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Principal AI Architect

SecurityScorecard
Location
Hybrid (Austin, TX)
Posted
10 days ago
Department
Technology
Salary
$240,000 - $300,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time as a senior, staff, or principal-level architect or technical lead designing production systems
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems: service boundaries, consistency models, event-driven architecture, API design (REST; gRPC familiarity a plus), and operating systems reliably at scale
  • Hands-on experience building, prototyping, and architecting agentic or LLM-powered systems in production
  • Working knowledge of data engineering fundamentals, including data modeling, pipeline design, and streaming vs. batch
  • A track record of influence without authority: presenting a technical direction to skeptical engineers and earning genuine buy-in
  • Strong technical writing and mentorship: TDRs, design docs, and decision records that teams can act on without hand-holding
Nice to have
  • Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration patterns
  • Experience with our stack or comparable technologies: Node.js/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes
  • Experience leading AI-assisted or agentic development adoption across an engineering organization
  • Experience partnering closely with data science or ML teams on productionizing their work
  • Cybersecurity industry background
What the job really is

The Principal AI Architect at SecurityScorecard will lead the system design for agentic AI capabilities, collaborating closely with engineering teams, Data Science, and product management. This role involves prototyping, writing technical design documents, and ensuring the integration of AI features into the existing platform. The architect will also mentor engineers and communicate architectural decisions to stakeholders, driving the adoption of AI-assisted development practices across the organization.

Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Stock options
  • Health benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursements
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond hybrid
  • Role heavily focuses on system design and architecture, may not involve hands-on coding as much as prototyping and documentation
  • The position does not provide immigration sponsorship
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