AI Architect

Software AG helps companies to manage and optimize their operations, infrastructure and technology with products that simplify complexity, increase transparency and prepare organizations for change. Trusted by the world’s best brands for more than 50 years, Software AG’s AI-enabled process intelligence, application development, high-performance database, and strategic portfolio management solutions are used by banks, retailers, manufacturers, governments and more. Software AG’s Adabas database & Natural development platform are used by the world’s leading organizations to build and deploy high-performance, mission-critical applications for IBM Z®, Linux® and cloud. Governments and businesses (in finance, manufacturing, retail and more) tailor these applications to give their organization a distinct competitive advantage and optimize them to meet the most demanding operational service level agreements. With a pledge to innovate Adabas & Natural to 2050 and beyond, we ensure our customer’s mission-critical Adabas & Natural applications are Future ready. Now. Be you, join us. AI Architect Full time Location: United States East Coast, Remote. Software AG customers, large enterprises and government organizations around the world, have developed business-critical applications based on high-transaction processing enterprise databases such as Adabas (DBMS), Natural (Programming Language), CONNX (Data Integration) and JOPAZ (workload optimization). In order to bring these assets into the future, it is a key objective to integrate these systems with modern AI platforms, AI agents and AI-assisted development and operations. For this purpose we are seeking a highly experienced Artificial Intelligence (AI) architect to spearhead the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies into our product portfolio, unlocking new values for our customers across diverse sectors, including finance, government, retail, and others. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of enterprise applications by leveraging AI for software development, IT operations, data integration, virtual assistants and agents, as well as AI-driven modernization. Essential Functions

- Lead AI Innovation: Identify compelling AI use cases, contributing directly to product innovation and roadmap definition within our Adabas & Natural, CONNX and JOPAZ ecosystem.

- Customer Collaboration: Work closely with customers to deeply understand their business objectives, identify AI opportunities, address their unique challenges, and translate them into actionable features for our product roadmap.

- Solution Design & Architecture: Propose innovative, robust and scalable AI products and capabilities, collaborating with key AI technology partners to jointly design and implement integrated solutions.

- Prototypes and MVPs: Design, build, and evaluate prototypes that show real value with real customer data.

- Competitive and Market Awareness: Follow competitors, and open-source projects in AI, data integration, and mainframe modernization. Represent Software AG in relevant industry bodies and standards groups when needed.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, engineering, and solution architects to drive, coordinate and deliver AI capabilities.

- Thought Leadership: Present at internal and external conferences, webinars, and in written content. Explain complex topics in a way that both technical and business audiences understand.

- Continuous Learning & Team Enablement: Keep pace with fast-moving AI technologies and trends, and continuously educate and upskill internal teams - product management, engineering, consulting, and support - through training sessions, hands-on workshops, and shared best practices.

Minimum Requirements

- Experience: minimum of 8 years in software architecture, data integration, or solution engineering, with at least 2 years of hands-on work with generative AI in production or customer-facing projects.

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