Staff AI Organizational Architect

Basic Function Lumin Digital is hiring a Staff AI Organizational Architect to own the technical strategy for how we use AI across the company. This is a senior individual contributor role responsible for bringing clarity and accountability to Lumin's growing AI investment: understanding where AI is creating genuine value, reducing what isn't working, and helping the company scale what is. The right person will sit at the intersection of hands-on technical depth and enterprise-level advisory work, serving as a trusted resource for executives, engineering teams, and cross-functional partners including Risk, Compliance, and Legal. Success in this role means Lumin's AI spend is better understood, better directed, and more consistently tied to business outcomes. Essential Functions and Responsibilities: - Define and continuously evolve Lumin's internal AI technical strategy, including evaluation of models, vendors, platforms, frameworks, and deployment architectures against criteria of capability, cost, reliability, security, and business fit. - Build and maintain clear visibility into AI usage, adoption, and spend across the enterprise; help leaders connect AI investment to meaningful business outcomes and identify where spend should be reduced or increased. - Serve as a trusted technical advisor to executives, business leaders, and engineering teams evaluating AI use cases, experiments, and implementation approaches. - Help successful AI experiments become repeatable, supportable capabilities; distinguish productive experimentation from work unlikely to create sufficient value. - Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Legal to evolve Lumin's approach to responsible AI use, including establishing practical standards, decision rights, review processes, and escalation paths. - Own a defined cadence of reviews for AI platforms, models, configurations, and controls; maintain current awareness of emerging risks and capabilities. - Establish and communicate Lumin's internal AI standards, reference architectures, and recommended technologies; provide consistent, technically credible guidance to the organization. - Challenge weak assumptions, unnecessary complexity, and poor technology choices across teams; translate rapidly changing AI capabilities into practical recommendations. - Personally evaluate AI models, APIs, and frameworks through direct implementation. Not just vendor briefings or architectural review. - Prototype and validate new AI capabilities before recommending them for broader adoption; own the technical risk assessment through working code, not just documentation. - Perform other duties as assigned. Physical Demands: These are standard across Lumin Digital, if you have unique requirements, add them to the Other bullet below. - While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to type, handle, or feel and talk or hear - Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision - Ability to occasionally lift/move up to 25 pounds - Individuals with a disability who are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job may request reasonable accommodation through the Human Resources department. - Other (Please specify below) Supervisory Responsibility: None. This is an individual contributor role. Cross-functional influence and advisory responsibilities are captured in the Essential Functions above. Position Specifications Education - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field required, or equivalent combination of education and experience. - Master's degree in a related field preferred. - Relevant certifications in AI/ML, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), or enterprise architecture are a plus. Experience - 8+ years in software engineering, solutions architecture, or a closely related technical discipline. - 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, evaluating, or implementing production AI systems (not just consuming AI tools). - 2+ years working with LLMs and model APIs in product contexts - RAG, agents, or fine-tuning at scale (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or equivalent). - 2+ years working in a regulated or compliance-sensitive environment such as financial services, fintech, or healthcare. - 1+ years designing or contributing to enterprise-scale technical standards, reference architectures, or governance frameworks. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: - Deep working knowledge of large language models, model APIs, AI platforms, agentic systems, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). - Ability to evaluate AI vendors, models, and deployment approaches against real tradeoffs: capability, cost, reliability, security, and operational fit. - Strong command of AI economics: usage-based pricing, infrastructure tradeoffs, and cost optimization at scale. - Familiarity with AI security and data privacy considerations relevant to enterprise deployments. - Demonstrated ability to advise executives and non-technical leaders with clear, direct recommendations. - Experience influencing technology decisions across an organization without relying on direct authority. - Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to produce technically credible and actionable enterprise communications. - Organized, self-directed, and comfortable operating with minimal oversight in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment. Preferred / Nice to Have: - Experience in financial services, fintech, or SaaS. - Prior Staff, Principal, or VP-level IC role with cross-functional scope. - Experience building or running internal AI enablement programs, communities of practice, or governance councils. - Familiarity with formal AI governance and responsible AI frameworks. - Industry visibility through writing, speaking, or open-source contribution. Travel: - Minimal, generally 12 days or less per year, ~2X team get togethers a year LIFE AT LUMIN DIGITAL Lumin Digital is a trailblazer in digital banking solutions, driven by a unique approach to technology, service, and people. We empower credit unions and banks by creating cutting-edge digital experiences that continuously serve, engage, and grow their membership base — and as a 100% cloud-native company, we're purpose-built to unlock the full advantages of the cloud for financial institutions and their users. At Lumin, we thrive on curiosity and innovation. Our culture is built on trust in our expertise and decisions, respect for diverse perspectives and talents, and boldness in pursuing new ideas. These values shape a workplace where collaboration thrives, ideas flourish, and new possibilities are discovered every day. We encourage our team to explore, experiment, and challenge the status quo — because continuous improvement isn't just a goal, it's how we operate. Benefits include: We take care of our people with medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO plus 12 paid holidays, paid sick leave, and paid parental and family leave. We also offer a lifestyle spending account, tuition reimbursement, and a cell phone stipend. Additional details are provided during the interview process. Lumin Digital is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected basis. For more information, visit lumindigital.com http://lumindigital.com.