Photon
AI Architect
Mundelein, Illinois, US
Role snapshot
Photon is hiring a AI Architect on a full-time basis. This is an on-site role based in Mundelein, Illinois, US.
- Company
- Photon
- Location
- Mundelein, Illinois, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 15+ years
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Who this role suits
Experienced professionals who can lead projects, set direction and be accountable for outcomes, not just tasks.
How to prepare your application
- Prepare examples of decisions you drove, how you measured the result, and how you worked with other teams.
- Be ready to discuss trade-offs and scope, not only the tools you have used.
- Read what Photon publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
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About the role
Job Description
We are Photon, one of the world's largest Digital Platform Engineering companies providing a combination of Strategy Consulting, Creative Design and Technology Services to a wide range of customers. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 companies.
For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.
Designation: Enterprise Application Architect (GenAI)
Location: New York, NY (Onsite)
Job Type: Fulltime
Description:
- 15+ years overall experience and at least 1 GenAI enterprise implementation
- Design end-to-end solution architectures embedding Generative AI components (LLMs, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, AI agents) into core enterprise systems.
- Establish architecture standards, design principles, and governance frameworks for microservices, APIs, and cloud-native application design.
- Model application, data, and integration architectures to ensure performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Evaluate and select GenAI platforms, frameworks, and tooling based on architectural fit, technical feasibility, and long-term scalability.
- Conduct architecture reviews and technical design assessments to ensure compliance with enterprise design standards.
Skills:
- Python / Node.js / SQL
- OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases
- AWS Bedrock, Azure, GCP, Google Vertex
- MCP, MLFlow, LangSmith
- TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
- Hugging Face Transformers
- Microservices frameworks (Spring Boot, .NET Core)
- Docker, Kubernetes
- Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka