Senior Solution Architect, Data & AI

Swinerton • Concord, CA

4d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Swinerton is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design, build, and evolve its enterprise data and AI platform. The role ensures the platform is technically strong, AI-ready, and aligned with business outcomes. It combines hands-on implementation with strategic guidance on selecting and integrating data, AI/ML, and agent platforms to create scalable, trusted foundations for future growth and innovation.

The architect works with business partners, data engineers, data scientists, analysts, engineering teams, and BTech teams to translate requirements into architectural blueprints and implementation plans. The role guides platform design and technical decisions, supports secure and scalable delivery, conducts architecture reviews, documents standards and reference patterns, evaluates technologies, and identifies opportunities to simplify designs, reduce technical debt, and modernize platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in data architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Strong architectural and hands-on experience with modern data platforms, cloud infrastructure, analytics ecosystems, and agent-based systems.
• Experience architecting solutions across structured and unstructured data, including real-time and sensor-driven use cases such as IIoT, geospatial, and drone data.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions on modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Services, or similar.
• Hands-on experience enabling AI/ML and agent-based solutions within enterprise platforms, including model management, agent orchestration, and lifecycle considerations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, review, and refine data and AI architecture designs for analytics, AI/ML, and agent-based use cases, aligning them with enterprise standards, security requirements, and business priorities.
• Design and review platform components supporting AI/ML and agent-based solutions, including model management, feature stores, vector and graph databases, metadata management, and orchestration frameworks.
• Guide technical decisions about platform scalability, reuse, and integration.
• Collaborate with business partners, data engineers, data scientists, and analysts to translate requirements into architectural blueprints and implementation plans.
• Participate in design sessions, solution reviews, and tradeoff discussions to ensure secure and scalable outcomes.
• Collaborate with engineering and BTech teams to make data discoverable, trusted, and structured for AI and analytics use cases.
• Review approaches to metadata, governance integration, unstructured data handling, and orchestration patterns.
• Perform hands-on architectural implementation and validation to de-risk designs and unblock delivery teams.
• Lead recurring architecture reviews and design checkpoints.
• Maintain and apply architectural standards, reference patterns, and architectural decision records to guide consistent delivery.
• Advise cross-functional teams through meetings, reviews, and working sessions, providing guidance on architectural options, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Create and update architecture diagrams, standards, and reference materials, and share architectural guidance to support reuse and consistency.
• Evaluate tools, patterns, vendor capabilities, and platform features to inform near-term and future solution decisions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify designs, reduce technical debt, and modernize platform approaches.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Individual stock ownership
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts
• Basic term life insurance and AD&D
• Business travel accident insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Financial wellness coaching
• Educational assistance
• Care.com membership
• ClassPass fitness membership
• DashPass delivery membership
• Additional term life insurance (voluntary)
• Long-term care insurance (voluntary)
• Critical illness and accidental injury insurance (voluntary)
• Pet insurance (voluntary)
• Legal plan (voluntary)
• Identity theft protection (voluntary)
• Other voluntary benefit options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior