Staff Cloud Architect: AI, Data & Multi-Cloud

Robots & Pencils; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients.

This Staff Architect role leads end-to-end architecture across cloud, data, and AI/ML workloads, mentoring engineers and defining technical strategy. The position is a 4-month assignment in Houston, TX with potential extension and travel to customer sites every other week

Qualifications

• Staff Architect with responsibility for end-to-end architecture across cloud, data, and AI/ML workloads.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and provide technical direction to cross-functional teams.
• Experience delivering scalable, secure, production-grade cloud-native solutions across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and lead architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems for end-to-end engagements.
• Architect scalable cloud-native solutions, including multi-cloud and hybrid strategies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes).

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Cloud architecture

AI/ML systems

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients.

This Staff Architect role leads end-to-end architecture across cloud, data, and AI/ML workloads, mentoring engineers and defining technical strategy. The position is a 4-month assignment in Houston, TX with potential extension and travel to customer sites every other week