AI Architect- Director

Location: New York

Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair
360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.

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 strategic objectives into executable architectural blueprints, guiding multiple development teams through implementation

Drive the adoption of superior engineering standards and advanced AI evaluation frameworks like Lang Smith, 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, Lang Graph, and our core context engineering engine Mentor and cultivate a team of associate architects and senior engineers, establishing a culture of technical excellence and acting as a key decision-maker for significant architectural challenges

Own and execute a significant portion of the technology roadmap, actively researching and integrating cutting-edge AI 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 proven track record of 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-on expertise with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), LLM orchestration frameworks (Lang Chain/Lang Graph, 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 Dev Ops 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 (200

TEC)
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)
For this current opening, our target hiring salary range is $171000 to $320000 based on the immediate requirements and scope of the role. The current full market salary range for this job level is disclosed below. This broader range represents potential future income growth available over…