AI Architect- Director

KPMG is currently seeking an AI Architect to join our Audit Technology Alliance organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural design and technical strategy for major components of our generative AI platform, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with the product vision
• Partner with senior engineering managers, product leaders, and data scientists to translate strategicobjectivesinto executable architectural blueprints, guiding multiple development teams through implementation
• Drive the adoption of superior engineering standards and advanced AI evaluation frameworks likeLangSmith, taking ownership of the quality and verifiability of system outputs
• Spearhead technical solutioning for the platform's most complex challenges, making critical decisions on the use of AKS with KEDA,LangGraph, and our core context engineering engine
• Mentor and cultivate a team of associate architects and senior engineers,establishinga culture of technical excellence and acting as a key decision-maker for significant architectural challenges
• Own and executea significant portionof the technology roadmap, actively researching and integratingcutting-edgeAI agent patterns to keep the platform at the forefront of innovation
• Act with integrity, professionalism and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum twelve years of recent experience in software engineering and architecture, with a proventrack recordof leading the design of complex, data-intensive AI systems in an enterprise environment
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university;master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred
• Deep, hands-onexpertisewith Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph, Semantic Kernel), and building sophisticated RAG pipelines with tools like Azure AI Search
• Mastery of Agile methodologies and extensive experience creating and managing robust CI/CD pipelines for microservices using Azure DevOps and Git
• Demonstrated ability to resolve ambiguous and complex technical problems at scale, providing clear, decisive guidance and direction to high-performing engineering teams
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to effectively articulate complex architectural concepts, trade-offs, and decisions to technical teams and executive stakeholders (200TEC)
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)