ADP

Chief Architect of AI

ADP
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2 days ago
Alpharetta, GA, USAStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Define the architectural vision, blueprint, and technical roadmap for ADP’s AI Intelligence Layer.
  • Create a cohesive architecture spanning agent frameworks, platform APIs, knowledge and retrieval systems, model runtimes, evaluation frameworks, and operations.
  • Establish reusable foundations, integration patterns, and standards that enable product teams across ADP to adopt AI.
  • Develop architectural guardrails and decision processes supporting secure, governed, and efficient delivery.
  • Embed scalability, reliability, observability, security, and operational excellence into the AI platform.
  • Partner with enterprise architecture, product, security, compliance, and platform teams on architectural alignment.
  • Guide consequential technical decisions, resolve cross-team tradeoffs, and support implementation from concept through production.
  • Mentor technical leaders and strengthen shared ownership, clear decision-making, and engineering excellence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and platform development, including designing, building, and operating complex enterprise systems at scale.
  • 7+ years in senior architecture or technical leadership roles setting direction across multiple teams or product portfolios, such as Chief Architect, Principal Architect, or Distinguished Engineer.
  • 3+ years designing and delivering AI systems into production, including recent hands-on experience with generative AI and agentic applications.
  • Experience with major AI platforms such as OpenAI and Anthropic and the ability to apply them to products and features.
  • Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor.
  • Knowledge of prompt engineering, performance optimization, and secure data handling.
  • Demonstrated ability to move AI systems beyond prototypes into reliable, governed production capabilities.

Benefits

  • Dynamic, inclusive, collaborative team environment focused on belonging and professional growth.
  • Opportunities to deliver user outcomes at enterprise scale and work with curious technical leaders.
  • Mission-driven culture emphasizing ownership, learning, courageous collaboration, and community impact.
  • Hybrid work arrangement, as indicated by the #LI-Hybrid designation.

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About ADP

10,000+ employees

ADP builds human capital management software and outsourced services for businesses of all sizes, including payroll, tax filing, time, benefits, and talent tools. Its revenue comes from subscriptions and service fees, and it also offers a professional employer organization (PEO) and compliance support. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, ADP is a public company traded on NASDAQ under the ticker ADP.

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