Hiring: AI Architect Company: Software AG Location: Reston, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 22:57:15 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, Agile, Azure, COBOL, Fine-tuning, LLM, LangChain, Linux, LlamaIndex, MLOps, ONNX, Portfolio Management, Product Management, PyTorch, Python, R, RAG, REST, SQL, Transformers, TypeScript About the job Experience: •50 years, Software AG’s AI-enabled process intelligence, application development, high-performance database, and strategic portfolio management solutions are used by banks, retailers, manufacturers, governments and more. •8 years in software architecture, data integration, or solution engineering, with at least 2 years of hands-on work with generative AI in production or customer-facing projects. •At least 2 years of hands-on work with generative AI in production or customer-facing projects. Required Skills: •Lead AI Innovation: Identify compelling AI use cases, contributing directly to product innovation and roadmap definition within our Adabas & Natural, CONNX and JOPAZ ecosystem. •Customer Collaboration: Work closely with customers to deeply understand their business objectives, identify AI opportunities, address their unique challenges, and translate them into actionable features for our product roadmap. •Solution Design & Architecture: Propose innovative, robust and scalable AI products and capabilities, collaborating with key AI technology partners to jointly design and implement integrated solutions. •Prototypes and MVPs: Design, build, and evaluate prototypes that show real value with real customer data. •Competitive and Market Awareness: Follow competitors, and open-source projects in AI, data integration, and mainframe modernization. Represent Software AG in relevant industry bodies and standards groups when needed. •Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, engineering, and solution architects to drive, coordinate and deliver AI capabilities. •Thought Leadership: Present at internal and external conferences, webinars, and in written content. Explain complex topics in a way that both technical and business audiences understand. •Continuous Learning & Team Enablement: Keep pace with fast-moving AI technologies and trends, and continuously educate and upskill internal teams - product management, engineering, consulting, and support - through training sessions, hands-on workshops, and shared best practices. Compensation: •$175,000 - $190,000 / year •This position is also eligible for a 15% discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents and award agreements Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!