Senior Technologist, System Architecture - AI Adoption & Development
Western Digital13 days ago
Base Salary
$188k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define WD’s AI adoption vision, roadmap, and best practices across technology planning and engineering processes.
- Guide post-launch improvements to the AI-enabled technology roadmap dashboard and chat interface.
- Oversee the design and development of AI agents for status tracking, gap identification, and insight generation.
- Establish governance, standards, and ROI metrics for AI tool deployment with engineering and technology leadership.
- Mentor engineers and build internal expertise in AI-enabled systems thinking.
- Evaluate and recommend AI, LLM, and platform vendors and partnerships.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in technology leadership, systems engineering, or AI/data platform development.
- Deep hands-on experience building AI agents, LLM applications, or agentic workflows in production.
- Strong background in data architecture, data pipelines, and analytics tool development.
- Proven ability to ship AI tools end-to-end and translate business problems into AI solutions.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive adoption among technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional teams.
- Preferred experience with RAG systems, enterprise knowledge management, or LLM frameworks.
- Preferred background in process improvement, operational transformation, change management, internal developer tools, enterprise software platforms, technology roadmap planning, R&D strategy, or long-range product planning.
- Background in storage systems or semiconductor technology is preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life, accident and disability insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, an employee assistance program, supplemental benefits, tuition reimbursement, transit benefits, an employee stock purchase plan, and a WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
- The role is an exempt position located at the Rochester Office.
- Employees may be eligible for performance bonuses and long-term incentive programs, including RSUs or cash equivalents, subject to plan terms and role eligibility.
- The anticipated application deadline is January 29, 2027, although the posting may close earlier.
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About Western Digital
Western Digital designs and manufactures data storage devices and platforms, including hard disk drives and solid-state drives, for consumer electronics, enterprises, and hyperscale data centers. The public company, founded in 1970 and headquartered in San Jose, sells under the Western Digital and SanDisk brands through OEM and retail channels, and supplies cloud platforms and PC markets worldwide.