade solutions. The role emphasizes strategic architectural leadership, reusable standards, and the ability to translate

Qualifications

• Minimum twelve years of recent engineering experience on a principal or distinguished individual contributor track.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma/GED required or fifteen years of equivalent experience.
• Hands‑on development experience including prototyping framework for AI-native development cycle.
• Deep expertise integrating systems across platform architecture, APIs, data/identity models, AI/agent frameworks, security, scalability, reliability and debt.
• Ability to advise senior product, technology, and business leaders with a client-centric perspective and influence priorities.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve shared platform architecture frameworks and IT platforms aligning tech with business processes and data.
• Assess capabilities for architecture quality, reusability, security, debt, and cost for shared assets; advise build/buy/partner decisions.
• Develop and maintain reusable architecture standards and an AI-native prototyping framework for rapid idea-to-prototype delivery.
• Serve as senior technical voice within Product Management, linking evaluation, architecture, and long-term health.
• Create or guide prototypes for early ideas to test feasibility and avoid bespoke solutions.
• Guide architecture decisions, share leading practices, and coach professionals across product and engineering.
• Act with integrity and professionalism to uphold KPMG’s respectful work environment.

Job description

KPMG LLP seeks a Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer to join our Product organization in Chicago. You will shape platform architectures, advance AI-native prototyping, and guide product engineering decisions across teams.

You will influence architecture, security, and scalability while mentoring staff and partnering with product leadership to deliver enterprise-grade solutions. The role emphasizes strategic architectural leadership, reusable standards, and the ability to translate