AI Architect

The Kroger Co. • Blue Ash, OH

10h

About The Position

This role in going to work in AI Enablement team focusing on architecture, solutions design for AI use cases. Define and maintain the enterprise reference architecture for agentic platforms (agentic framework, tools, MCP, registries, evals, orchestration, grounding, observability). Establish architectural standards and best practices for agent design, tool integration, safety, telemetry, versioning, and lifecycle management. Provide architectural leadership for agentic platform engineering teams, ensuring scalability, resiliency, performance, and operability. Design, develop and guide integration with semantic layers, embeddings, vector search, knowledge models, and enterprise data products to enable grounded agent behavior. Drive architectural direction and hands on implementation for low-code/no-code agent-building platforms, ensuring governance, consistency, and ease of adoption. Partner with cloud, security, product, and enterprise architecture teams to align agentic platform designs with Kroger’s AI governance and RAI principles. Define and support agentic SDLC through patterns for evals, safety tests, regression gates, monitoring, and benchmarking. Evaluate new agentic frameworks, open-source standards, and orchestration tools to guide build vs buy platform decisions.
Partner closely with development, senior product management, architecture, information security & infrastructure teams within a large organization to deliver software & technology products that meet functional & non-functional requirements & produce desired business outcomes. Curate & adhere to architectural principles & associated processes for adopting new technology or integrating with a new third-party solution. Advise senior product management on technology specific aspects of product strategy development & adopt emerging technology appropriate to stated goals. Mentors junior solutions architecture staff on architectural principles & methods. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into what today is the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America’s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.
Here, people matter. That’s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you’re caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.
Whether you’re seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise reference architecture for agentic platforms (agentic framework, tools, MCP, registries, evals, orchestration, grounding, observability)
• Establish architectural standards and best practices for agent design, tool integration, safety, telemetry, versioning, and lifecycle management
• Provide architectural leadership for agentic platform engineering teams, ensuring scalability, resiliency, performance, and operability
• Design, develop and guide integration with semantic layers, embeddings, vector search, knowledge models, and enterprise data products to enable grounded agent behavior
• Drive architectural direction and hands on implementation for low-code/no-code agent-building platforms, ensuring governance, consistency, and ease of adoption
• Partner with cloud, security, product, and enterprise architecture teams to align agentic platform designs with Kroger’s AI governance and RAI principles
• Define and support agentic SDLC through patterns for evals, safety tests, regression gates, monitoring, and benchmarking
• Evaluate new agentic frameworks, open-source standards, and orchestration tools to guide build vs buy platform decisions
• Partner closely with development, senior product management, architecture, information security & infrastructure teams within a large organization to deliver software & technology products that meet functional & non-functional requirements & produce desired business outcomes
• Curate & adhere to architectural principles & associated processes for adopting new technology or integrating with a new third-party solution
• Advise senior product management on technology specific aspects of product strategy development & adopt emerging technology appropriate to stated goals
• Mentors junior solutions architecture staff on architectural principles & methods
• Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety

Benefits

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees