Lead Architect , AI Solutions Architecture - PI

Job Overview

We are seeking a Lead Architect for AI and Emerging Technology Architecture who will collaborate with senior technology and business leaders to architect AI systems that drive business value while maintaining ethical standards.

• Apply expertise in AI/ML, Generative AI, Agentic AI systems to architect scalable, production‑grade AI solutions across the enterprise.
• Provide consulting expertise to division and domain architects, driving architecture alignment across lines of business and establishing an enterprise AI solutions architecture practice.
• Align AI platform capabilities to strategic needs of business groups—LLM selection, RAG pipelines, memory systems, tool/function‑calling patterns—promoting reusability and responsible AI design.
• Help establish governance, risk, and control processes ensuring safe, compliant, and sustainable AI deployments (EU AI Act, GDPR, NAIC, NIST AI RMF).
• Track and communicate evolving AI platform roadmap, insights, and opportunities that complement enterprise initiatives.
• Bridge complex AI concepts to non‑technical stakeholders, build consensus, and foster a knowledge‑sharing culture.
• Lead technology proof‑of‑concepts, assess industry trends, conduct hands‑on prototyping, and drive continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology‑related field or equivalent, with 8 to 10 years of architecture experience.
• Advanced architecture and recent hands‑on engineering experience with modern technologies, successful execution of large‑scale strategies.
• Strong leadership and cross‑functional influence skills.
• Experience in agile operational models, transformational change, and ability to adjust plans in response to changing circumstances.
• Experience developing technology target states and roadmaps aligned to business goals.
• Knowledge of insurance industry preferred.
• Proven track record defining scalable AI systems; extensive experience with AI/ML development and deployment, MLOps, AI Ops, and CI/CD for AI/ML systems.
• Hands‑on experience with generative AI foundation—transformer architectures, LLMs, diffusion models, prompts, fine‑tuning, RLHF.
• Experience with multimodal AI systems, autonomous AI systems, planning, reinforcement learning.
• Hands‑on experience with agentic patterns and orchestration frameworks (Lang Chain, Strands, Crew AI).
• Experience with cloud AI services such as AWS Bedrock; optional Azure or GCP.
• Knowledge of AI ethics, bias mitigation, responsible AI practices, and regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act, GDPR).

• 7 additional years of architecture/software engineering experience.
• 2 years of technical leadership experience.
• Strong mathematical foundation in linear algebra, statistics, and probability theory.

Health insurance for employees and eligible family members from first day. Retirement: 401(k) matching up to first 5% of eligible pay. Student loan program contributions. Pension plan fully funded by Travelers.

Paid time off: at least 20 days plus nine paid holidays. Wellness program includes mental health counseling and health coaching. Volunteer encouragement through Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program.

Travelers is an equal‑opportunity employer and values diversity. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting. For additional information on benefits, visit our careers website.