Chief AI Architect - Remote Leadership Role

About the Role

We are seeking a visionary Chief AI Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture of next-generation AI experiences. In this fully remote role, you will define and own the full software development and delivery lifecycle for AI systems deployed across millions of devices. You will work at the intersection of cross-device runtimes, hybrid AI execution, orchestration frameworks, and model tuning, ensuring our AI capabilities are scalable, secure, reliable, and privacy-focused.

This is a high-impact leadership position shaping the future of AI delivery across cloud and edge environments.

What You'll Do

• Lead the architecture for the full software development and delivery cycle of AI experiences, ensuring performance, scalability, and security across global device fleets.
• Architect hybrid AI execution models spanning on-device inference and cloud-based processing, including routing, orchestration, and policy enforcement.
• Establish engineering standards for release pipelines, governance, OTA rollouts, and rollback mechanisms.
• Drive cross-team architectural alignment, making pragmatic tradeoffs to ensure features ship on time and at scale.
• Partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance teams to eliminate bottlenecks and maintain enterprise-grade safeguards.
• Mentor engineers, elevating technical depth and execution excellence across the organization.
• Build future-proof, extensible architectures that support SDKs, third-party agent integrations, and rapid innovation.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience delivering large-scale, production-grade systems.
• Expertise architecting cross-device runtimes with deep cloud integration.
• Proven experience delivering software with global OTA rollouts and preload governance.
• Strong understanding of the full AI stack, including agentic orchestration, model runtimes, and distributed inference.
• Deep proficiency with the Microsoft ecosystem and Azure cloud.

Nice to Have

• Experience designing complex distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
• Demonstrated success shipping AI-driven or distributed software systems at scale.
• Strong understanding of hybrid AI architectures (local + cloud inference).
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams in agile environments.
• Startup experience is a plus.
• Full-stack architectural experience (front-end + back-end).

What We Offer

• Fully remote role with approximately 15% travel.
• Startup-like culture with significant ownership and growth opportunities.
• Work on a product designed to run across all device types—from software platforms to hardware-integrated systems.
• Competitive salary range of $300,000 - $475,000 per year.
• Bonus structure and company incentives.