AI Systems Design Architect, Assistant Vice President

State Street

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Work type: On-site
Location: Quincy, MABoston, MAPrinceton, NJAustin, TXBurlington, MA
Salary: $90,000–$157,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 62 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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State Street Corporation is one of the world''s largest custodian banks and asset managers, providing investment servicing, investment management, and investment research to institutional investors. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Custody

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TL;DR · AI Systems Design Architect, Assistant Vice President

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The AI Systems Design Architect - Assistant Vice President will join the team to own end-to-end system design for a major Generative AI platform and shared AI services. This role involves translating business requirements into robust technical architectures, defining integration contracts, and establishing non-functional requirements across the AI stack. You will build scalable, secure, and resilient solutions for model integration, orchestration, and data flows. Key responsibilities include designing reference architectures for RAG, model serving, and agentic AI workflows while ensuring alignment with Responsible AI and model governance standards. You will utilize expertise in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, vector databases, and microservices. The role solves complex problems regarding production-grade AI scalability, observability, and security within a distributed, cloud-native enterprise environment.

Skills

Generative AI Machine Learning LLMs RAG AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Vector Databases Microservices Distributed Systems Event-Driven Architecture API Architecture DevSecOps Model Governance System Integration Cloud-Native Services

What you'll do

Own end-to-end system design for a major GenAI platform including model integration, orchestration, and data flows.
Translate business and product requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable AI solution designs.
Define reference architectures, integration contracts, and non-functional requirements for the platform area.
Establish reusable architecture patterns for RAG, model serving, and agentic AI workflows.
Design cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP ensuring interoperability and operational readiness.
Conduct architecture assessments, technical design reviews, and proof-of-concept evaluations for new AI use cases.
Ensure all designs align with Responsible AI, model governance, and data handling compliance requirements.
Review solution designs across pods to provide guidance on architecture decisions and trade-offs.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
Master’s degree (preferred).
8–14 years of experience in solution, enterprise application, platform, or AI/ML architecture.
Hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, ML systems, RAG architectures, vector databases, and AI application integration.
Proven experience in cloud architecture and solution design on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Expertise in API architecture, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and system integration patterns.
Working knowledge of AI governance, Responsible AI, model risk, compliance, testing, and operational controls.
Ability to lead architecture discussions and communicate complex technical concepts to technical and business stakeholders.

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