AI Solution Architect
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts2 days ago
Boston, MA, USASenior
Base Salary
$176k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design technical solutions and blueprints for AI agents and modules within an established enterprise architecture.
- Define data flows, API integrations, component interactions, and deployment configurations in Google Agent Space.
- Optimize Google Agent Space and Google Cloud Platform services for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
- Design and contribute to reusable agentic components, libraries, and common services.
- Troubleshoot complex architecture and integration issues for Generative AI Engineers.
- Guide integration of AI agents with enterprise systems, databases, and external APIs.
- Collaborate with data governance, AI governance, risk, security, privacy, regulatory, and enterprise architecture partners.
- Lead or significantly contribute to proofs of concept and prototypes for new agentic capabilities.
- Create technical documentation and participate in code reviews, design reviews, and architectural assessments.
- Mentor junior Generative AI Engineers and Data Engineers on architectural principles.
Requirements
- 10+ years of overall IT experience.
- 5+ years of solution architecture experience.
- 3+ years of solution implementation experience with REST/SOAP APIs.
- 5+ years of hands-on programming experience with languages such as C#, Java, SQL, or Python.
- Extensive experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise architecture in large-scale, complex environments.
- Strong experience with enterprise data platforms, cloud data lakes, data warehouses, and integration architectures.
- Experience using Snowflake and AWS to process data, optimize performance, and scale resources.
- Experience building a semantic store that provides shared metrics and definitions for AI agents and business users.
- Experience with Snowflake Cortex, Snowpark, and native AI/ML capabilities.
- Hands-on experience with agentic patterns including RAG, orchestrator-worker, planner-executor, and collaborative multi-agent architectures.
- Experience ingesting, storing, and indexing unstructured data with vector databases for RAG.
- Proficiency with MCP and A2A standards for interoperable agent systems.
- Ability to apply data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles to project requirements.
- Ability to partner with product management, engineering, and business leaders on architectural strategies.
- Knowledge of cloud security, data privacy regulations, and governance frameworks.
- Solution Architect Associate certification, preferably in GCP or AWS.
- Healthcare payer domain knowledge is preferred.
Benefits
- Flex work arrangement with candidates local to the Boston or Hingham, Massachusetts offices preferred.
- Full-time position.
- Eligible for paid time off, medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), and well-being benefits.
- The posting states a variable-pay eligibility.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is a nonprofit, tax-paying health insurer offering commercial, Medicare, and supplemental plans to individuals and employer groups across Massachusetts. It contracts with a broad provider network and pioneered the Alternative Quality Contract to tie payment to outcomes. Founded in 1937 and headquartered in Boston, it is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and serves about 3 million members.