Staff Content Architect: AI-Driven, Scalable Content

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Content Architect to own the design and governance of our structured content and data model ecosystem. This role ensures scalable content architectures across products, platforms, and AI use cases, partnering with Content Strategy, Taxonomy, and Knowledge Engineering.

You will translate user needs into scalable structural design, work with Engineering for implementation, and drive measurable reuse and efficiency across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Architecture, Content Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in content architecture, knowledge management, content systems, or structured authoring.
• 8+ years in DITA and topic-based authoring.
• 5+ years with enterprise content management systems such as AEM Guides.
• 5+ years designing metadata models, taxonomy, and content reuse strategies.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single accountable owner for the KMS DITA content model and evolution.
• Define structural standards, metadata models, taxonomy alignment, and reuse strategies.
• Partner with Content Strategy to align architecture with user needs and business goals.
• Translate content and data models into templates, workflows, and patterns.
• Establish governance frameworks and escalation paths to prevent drift.
• Design content structures optimized for AI, search, and automation with cross-team collaboration.
• Define integration patterns across AEM Guides, Help Center, CRM, and data platforms.
• Lead architectural alignment across transformation initiatives (AEM Guides, AI-driven support).
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to enable efficient authoring experiences.
• Track architecture health metrics and reduce translation costs.

Skills

Content architecture

Knowledge management

Content systems

Structured authoring

DITA

Topic-based authoring

AEM Guides

Metadata

Taxonomy

Content reuse

Cross-functional leadership

AI/ML content models

Knowledge graph concepts

Search optimization

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AEM Guides

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Content Architect to own the design and governance of our structured content and data model ecosystem. This role ensures scalable content architectures across products, platforms, and AI use cases, partnering with Content Strategy, Taxonomy, and Knowledge Engineering.

You will translate user needs into scalable structural design, work with Engineering for implementation, and drive measurable reuse and efficiency across the organization.