Strategic AI Architect & GenAI Solutions Lead

Socket.dev; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking an AI Architect Lead Consultant in Philadelphia to lead AI projects from conception to deployment across industries. You will design major components, act as technical lead, and mentor team members, with hands-on work about 70% of the time.

The role covers ML, NLP, CV, intelligent automation, and Generative AI, with emphasis on secure-by-design practices. The position requires extensive experience in AI/ML solutions, production deployments, and multi-model deployment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, information systems, or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years in software engineering, cloud, data engineering, AI/ML, architecture, or enterprise tech delivery.
• 4+ years designing and delivering production AI/ML solutions.
• 1+ years delivering production Generative AI or LLM-based systems, including LLM APIs, RAG, embeddings, vector/graph retrieval, evaluation, guardrails, and agentic workflows.
• 5+ years in software engineering with proficiency in at least one language — Python, Java, C#, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or equivalent.
• 2+ years architecting AI solutions across multiple deployment models and establishing operational practice for AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI projects from conception through deployment.
• Translate business challenges into AI solution designs and evaluate business impact.
• Design and implement major components of enterprise AI solutions.
• Build AI solution patterns across ML and GenAI (LLM apps, RAG, embeddings, vectors, retrieval).
• Prepare data and feature engineering for AI workloads.
• Develop prototypes, proofs of concept, and production-ready AI services.
• Optimize models and inference workloads for performance and cost.
• Design data storage strategies for AI workloads across databases and data lakes.
• Apply secure-by-design practices and data governance requirements.
• Implement responsible‑AI controls and monitoring.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to reusable patterns and playbooks.

Skills

AI architecture

Python

LLM/GenAI

Cloud platforms

API design

MLOps

Distributed computing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering/data science

Master’s degree in AI/ML (preferred)

Tools

REST

gRPC

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking an AI Architect Lead Consultant in Philadelphia to lead AI projects from conception to deployment across industries. You will design major components, act as technical lead, and mentor team members, with hands-on work about 70% of the time.

The role covers ML, NLP, CV, intelligent automation, and Generative AI, with emphasis on secure-by-design practices. The position requires extensive experience in AI/ML solutions, production deployments, and multi-model deployment