AI Architect

Company Description

Daxko powers wellness to improve lives. Every day our team members focus their passion and expertise in helping health & wellness facilities operate efficiently and engage their members.

Whether a neighborhood yoga studio a national franchise with locations in every city a YMCA or JCC--and every type of organization in between--we build solutions that make every aspect of running and being a member of a health and wellness organization easier and delightful.

Job Description

Are you passionate about building intelligent scalable AI systems that make a real impact? As an AI Architect you’ll be the company’s go-to expert for all things artificial intelligence — defining our vision leading architectural strategy and ensuring AI is seamlessly integrated into every product and platform we build.

You’ll work at the intersection of innovation and execution partnering closely with Product Engineering Data and Security teams to turn advanced AI technologies into business value. From developing architecture blueprints to guiding implementation and governance this role is both hands-on and strategic — ideal for someone ready to drive meaningful transformation across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Set the Vision: Define and maintain the company-wide AI architecture blueprint and roadmap to power automation personalization analytics and intelligent decision-making.

• Establish Best Practices: Create and maintain AI development standards model lifecycle processes and governance frameworks to ensure scalability fairness and compliance.

• Drive Strategy: Partner with leadership to evaluate emerging AI technologies frameworks and vendors — shaping how we leverage everything from LLMs and vector databases to orchestration tools.

• Enable Reusability: Architect modular reusable AI components and services that streamline development across multiple product lines.

• Collaborate & Build: Work with cross-functional teams to design secure cloud-native AI services APIs and data pipelines.

• Champion Governance: Define AI model observability auditability and ethical use standards in partnership with InfoSec and Legal teams.

• Innovate & Educate: Lead internal workshops mentor teams and serve as an evangelist for AI adoption across the company.

• Represent & Inspire: Engage with external AI communities vendors and conferences to showcase our innovation and learn from the broader ecosystem.

Qualifications

What You Bring:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Data Science or related field (Master’s preferred).

• 8+ years in software engineering architecture or data science.

• 3+ years designing and implementing enterprise-scale AI or ML systems.

Technical Expertise

• Proven experience architecting AI solutions using cl oud-native tools (AWS SageMaker Azure AI OpenAI API LangChain etc.).

• Deep understanding of LLMs embeddings model orchestration reinforcement learning and multimodal AI.

• Strong grasp of AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF GDPR SOC 2 PCI 4.0).

• Experience building MLOps pipelines and scalable model deployment systems.

• Familiarity with edge AI or real-time inference systems (TensorRT ONNX NVIDIA Jetson) a plus.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communicator and collaborator who can bridge technical and non-technical teams.

• Strategic thinker who balances innovation with practicality.

• Lifelong learner passionate about exploring new tools and methodologies.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Thinking & Vision

• Deep Technical Expertise in AI/ML

• System Architecture & Integration

• Vendor Evaluation & Management

• Communication & Influence

• Governance & Ethical AI

• Continuous Innovation & Learning

How Success Will Be Measured

• Adoption of standardized AI frameworks and practices

• Reduction in duplicated AI development efforts

• Successful rollout of embedded AI features on time

• Compliance with governance and data privacy standards

• Internal adoption and engagement with AI initiatives

Additional Information

The pay range for this role is $127100 - $198100 salary per year. Where you fall within the pay range is based on how you demonstrate the attributes and competencies required for the role. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. In addition to base salary we offer a comprehensive benefits package performance-based incentives and opportunities for growth.

#LI-Remote

Daxko is dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. We are committed to diversity in the broadest sense including thought and perspective age ability nationality ethnicity orientation and gender. The skills perspectives ideas and experiences of all of our team members contribute to the vitality and success of our purpose and values.

We truly care for our team members and this is reflected through our offices and benefits and great perks. These perks are only for our full-time team members. Some of our favorites include:

🏝  Flexible paid time off  ⚕️ Affordable health dental and vision insurance options 💪  Monthly fitness reimbursement 🤑  401(k) matching 🍼  New-Parent Paid Leave 👖  Casual work environments 🏡  Remote work

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.