About Us

Straive is a global leader in data analytics and AI operationalization, helping enterprises embed advanced AI and data capabilities into core business workflows to deliver measurable business outcomes and ROI. With a workforce of ~20,000 professionals serving 350+ clients across 30+ markets, Straive combines technical scale with deep domain expertise. A key differentiator is its network of over 6,000 subject matter experts who specialize in managing and enriching complex, unstructured data enabling organizations to build AI systems grounded in accuracy, context, and business relevance.

The company continues to earn recognition from leading industry analysts and was recently named a Leader in AIM’s 2026 Generative AI and Data Engineering PeMa Quadrants. Backed by EQT a purpose-driven global investment organization which was ranked among the world’s leading private equity firms by PEI in 2025 Straive is positioned as a high-value alternative to traditional IT services providers, combining domain-led intelligence with AI execution at scale.

Straive is seeking a hands-on technology leader to serve as the senior technical authority for our AI, analytics, and software engineering solutions.

You will set technical direction, resolve complex engineering challenges, and move solutions from prototype to secure, scalable production. The role combines architecture and execution leadership including a mandate to improve enterprise AI economics through fit-for-purpose frontier, open-source, and smaller models.

This is not a conventional delivery-governance role. You will remain close to the technology, lead critical design and code reviews, mentor teams, and take accountability for high-stakes technical outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

- Production-Grade Engineering
- Own engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, deployment, security, observability, and documentation.
- Ensure prototypes have a credible production path; introduce architecture and code reviews, automated testing, quality gates, and release-readiness checks.
- Close gaps in scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security from design through deployment.
- AI Architecture and Economics
- Define scalable, reliable, and cost-effective AI/GenAI architectures based on accuracy, cost, latency, privacy, and deployment needs.
- Lead selection, evaluation, fine-tuning, optimization,



and deployment of frontier, open-source, small, and domain-specific models.
- Reduce operating cost through model routing, caching, quantization, batching, retrieval and prompt optimization; design robust RAG and agentic systems with evaluation, guardrails, monitoring, and human oversight.
- Technical Architecture and Platforms
- Serve as the final escalation point for complex architecture, performance, security, and deployment issues.
- Guide modular applications, APIs, microservices, data pipelines, AI services, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise integrations.
- Promote reusable components and strong cloud-native, CI/CD, observability, data governance, and secure-development practices.
- Team Capability
- Mentor architects, engineering leads, data scientists, and developers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical workshops.
- Build independent problem-solving capability, identify skill gaps, and support targeted hiring and development.
- Create a culture of engineering ownership, technical rigor, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
- Client Solutioning and Innovation
- Partner with commercial, consulting, and delivery teams on client workshops, proposals, due diligence, and solution design.
- Assess feasibility, architecture, effort, risk, and operating cost; translate business problems into pragmatic technical roadmaps.
- Develop reference architectures and accelerators that strengthen Straive's differentiation and delivery speed.

Required Experience and Qualifications

- 12–18 years across software engineering, architecture, data platforms, AI/ML, or related roles, including experience in a startup, product company, or similarly fast-moving environment.
- Proven ownership of enterprise-grade software, data, or AI products from architecture through production adoption.
- Strong hands-on engineering background, preferably in Python and modern backend/frontend technologies.
- Practical GenAI experience spanning RAG, vector search, agentic workflows, model evaluation, safety controls,



and production monitoring.
- Strong command of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud-native architecture, enterprise integration, and at least one major cloud platform.
- Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, secure development, and up-to-date data platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to improve solution cost, latency, scalability, reliability, and engineering quality.
- Experience mentoring senior technical professionals and communicating complex decisions to business and client leaders.

Preferred Experience

- Multi-tenant platforms, reusable AI accelerators, MLOps/LLMOps, model governance, or regulated and security-sensitive environments.
- Technical pre-sales, client workshops, proposals, solution estimation, and technical due diligence.
- A track record of taking multiple AI or software products from concept to sustained production use.

Leadership Profile

- Hands-on and accountable: Stays close to code and architecture and drives critical issues to resolution.

•Commercially pragmatic: Balances technical ambition with client value, speed, maintainability, and cost.

•Constructive challenger: Identifies weaknesses early, challenges assumptions, and raises engineering standards.

•Capability builder: Develops strong, independent teams rather than becoming the sole source of expertise.

Recognition & Achievements

● We have been recognized as a Star Performer in Data & AI Services Specialists - Everest’s North America PEAK Matrix 2025, and as a Leader in AIM’s Pema Quadrant of Agentic AI Service Providers - 2025.

● In Nov 2023, Straive acquired Gramener, an award-winning, design-led data science company, enhancing our data, analytics, and AI capabilities. In June 2025, we acquired SG Analytics, a leading provider of AI-powered insights and contextual analytics services.

For more information, please visit our ��Website https://www.straive.com/

"Straive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status."

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