Software Architect

Onesubsea; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OneSubsea is seeking a senior data architect to lead AI/ML solution architecture and data product definition on the SLB Enterprise AI platform. You will align data capabilities with business needs, partner with platform teams, and guide a small team of engineers and architects.

The role emphasizes data mesh principles, central platform delivery, and expertise in Google Cloud data services. Houston-based opportunity with enterprise scope.

Qualifications

• Senior data architecture experience, ideally in federated/data-mesh environments.
• Experience specifying data products and driving central/platform delivery.
• Track record in AI/ML solution architecture and integration (agent/API).
• Strong stakeholder and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Energy sector or industrial data experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and specify the AI/ML solution architecture for large organizations.
• Define data products OSS requires from SLB Enterprise AI, to be built once and consumed reliably.
• Interface with the SLB Enterprise AI platform team.
• Design consumption architecture on OSS to feed AI characters, agents, and analytics.
• Provide technical leadership to a small team of data engineers and junior architects.
• Own OSS AI Characters/Persona within SLB governance.
• Bridge business needs and technical feasibility.

Skills

Senior data architecture

Data mesh / federated

Google Cloud BigQuery/Dataplex

AI/ML solution architecture

Agent/API integration

Stakeholder management

Energy sector data experience

Job description

Purpose:

Architect how OneSubsea specifies, consumes, and applies data and AI capability built on SLB's enterprise platform, translating business needs across the value streams into well-defined data products and the solutions built on them. This is the senior technical anchor of the OSS Beacon AI programme.

Key responsibilities (high level):

• Define and specify the AI/ML solution architecture for large organizations.
• Define and specify the data products OSS requires from SLB Enterprise AI, so they can be built once and consumed reliably.
• Technical interface and working relationship with the SLB Enterprise AI platform team.
• Design the consumption architecture on the OSS side — how delivered data feeds AI characters, agents, and analytics across the value streams.
• Provide technical leadership to a small team of data engineers and junior architects.
• Serve as technical owner of the OSS AI Characters/Persona working within SLB security and governance.
• Translate between business/operational needs and technical feasibility — the bridge between the digital leads' demand and what actually gets built.

Experience profile (what to screen for):

• Senior data architecture experience, ideally within a federated / data-mesh or Google Cloud (BigQuery, Dataplex) environment — someone who has worked as a consuming domain on a central platform, not just built standalone systems.
• Track record specifying data products and getting a central/platform team to deliver against them.
• Track record of AI/ML solution architecture and, ideally, agent or API integration.
• Strong stakeholder skills — this role is as much diplomacy with the platform team as it is technical design.
• Energy sector / industrial data experience is a plus, not essential.

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