Lead Solutions Architect - Intelligent Platforms
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We are seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to drive the design and delivery of AI-enabled solutions across Athene's enterprise platforms and operational workflows. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will define architecture, build and prototype solutions, and guide engineering teams in delivering production-ready systems.
You approach problems from a systems perspective-understanding how applications, data, and AI capabilities connect across the enterprise. You build practical, secure, and scalable solutions that operate effectively within a regulated environment.
As Athene expands its use of generative and agentic AI to support automation and decision-making, this role will play a key part in shaping how these capabilities are integrated across business-critical systems, including those supporting annuity processing and servicing.
About the Platform: Athene's enterprise platforms support the processing and servicing of insurance products and operational workflows across the organization. AI-enabled capabilities-including generative and agentic AI-will enhance automation, decision-making, and operational efficiency while integrating with existing systems and data platforms.
Accountabilities:
What You'll Own:
- Architecture for AI-enabled enterprise platforms and operational workflows
- Technical direction for integrating AI capabilities with applications, APIs, and data systems
- Scalable integration patterns connecting AI services to business processes
- Engineering standards for secure, reliable, and production-ready AI systems
What You'll Do:
Lead Technical Delivery
- Design and implement AI-enabled solutions across enterprise platforms
- Define architectures incorporating generative and agent-based AI into workflows
- Prototype and build services that support business operations
- Review designs and code to ensure scalability, security, and maintainability
Architect Scalable Systems
- Design distributed systems across modern cloud environments
- Build and integrate services with enterprise applications and data platforms
- Ensure secure access, resilience, and strong system design
- Enable seamless integration between AI services and operational systems
Enable Intelligent Workflows
Apply AI to improve business operations, including:
- Document analysis and summarization
- Knowledge retrieval and decision support
- Automation of manual or repetitive processes
- Agent-based systems that assist or execute tasks
Support Operational Excellence
- Establish monitoring, logging, and operational best practices
- Promote maintainable architecture and engineering standards
- Partner with teams to support ongoing system performance and improvement
How You Think:
- Systems thinker: Understands how applications, data, and services interact across complex environments
- AI-enabled builder: Applies AI capabilities to enhance engineering and business workflows
- Operationally focused: Designs for reliability, security, and observability
- Pragmatic: Balances innovation with real-world business impact
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with 7+ years of relevant technical or professional experience.
- Experience designing and delivering AI-enabled applications or platforms
- Strong background in cloud-native and distributed systems
- Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications or workflows
- Solid software engineering foundation with experience in production systems
- Experience building scalable APIs, services, and data integrations
- Ability to lead technical design and guide engineering teams
Preferred
- Experience with generative or agent-based AI systems
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
- Experience in financial services, insurance, or regulated industries
- Experience with document processing, workflow automation, or operational analytics
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