AI Systems Design Architect, Vice President
State StreetBase Salary
$120k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own enterprise-wide AI systems architecture strategy across the full Generative AI platform stack.
- Define and govern reference architectures, design standards, integration patterns, and cloud design principles.
- Lead architecture decisions for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud AI environments, including platform reuse, interoperability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Establish reusable patterns for RAG, model serving, prompt orchestration, agentic AI workflows, AI gateways, and service integration.
- Chair or lead architecture governance forums and resolve major technical trade-offs.
- Partner with business, product, engineering, cloud, security, risk, data, and operations teams.
- Drive architecture assessments, technical due diligence, proof-of-concept direction, platform modernization, and production onboarding standards.
- Guide build-versus-buy and shared-services decisions and mentor architects and engineering leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
- 12–17 years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise application architecture, platform architecture, 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, prompt design and orchestration, and AI application integration.
- Expertise in cloud architecture and enterprise solution design on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Understanding of cloud-native AI/ML services, networking, storage, security, IAM, resilience, and performance optimization.
- Experience designing secure, resilient, high-performing enterprise architectures for AI and data-driven applications.
- Expertise in API architecture, distributed systems, event-driven patterns, enterprise integration, and platform design.
- Understanding of AI governance, Responsible AI, model risk, compliance, testing, production controls, and control frameworks.
- Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, reliability engineering, and platform engineering concepts.
- Ability to lead architecture discussions with senior executives and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits include a 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
- Insurance coverage includes basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages.
- Paid time off includes vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program, incentive compensation, annual performance-based awards, and certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
- Inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks are available.
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About State Street
At State Street, we deliver leading investment platforms, data, expertise, and solutions that accelerate performance and better decision making. With over 200 years of global financial leadership, we equip institutional investors through a comprehensive suite of capabilities: Investment Services: Integrated front-to-back solutions across custody, accounting, and operations. Investment Management: Index and active strategies from one of the world’s largest asset managers. Markets: Multi-asset trading, FX solutions, and data-driven research to enhance portfolio value. Who We Are • 50,000+ employees worldwide • Active in 100+ markets • #1 in ETF servicing What You’ll Find Here • Executive perspectives and thought leadership • Timely market commentary and macro insights • Our views on investment operations, ETFs, private markets, and digital finance • Stories reflecting our culture, values and commitment to diversity and inclusion