Avalara seeks a Principal Architect to lead enterprise AI adoption by creating scalable architecture standards, reusable patterns, and governance frameworks, while testing emerging AI capabilities and guiding solutions from pilot to production.
What you’ll do
Develop scalable architecture standards
Create reusable patterns
Establish decision frameworks
Define governance guardrails
Test emerging AI capabilities
Guide solutions from pilot to production
What you’ll need
Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
10+ years in enterprise, solution, or platform architecture
Experience with platform architecture across integrations, data, cloud, APIs, identity, and security
Hands-on AI/LLM prototyping with tools, APIs, and agent frameworks
Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and associated AI/ML services
Original job description
Avalara is a cloud compliance and tax technology company seeking a Principal Architect, Enterprise AI. The role will shape enterprise AI adoption by developing scalable architecture standards, reusable patterns, decision frameworks, and governance guardrails, while testing emerging AI capabilities and guiding solutions from pilot to production.Bachelor's…