Emerging Technology Architect
Q2 Software, Inc.25 days ago
Responsibilities
- Design enterprise AI solution patterns aligned with business needs and scalable, secure implementation approaches.
- Translate complex business challenges into structured architecture recommendations with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Identify and resolve gaps involving scalability, data readiness, interoperability, and operational adoption of AI systems.
- Define reusable frameworks and standards that improve delivery consistency and accelerate adoption.
- Evaluate solution options and communicate trade-offs involving performance, cost, risk, and business value.
- Guide architecture decisions supporting responsible AI adoption and long-term maintainability.
- Promote best practices, shared patterns, governance approaches, and emerging technology practices across engineering and business teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 12 years of related experience, or an advanced degree and 8+ years of experience, or equivalent related work experience.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, system design, integration patterns, and scalable delivery models.
- Demonstrated experience with large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, intelligent agents, and cloud-based AI platforms such as AWS and Azure.
- Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders on complex organizational solutions.
- Ability to structure recommendations and communicate trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Sound judgment balancing innovation, security, governance, cost, and operational feasibility.
- Ability to influence across teams without direct authority.
- Working knowledge of responsible technology adoption, AI governance, risk management, access controls, and enterprise control environments.
- Fluent written and oral communication in English.
Benefits
- Health and wellness benefits, including competitive health insurance and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents.
- Hybrid work opportunities.
- Flexible time off.
- Career development and mentoring programs.
- Community volunteering and company philanthropy programs, including the Spark Program.
- Employee peer recognition programs.
- Minimal travel may be required for collaboration, planning, or stakeholder engagement.