Clould AI Platform Architect, Director

Fitch Group • New York, NY

1d • $200,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Fitch Group is currently seeking a Cloud AI Platform Architect (Anthropic and OpenAI) to join our Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering team in New York. As a leading, global financial information services provider, Fitch Group delivers vital credit and risk insights, robust data, and dynamic tools to champion more efficient, transparent financial markets. With over 100 years of experience and colleagues in over 30 countries, Fitch Group’s culture of credibility, independence, and transparency is embedded throughout its structure, which includes Fitch Ratings, one of the world’s top three credit ratings agencies, and Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of insights, data and analytics. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. It is the strength of our business. It comes from people around the world in a shared pursuit: to equal something greater than they could ever accomplish alone. Every team member is essential to our business and every perspective is critical for our success. Develop yourself in a culture that values flexibility, expects your opinion and trusts your decisions. Together we evolve and so will you, in an environment that asks you to challenge yourself – and us.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience deploying or operating Anthropic and/or OpenAI in enterprise or production environments.
• Experience providing AI services via Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
• Strong background in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure, with an understanding of how to productionize developer platforms.
• Experience partnering with Information Security on access controls, governance, and risk management.
• Practical experience with API platforms, environment separation, and multi-tenant or multi-org designs.
• Ability to balance innovation speed with operational discipline and safety.
• Strong written communication skills for documenting platform standards, guardrails, and operating models.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting AI platforms in regulated or risk-sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with agentic AI patterns, orchestration layers, or AI platform governance models.
• Background providing services to large organizations with multiple business units.
• A track record of creating architecture diagrams, design documentation, standards, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-transfer materials that improve supportability and reduce single points of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that foundation-model platforms are production-ready: highly available, cost-controlled, compliant, and easy for engineering and business teams to consume safely.
• Designs and runs the underlying AI platforms that everything else depends on.
• Partners with Core Engineering and Reliability Engineering squads to integrate AI platforms into the larger Cloud ecosystem at Fitch.
• Enables self-service access for approved teams, with guardrails that prevent misconfiguration or policy violations.
• Evaluates new capabilities from Anthropic and OpenAI (e.g., advanced agent features, new models, tooling changes) and determines enterprise readiness.
• Enables safe experimentation with these as well as competing services.
• Influences vendor roadmap discussions by bringing an enterprise platform perspective.
• Establishes guardrails for cost management and forecasting, working with TechOps and Finance where needed.
• Partners closely with Information Security and Technology Operations to embed security, privacy, and data controls into AI platform configurations.
• Implements and enforces: Role-based access and segregation of duties, Data handling and retention controls, Model usage boundaries and red-line capabilities.
• Supports auditability and compliance requirements by ensuring AI usage is logged, traceable, and reviewable.
• Serves as the technical owner for translating policy into enforceable platform controls.
• Establishes Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration-as-code approaches for AI platform provisioning where possible.
• Partners with SRE and TechOps teams to ensure platform reliability, scalability, and operational maturity.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Environment: 2 to 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed