AI Architect | Digital Products & AI
PA Consulting10 hours ago
Charlotte, NC, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Own delivery architecture for digital products, AI agents, intelligent workflows, and modernization initiatives from discovery through deployment.
- Architect and implement production AI solutions involving tool selection, memory and context management, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls.
- Define, build, and guide technical components for agentic systems, including retrieval pipelines, MCP services, integrations, and enterprise data connections.
- Modernize platforms and applications by rebuilding or adapting legacy systems to current business needs.
- Design security and operational resilience, including access controls, identity management, deployment guardrails, and oversight of automated actions.
- Break down complex initiatives into deliverable components, defining scope, sequencing, implementation approaches, delivery plans, feasibility, and technical risk.
- Create reusable architecture patterns, tooling, and capabilities for future engagements and potential products.
- Work directly with clients, senior technology stakeholders, engineering leaders, and CTOs to shape opportunities and guide implementation.
Requirements
- Track record designing, building, and delivering complex technology solutions in production environments.
- Experience leading architecture and technical delivery for complex software, cloud, or digital transformation initiatives while continuing to build and operate production software.
- Strong software engineering skills, ideally including Python and TypeScript.
- Experience designing and delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Hands-on experience building AI applications and agent-based systems in production.
- Experience with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar technologies.
- Experience building retrieval-enabled systems with technologies such as pgvector, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch, including understanding of retrieval quality, latency, and cost trade-offs.
- Experience integrating applications with enterprise systems, data platforms, APIs, identity providers, and MCP-enabled services.
- Experience owning solution architecture for complex technology initiatives, including decomposition, sequencing, and technical decision-making across delivery teams.
- Strong technical judgment, communication skills, and ability to navigate ambiguity with clients and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience working with senior technology stakeholders and discussing solution approaches with engineering leaders and client CTOs.
- Preferred experience in consulting, professional services, or as a technical founder.
- Preferred experience in healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation, consumer industries, regulated environments, or building reusable platforms and AI tooling.
Benefits
- Hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in the office or on a client site, with some assignments requiring up to five days per week on a client site.
- Group medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a Health Savings Account with company match.
- Teladoc, informed Nurse line resources, long-term care coverage, income protection benefits, and an Employee Assistance Plan.
- 401(k) Savings Plan with company profit-sharing contribution.
- 15 paid vacation days, the opportunity to buy five additional days, 10 paid holidays, and 10 paid sick days.
- Commuter and parking tax-savings benefit.
- Gym and health incentive reimbursement, pet insurance, and legal insurance.
- Annual performance-based bonus.
- Inclusive workplace with support for recruitment-process adjustments and accommodations.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About PA Consulting
PA Consulting is a management and technology consultancy that designs and delivers strategy, digital systems, and physical products for public- and private-sector clients. It works across defense and security, government, health and life sciences, financial services, energy and utilities, consumer, and transport markets. Founded in 1943 and headquartered in London, it operates globally and is majority-owned by Jacobs.