Denver , CO
|Remote, Hybrid
|Contract to hire
Denver, CO
|Remote, Hybrid
|Contract to hire
We’re looking for a Senior AI Architect to help design and deliver scalable, secure AI solutions that align with enterprise strategy and standards. In this hands-on leadership role, you’ll partner across data, platform, security, and application teams to shape AI architecture, support implementation, and help mature enterprise AI platforms, patterns, and governance.
Responsibilities
- Design and guide production-ready AI and GenAI solutions, including LLM-based systems.
- Support the development, prototyping, deployment, and iteration of AI and machine learning solutions.
- Create architecture designs for scalable, reliable AI platforms and services.
- Apply AI standards, patterns, and guardrails that align with enterprise strategy.
- Partner with engineering teams to move solutions from concept into working implementations.
- Integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise systems and workflows.
- Collaborate with data teams to ensure AI solutions are supported by strong data pipelines, platforms, and data quality practices.
- Help evaluate AI risks such as model performance, bias, explainability, and operational resilience.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear guidance for stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Contribute to roadmap discussions and technical decision-making across cross-functional teams.
Skills
- Experience designing and implementing production AI and GenAI solutions.
- Hands-on background in AI model development, prototyping, and deployment.
- Understanding of the machine learning lifecycle, including training, inference, evaluation, and iteration.
- Strong architecture skills for building scalable AI platforms and services.
- Ability to align technical solutions with enterprise technology strategy and business goals.
- Experience working across engineering, data, platform, security, and application teams.
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and modern development practices.
- Knowledge of data pipelines, data platforms, and data quality considerations for AI workloads.
- Clear communication skills with the ability to explain technical ideas to a variety of audiences.
- Collaborative mindset with a focus on practical, hands-on delivery.
Preferred Skills
- Experience helping define AI architecture patterns, standards, and governance practices.
- Familiarity with enterprise-wide AI enablement and platform maturity efforts.
- Experience supporting technical roadmaps and solution planning.
- Ability to balance innovation with security, reliability, and operational readiness.
- Interest in helping teams adopt responsible AI practices.
Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen our teams and help create better outcomes for our candidates, clients, and communities.
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