AI Systems Design Architect - Assistant Vice President
State StreetBase Salary
$90k - $158k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end architecture and system design for a major AI platform domain, including model integration, orchestration, APIs, data flows, and downstream system interactions.
- Define reference architectures, design standards, integration contracts, and non-functional requirements for the platform area.
- Translate business and product requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable AI solution designs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across product, engineering, data science, platform, cloud, security, DevSecOps, and control teams.
- Design cloud-based solutions across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud with interoperability, scalability, observability, and operational readiness.
- Establish reusable architecture patterns for RAG, model serving, prompt workflows, agentic AI workflows, and AI application integration.
- Ensure alignment with Responsible AI, model governance, data handling, compliance, testing, risk, and production control requirements.
- Conduct architecture assessments, technical design reviews, and proof-of-concept evaluations.
- Review solution designs across pods and guide architecture decisions, trade-offs, and standards adherence.
- Support production readiness, release architecture, monitoring, and scalability planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
- 8–14 years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise application architecture, platform architecture, or AI/ML architecture.
- Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, ML systems, RAG architectures, vector databases, and AI application integration.
- Experience designing cloud architectures and solutions on at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, security, and AI/ML services.
- Expertise in API architecture, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and system integration patterns.
- Experience designing for security, resiliency, scalability, observability, and performance.
- 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.
- Strong collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive retirement savings plan with 401K company match.
- Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages.
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities.
- Employee Assistance Program access.
- Eligibility for incentive compensation and annual performance-based awards, excluding certain sales roles.
- Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
- Inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks.
Tech Stack
Categories
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