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AI Architect- Associate Director
Dallas, TX; Montvale, NJ; Orlando, FL
128737
Career Level Requirement
Experienced
Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking an AI Architect to join our Audit Technology Alliance organization.
Responsibilities:
- Design and document robust, scalable microservice architectures for key product features, providing direct technical guidance to development teams
- Collaborate daily with senior developers, QA, and product managers to define technical requirements, refine user stories, and ensure architectural integrity throughout the development lifecycle
- Implement and enforce best practices for code quality, automated testing, and AI model evaluation using LangSmith, directly contributing to the continuous improvement of our engineering standards
- Lead the detailed technical design and successful execution of critical platform components, including context engineering services, RAG pipelines, and intuitive human-in-the-loop (HITL) interfaces
- Serve as a primary technical leader and mentor for development pods, providing architectural oversight through design reviews, pair programming, and resolving complex technical hurdles during sprints
- Balance long-term architectural planning with hands-on prototyping and proof-of-concepts to validate new technologies and patterns before they are adopted across the engineering team
Qualifications:
- Minimum eight years of recent progressive experience in software development and architecture, with significant, demonstrated experience in designing and building cloud-native AI applications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred
- Strong, hands-on proficiency with LLM frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph), core Azure services (AKS, Azure AI Search, Service Bus), and experience integrating with data platforms like Databricks or Microsoft Fabric
- In-depth experience working within an Agile framework, utilizing Azure DevOps and Git for source control, and a strong practical understanding of CI/CD principles
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to deconstruct large-scale business problems into manageable, well-designed technical solutions
- Clear and effective interpersonal and communication skills, essential for collaborating within a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team of engineers, data scientists, and product managers
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