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Your contributions will help us fulfill our mission of advancing the background screening experience through visibility and insights, empowering our clients to make smarter, unbiased decisions.\nJob Description:\nAccurate Background is a fast-growing organization focused on providing employment background screening solutions and building trusted relationships with our clients. Accurate Background continues to exceed expectations by offering innovative background check and credentialing products.\nThe Lead AI Architect will play a key role in establishing and scaling Accurate Background’s emerging AI capabilities as part of a new team focused on building reusable AI platforms, AI engineering standards, experimentation practices, and production-ready AI solutions.\nThis role will help define and operationalize an enterprise-grade AI Center of Excellence, including AI governance practices, AI lab experimentation, reusable agent and tool patterns, scalable AI solution architectures, and architecture standards for responsible AI adoption. The Lead AI Architect will help transform the traditional Software Development Lifecycle into an AI Development Lifecycle - AI-DLC, materially changing how AI-enabled solutions are designed, evaluated, deployed, governed, monitored, and continuously improved.\nThis role focuses on shaping AI architecture strategy and solution patterns that drive operational efficiency, improve user experiences, reduce risk, and generate measurable business and revenue value. 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RAG\n\nPrompt engineering and evaluation\n\nAgentic workflows\n\nTool/function calling\n\nEmbeddings and vector search\n\nHuman-in-the-loop systems\n\nAI observability and monitoring\n\nModel evaluation and quality benchmarking\n\nExperience with agent frameworks and orchestration tools such as LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar technologies\n\nExperience with LLM ecosystems and providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, Mistral, or similar model providers\n\nExperience with vector databases and retrieval systems such as Pinecone, Azure AI Search, or equivalent technologies\n\nExperience with tool, agent, and UI interoperability patterns, including AG-UI, A2A, MCP, registries, and reusable service layers\n\nExperience integrating APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and enterprise platforms into AI workflows\n\nStrong understanding of modern architecture patterns including microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, cloud services, serverless patterns, and platform-based architectures\n\nExperience working in Agile/Scrum environments and partnering with product, engineering, operations, security, and compliance teams\n\nStrong understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, privacy, compliance, and risk management considerations\n\nAbility to translate business problems into scalable AI architecture, reusable solution patterns, and implementation roadmaps\n\nStrong analytical, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills\n\nSelf-starter with the ability to lead through ambiguity, influence technical direction, and collaborate across teams\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience building, leading, or contributing to an AI Center of Excellence, AI platform team, AI innovation team, or enterprise AI enablement function\n\nExperience defining or implementing an AI Development Lifecycle - AI-DLC\n\nExperience designing structured Context Engineering practices to improve model reliability, consistency, traceability, and performance\n\nExperience with observability and evaluation tools such as OpenTelemetry, Datadog, CloudWatch, LangSmith, or similar platforms\n\nCI/CD, containerization, infrastructure automation, and cloud deployment patterns\n\nArchitecting AI solutions in regulated, compliance-driven, or risk-sensitive environments\n\nExperience delivering AI solutions for operational automation, customer experience, internal productivity, or revenue-generating products.\n\nFamiliarity with AI governance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, or similar standards\n\nExperience defining reusable architecture patterns for multi-agent orchestration, deterministic workflows, human review, policy enforcement, auditability, and production monitoring\n\nExperience creating executive-level architecture artifacts, technology roadmaps, solution blueprints, and governance models\n\nAI Mindset:\nBalance rapid experimentation with disciplined architecture, governance, and engineering practices\n\nDesign AI platforms and solutions for scalability, reusability, observability, security, and compliance from the start\n\nFocus on measurable business outcomes, operational impact, risk reduction, and value creation\n\nEmbrace ambiguity while helping define standards, patterns, and guardrails for emerging AI capabilities\n\nBuild systems with continuous evaluation, monitoring, feedback, and improvement\n\nApply responsible AI principles across architecture, design, deployment, and operations\n\nPromote reusable AI patterns that accelerate delivery while reducing duplication, inconsistency, and operational risk\n\nThink in terms of platforms, ecosystems, agent interoperability, reusable tools, and enterprise-scale adoption\n\nWorking Conditions:\nThe company environment is dynamic and reflective of rapid growth\n\nFriendly, helpful, open, and all inclusive\n\nFast paced with frequent changes\n\nSits and works at desk computer-keyboard for extended periods of time\n\nWorks with others\n\nThe annual base salary for this position ranges from $191,000 - 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Pay will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and relevant education and training.This position may also be eligible for an annual performance-based bonus, commission, or other variable pay plan. The Company also offers a full range of benefits, including medical, dental, and 401k. Your recruiter can share more details about the specific compensation package during the hiring process.\nThe Accurate Way:\nWe offer a fun, fast-paced environment, with lots of room for growth. We have an unwavering commitment to diversity, ensuring everyone has a complete sense of belonging here. To do this, we follow four guiding principles - Take Ownership, Be Open, Stay Curious, Work as One - core values that dictate what we stand for, and how we behave.\nTake ownership.\nBe accountable for your actions, your team, and the company. Accept responsibility willingly, especially when it’s what’s best for our customers. Give others every reason to trust you, believe in you, and count on you. Rise to every occasion with your personal best.\nBe open.\nBe open to new ideas. Be inclusive of people and ways of doing things. Make yourself accessible and approachable, and communicate with genuineness, transparency, honesty, and respect. Embrace differences.\nStay curious.\nStay curious even as you move forward. Tirelessly ask questions and challenge the status quo in your pursuit of new ideas, ways to solve problems, and to continually grow and improve.\nWork as one.\nWork together to create the best customer and workplace experience. Put our customers and employees first-before individual or departmental agendas. Make sure they get the help they need to succeed.\nEqual opportunities\nAccurate is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds. 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