AI Systems Design Architect, Vice President

State Street

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Work type: On-site
Location: Quincy, MA
Salary: $120,000–$217,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 2 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, Vice President

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The AI Systems Design Architect, Vice President leads the enterprise AI system architecture strategy across the full Generative AI platform stack. This role involves defining architecture direction, technology standards, and cloud design principles for AI platforms and shared services. The architect will own the strategy for orchestration layers, model integration, APIs, and data flows while establishing reusable patterns for RAG, model serving, prompt orchestration, and agentic AI workflows. Key responsibilities include chairing governance forums, performing technical due diligence, and ensuring compliance with Responsible AI and model risk standards. The position requires expertise in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, along with deep knowledge of LLMs, vector databases, microservices, distributed systems, DevSecOps, and CI/CD to build secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise AI solutions.

Skills

Generative AI LLMs RAG AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Vector Databases Distributed Systems Microservices API Architecture CI/CD DevSecOps Platform Engineering ML Systems Prompt Orchestration IAM Observability

What you'll do

Drive enterprise-wide AI system architecture strategy across the full Generative AI platform stack.
Define and govern reference architectures, design standards, and cloud design principles for AI platforms.
Establish reusable enterprise patterns for RAG, model serving, prompt orchestration, and agentic AI workflows.
Lead architecture decisions for scalable, secure, and compliant cloud and hybrid AI environments.
Chair architecture governance forums to review solution designs and resolve technical trade-offs.
Ensure AI solutions comply with Responsible AI, data controls, model risk, and regulatory requirements.
Conduct architecture assessments, technical due diligence, and build-vs-buy evaluations for AI platforms.
Mentor architects and engineering leaders to improve design quality and adoption of enterprise standards.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
Master’s degree (preferred).
12–17 years of experience in solution, enterprise application, platform, or AI/ML architecture, including leadership of large-scale enterprise initiatives.
Deep hands-on and architectural experience with Generative AI, LLMs, ML systems, RAG, vector databases, and prompt orchestration.
Proven expertise in cloud architecture and enterprise solution design on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Expertise in API architecture, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven patterns, and platform design.
Strong understanding of AI governance, Responsible AI, model risk, compliance, and DevSecOps concepts.
Demonstrated ability to lead architecture discussions with senior executives and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

AI Systems Design Architect, Assistant Vice President

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Quincy, MA 16 days ago $90,000–$157,500

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