AI Architect, Monotype
$130-155k
Salary based on location + corporate bonus program & uncapped commission for quota-carrying Sales
Office located in Woburn, MA
Typeface design company
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Typeface design company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$130-155k
Salary based on location + corporate bonus program & uncapped commission for quota-carrying Sales
Office located in Woburn, MA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the design assets, technologies, and expertise required for brands to build authentic, memorable experiences at every possible touchpoint.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is both strategic and hands-on: able to define the roadmap, establish standards, evaluate emerging technologies, and partner with teams to bring scalable AI capabilities into production
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, enterprise architecture, platform engineering, data engineering, or a related technical field
- Experience with LLMOps, MLOps, platform engineering, or internal developer platforms
- Experience designing or modernizing enterprise-scale technology platforms, cloud systems, data platforms, or integration architectures
- Strong understanding of AI infrastructure concepts, including LLM platforms, RAG, data retrieval, orchestration, APIs, monitoring, and governance
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and modern AI tools such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar technologies
- Familiarity with orchestration and agent frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, IBM Watson X, AWS AgentCore, or similar technologies
- Experience with vector databases or search platforms such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, pgvector, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or Azure AI Search
- Experience with automation and integration platforms such as Workato, MuleSoft, Boomi, UiPath, n8n, Zapier, Make, or similar tools
- Experience defining AI governance, responsible AI standards, model evaluation practices, or enterprise AI risk frameworks
- Experience integrating enterprise systems, data sources, and SaaS platforms in a secure and scalable way
- Strong understanding of security, privacy, access control, data governance, and compliance considerations for enterprise AI
- Ability to evaluate new technologies and translate them into practical recommendations for the business
- Proven ability to lead technical strategy, influence cross-functional teams, and communicate complex concepts clearly
- Comfortable balancing long-term architecture with practical, near-term delivery
Desirable
- Strategic systems thinker who can connect long-term architecture decisions to practical business outcomes
- Hands-on technologist who is comfortable prototyping, evaluating tools, and guiding implementation
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating structure where standards, platforms, or processes do not yet exist
- Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance innovation, speed, security, scalability, and operational reliability
- Collaborative partner who can work effectively across Engineering, IT, Security, Data, Legal, and business teams
- Pragmatic modernizer who understands that enterprise AI success depends as much on integration, governance, and adoption as it does on model capability
- Curious, experiment-driven, and committed to staying current as AI infrastructure and agentic technologies rapidly evolve
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Sr. AI Architect to help modernize our technology foundation for AI and enable scalable, secure, enterprise-grade adoption of AI across the organization. In this role, you will lead the design and evolution of the infrastructure, platforms, patterns, and governance needed to support AI-enabled products, workflows, automations, and agentic systems
- You will work closely with Engineering, IT, Security, Data, Enterprise Systems, and business stakeholders to ensure the company has the right architecture to support modern AI use cases — including LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation, AI agents, enterprise knowledge systems, automation platforms, and secure integrations across internal systems
- This is a senior, highly cross-functional technical leadership role for someone who can bridge enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, data systems, security, and practical business enablement
- Lead the design of the company’s enterprise AI infrastructure and architecture
- Modernize our technology foundation so teams can build and scale AI-enabled tools, automations, and agentic workflows
- Define common patterns, standards, and best practices for AI applications, integrations, retrieval, governance, and monitoring
- Partner with Engineering, IT, Security, Data, and business teams to identify the platforms and capabilities needed to support AI adoption
- Design scalable approaches for connecting AI systems to enterprise data, knowledge sources, and business applications
- Guide the implementation of secure and reliable AI capabilities, including LLM access, RAG, agent orchestration, observability, and cost management
- Evaluate emerging AI platforms and tools and recommend pragmatic solutions based on business value, scalability, security, and risk
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to teams building AI automations, workflows, and internal AI solutions
- Help shape the enterprise AI roadmap and prioritize foundational investments needed for long-term success
Our take
Monotype is a giant in the typeface industry, with well over 100 years in the business. It owns the rights to over 10,000 fonts, including A-list players like Helvetica and Times New Roman. Whilst typeface creation might not seem to be the booming industry it once was, Monotype is carving out some interesting new development opportunities in the hopes of further growth.
As more major organizations go digital, and go global, they need to carry their house image across a growing number of diverse markets (and languages) and render the fonts in high definition. Monotype has been developing a strong reputation for designing multi-lingual brand identities - for example, for the city of Dubai - but also works with Google to bring hundreds of historically unrendered fonts online.
In this way, Monotype is smartly transitioning from a designer/developer of contemporary fonts to a facilitator helping brands to expand globally and into the digital space. With offerings in place to provide this service to fast-growing industries like gaming and online streaming, Monotype is hitching its wagon to hugely lucrative markets.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Extensive development and training offerings
- Highly engaged Events Committee to keep work enjoyable
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage to meet all your healthcare needs
- Flexible work arrangements and unlimited vacation and sick time
- Generous 401k match to save for your future, and so much more!
Company HQ
Woburn, MA
Leadership
Ninan Chacko
(CEO)Has held a range of senior leadership positions, including Senior Vice President at Sabre Holdings, CCO of Worldspan, CEO of PR Newswire, and CEO of Travel Leaders Group. Serves on the board at Leaders' Quest and TripFactory.
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