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XplorEnterprise AI and Data Architect
Xplor seeks an Enterprise AI and Data Architect to oversee data and artificial intelligence architecture across seven distinct business units. This full-time position operates remotely within…
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Xplor seeks an Enterprise AI and Data Architect to oversee data and artificial intelligence architecture across seven distinct business units. This full-time position operates remotely within the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, with a preference for candidates in the Central or Eastern time zones. The annual base salary ranges from USD 173,000 to USD 193,000. Xplor provides modern vertical software, embedded payments, and artificial intelligence tools that help organizations…
Job Description
Xplor seeks an Enterprise AI and Data Architect to oversee data and artificial intelligence architecture across seven distinct business units. This full-time position operates remotely within the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, with a preference for candidates in the Central or Eastern time zones. The annual base salary ranges from USD 173,000 to USD 193,000. Xplor provides modern vertical software, embedded payments, and artificial intelligence tools that help organizations in industries such as fitness, recreation, education, laundry, field services, and club management simplify operations and enhance customer experiences.
This role serves as the central architect for data and AI standards, shared platform services, and technical decision records. Approximately 60 to 80 percent of the work involves hands-on building, including the creation of agentic AI platforms, Snowflake data architecture, and AI-assisted development guardrails. The successful candidate will chair the Data and AI Architecture, Security and Risk Council, advise the Chief AI Officer, lead a small team of architects, and collaborate with security, legal, and privacy teams to ensure scalable and secure technical implementations.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain the enterprise target architecture, reference architectures, and standards for data and AI
- Design and shape platforms for model access, orchestration, retrieval, guardrails, and telemetry
- Define enterprise data standards on Snowflake, including semantic layers, data contracts, and lineage
- Build security, tenant isolation, and privacy measures into every reference architecture
- Optimize token use, latency budgets, caching, and infrastructure costs for AI workloads
- Chair the fortnightly Data and AI Architecture, Security and Risk Council
- Advise the Chief AI Officer on technology investment, emerging risks, and architecture strategy
Requirements
- More than 15 years of professional experience in software, data, artificial intelligence, or platform engineering
- At least 7 years of experience acting as an enterprise or principal architect
- Demonstrated experience taking large language models or agentic systems into production at scale
- Extensive background in enterprise data architecture and Snowflake
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms with strict tenant isolation and identity propagation
- Experience working with regulated data and designing systems for compliance
- Track record of writing production code and conducting code reviews
Qualifications
- Hands-on production experience with Model Context Protocol, agent frameworks, or an LLM gateway
- Previous experience leading a build-versus-buy decision for an artificial intelligence platform
- Background working in vertical software-as-a-service companies
- Familiarity with Datadog, OpenTelemetry, or similar observability tooling for AI systems
- Knowledge of AI risk frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act
- Experience handling data residency and privacy rules across multiple international jurisdictions
- Experience modernizing legacy monoliths by wrapping them with application programming interfaces
Core Skills
Benefits
- Paid parental leave programs
- Three extra days off annually to volunteer and give back to the local community
- Access to free mental health support
- Flexible working arrangements
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the salary range for the Enterprise AI and Data Architect role?
The annual base salary is between $173,000 and $193,000 USD.
Is this position remote?
Yes, this is a fully remote role open to candidates based anywhere in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, with a preference for applicants in the Central or Eastern time zones.
What is the expected time allocation for hands-on work?
This is a hands-on role where the chosen professional will spend 60 to 80 percent of their time building.
How should applicants apply for this position?
Candidates must submit their resume through official careers portals or external job boards, and include the word 'moonshot' at the top of their message to the Hiring Manager.
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