AI Architect - Enterprise; Founding Team

About Fractional AI

Fractional AI builds bespoke gen AI software to transform businesses. We work with Fortune 500 clients across industries.

Every C-suite in the country is trying to bridge the gap between AI in theory and AI in practice. We close this gap with exceptional engineering talent and custom end-to-end AI builds (see some of our case studies to learn more).

We are building a rapidly growing business, having doubled in the last quarter alone, and are at the forefront of applied AI. This is a company for intellectually curious individuals looking to make an impact from day 1.

As an AI Architect at Fractional AI, you are the technical face of our business to prospective clients.

You will combine your technical chops and communication skills to advise stakeholders ranging from CTOs to operational business leaders with limited AI exposure. You will work with our Commercial Leader, CTO, and CEO to craft winning solutions and put structure around ambiguous problems.

Ultimately, clients will get a preview of what it will be like to work with our world-class applied AI engineering team by engaging with you!

• Run discovery & design workshops with private equity firms and enterprise prospects, surfacing high‑impact gen AI opportunities, building high-level roadmaps, and defining requirements

• Architect robust AI solutions
  , articulate trade‑offs, and make recommendations on tools and technologies

• Define the scope of implementation projects including timelines, upfront and ongoing cost projections, and risks

• Develop mockups and prototypes so clients can visualize the future state before committing to a full build

• Serve as a technical advisor and thought partner to clients, including providing insights on trends and the evolving technology landscape

• Produce persuasive artifacts including technical briefs, current‑vs‑future process flow diagrams, and a rock‑solid hand‑off package for our delivery teams

• Bring automation to our GTM motion wherever you see opportunity

• 8+ years combined experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Deployment Strategist, Software Engineer, and/or Technical Product Manager

• Ability to converse as a peer with senior technical leaders and make complex concepts digestible for AI‑naïve stakeholders.

• You tell crisp, technical stories grounded in relevant anecdotes from your experience with strong presentation skills.

• You thrive in in client-facing environments

• Fluency in gen AI systems, the AI technology ecosystem, and experience working with LLMs are a bonus

• You are in the room with our Commercial Leader on every active sales opportunity

• You are shadowing our delivery team to understand the ins and outs of what we deliver and how

• You start to pitch in on a couple of deals, supporting our CTO and Commercial Leader in the scoping process

• By the end of 60 days, you are owning the technical part of deal cycles and starting to improve our scoping playbook

• By the end of 90 days, you’ll be the smartest person in most rooms on what AI can do for a business

We believe in transparency and know joining a company is a big decision. We’re not the best fit for everyone and try to be clear on what we are and what we’re not so you make the choice that’s right for you.

Why join Fractional?

• A huge and growing problem space: Getting genAI into production is the challenge of our time – with legacy consulting firms already driving several billion dollars per year on genAI advising revenue. Most offerings on the market don’t meet the need – they are one size fits all product solutions or advising services without the engineering team to deliver. We offer the engineering talent to meet the need.

• A front-row seat to the genAI revolution: The exposure and learnings that you will get around what is real in the world of AI and how enterprises are using this technology to improve their businesses will be unmatched. In a given week you will meet with 10+ different companies across industries with different use cases. And you will be leading the way to help them figure out how to bring their…