Kroger · 14 hours ago
AI Architect
11450 Grooms Rd, Blue Ash, OH, 45242, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
12+ years expKroger is the nation’s largest grocer, committed to feeding the human spirit through innovation and community engagement. The AI Architect role focuses on providing architectural leadership for agentic platforms, ensuring scalability and performance while collaborating with various teams to deliver advanced AI solutions.
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Responsibilities
Develop the overall software & deployment architecture of application solutions across several teams within a large organization
Partner with 3rd party vendors to integrate capabilities as required by the solution under development
Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership in order to shape sound architectural decisions
Lead the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level architecture & design
Draft, review & maintain architectural diagrams, interface specifications & other architectural artifacts as required by the delivery teams to clearly communicate the needs of the solution under development
Interact with & present to senior engineering & product management with the presence to influence & drive the decision makers to a solution
Identify key technology overlaps & gaps; formulate strategies to optimize technology spend
Provide technical leadership to ensure clarity between ongoing projects & the strategic objectives of the company
Assess emerging technologies & make appropriate recommendations based on business needs
Mentor team members & Solutions Architects in software development principles, patterns, processes & practices
Promote the capture & reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects & components
Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Computer science or another related technical field
Any expertise/experience in business case development, product scoping & project planning with development teams
Any strong performance management experience of large work groups
Any delivered innovative results in previous roles demonstrating strong knowledge of industry trends & industry competition
Any experience integrating open source technologies in high volume production environments with strong knowledge of agile methodology
7+ years experience taking a lead role in the successful delivery of complex software & automation systems
12+ years experience in software/infrastructure development domain with emphasis on utilizing design patterns & architectural principles to ensure timely delivery of quality solutions
10+ years' experience in cloud and distributed systems architecture focused on scalability, reliability, observability, and performance
7+ years designing enterprise AI/ML systems; 1+ years hands-on with GenAI, agentic workflows, RAG, LLM-based integrations, or multi-agent systems
Strong expertise with agentic frameworks and tooling (MCP, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, autogen, crewai, Agent sdk, OpenAI SDK etc)
Proven experience integrating APIs and enterprise systems into agentic platforms and workflows
Ability to rapidly build AI-driven prototypes, proofs of concept, and demo-ready product experiences
Experience defining and governing enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and reference architectures
Deep understanding of MCP servers, tool calling, registries, eval pipelines, agent observability, and multi-agent orchestration
Hands-on experience with Azure and GCP, including Kubernetes, containerization, identity, networking, CI/CD, and API platforms
Preferred
Master's Degree Computer science, information systems, or related technical field
Any experience developing/architecting public cloud-hosted backend services with Azure/GCP
5+ years experience in designing eCommerce applications & working on high volume internet scale solutions
Any experience developing React, Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
Any experience developing/designing a scalable microservices architecture in Go, Java and Node.js
Benefits
A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.
Company
Kroger
Kroger is a grocery retail store that provides a wide variety of product for customers and community.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
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Leadership Team
Ronald Sargent
Interim Chief Executive Officer
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