AI Systems Design Architect – VP
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced AI System Design Architect (VP) to lead enterprise AI system architecture strategy across the full Generative AI platform stack. This role requires deep expertise in Generative AI, enterprise architecture, platform engineering, distributed systems, and scalable cloud architectures on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The ideal candidate will define architecture direction, technology standards, and cloud design principles for AI platforms and shared services across the organization. This role will shape modernization priorities, represent Architecture in senior leadership and governance forums, and ensure AI systems are designed for security, resiliency, compliance, interoperability, and long-term scalability.
Key Responsibilities
Own and drive enterprise-wide AI system architecture strategy across the full GenAI platform stack, including shared services, orchestration layers, model integration, APIs, data flows, and downstream enterprise systems.
Define and govern reference architectures,



design standards, architecture principles, integration patterns, and cloud design approaches for AI platforms and AI-enabled applications.
Provide strategic technical leadership on scalable, secure, resilient, and compliant AI system design across the organization.
Lead architecture decisions for cloud and hybrid AI environments on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, ensuring interoperability, platform reuse, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
Establish reusable enterprise patterns for RAG, model serving, prompt orchestration, agentic AI workflows, AI gateways, and service integration.
Chair or lead architecture governance forums, reviewing major solution designs, resolving technical trade-offs, and ensuring alignment to enterprise standards.
Partner closely with business leaders, product teams, engineering, cloud, security, risk, data, and operations teams to align architecture strategy with

📌 AI Systems Design Architect – Vice President (Bengaluru)
🏢 State Street
📍 Bengaluru