
Senior AI Solutions Architect
Staples Canada26 days ago
Framingham, MA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Embed with Marketplace operations, product, and commercial teams to understand workflows, processes, edge cases, and operational needs.
- Identify, prioritize, and frame AI and automation opportunities based on business impact, scalability, and feasibility.
- Translate ambiguous business problems into technical approaches, solution hypotheses, and build plans.
- Develop and deploy rapid prototypes and proof of concepts using enterprise data and AI/ML or large language model tooling.
- Validate solutions with real-world data and workflows, then partner with Technology and Data/AI teams to operationalize successful solutions.
- Bridge business stakeholders and technical teams, drive solution adoption, and track metrics such as efficiency, cost reduction, revenue impact, and user adoption.
- Lead or coordinate concurrent initiatives, mentor less experienced team members, and contribute reusable frameworks and enterprise platform enhancements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years of overall experience in software engineering or technical solution development.
- Experience building and deploying AI, machine learning, automation, or data-driven solutions in a business or enterprise environment.
- Experience writing code and delivering working prototypes using Python, Java, or similar programming languages.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions and delivering solutions from concept through prototype validation.
- Experience integrating or working with structured and unstructured data sources.
- Experience managing multiple complex projects or initiatives simultaneously.
- Preferred: master’s degree or advanced technical training; eCommerce, marketplace, retail, or adjacent industry experience; enterprise AI or automation implementation; familiarity with enterprise data platforms, cloud environments, and AI/LLM tooling; reusable platform or internal tool development; forward-deployed or solutions engineering experience; and experience quantifying technical business impact.
Benefits
- Four days per week onsite at the Framingham corporate offices; relocation assistance may be available.
- 22 days of paid time off plus seven observed paid holidays and one floating holiday.
- Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups.
- Online and retail discounts, company-match 401(k), and physical and mental health wellness programs.