Principal AI Solutions Architect

About the team:

The Information Technology team at Rubrik influences business processes employee experience and technologies to scale our organization to $1B. This team creates operational efficiency across the company by centralizing the management of Infrastructure Technology and Data. The IT team ensures all stages of the software development lifecycle in a secured environment and scrutinizes the deployment of proper processes along with governance. They champion Rubrik on Rubrik and are the first customers of the Engineering teams at Rubrik.

Rubrik Corp IT is constructed of 100% SaaS and 0% on-premises. The IT team caters to accelerated enhancement of business value and multiple day-to-day business processes through our varied SaaS applications like Oracle Netsuite Workday Snowflake Etrade jitterbit Allocadia etc. This team also delivers high-paced business outcomes with 100% system uptime backed by agile nimble simple but cohesive Cloud architectures.

About the Role:

We are seeking a visionary Principal AI Solutions Architect to lead Rubriks AI transformation from within. This strategic IT role combines deep technical expertise with executive leadership to embed artificial intelligence into the fabric of our companys internal business operations.

As our chief AI evangelist strategist and guide you will be instrumental in making Rubriks business AI-driven. Your primary focus will be on revolutionizing our enterprise functionsempowering our employees and supercharging our business processes with intelligent scalable AI agents and systems. By transforming how Rubrik operates you will build a world-class AI-powered enterprise that drives efficiency innovation and operational excellence across the business.

You will be responsible for identifying designing and driving the implementation of agentic AI systems on platforms like Google Vertex AI and Snowflake Cortex. This is a unique opportunity to build the future of how a high-growth security-first company operates and innovates internally.

What Youll Do:

AI Strategy & Evangelism

• Develop and champion a company-wide AI strategy that drives internal transformation and operational excellence.
• Act as Rubriks primary internal AI evangelist articulating your vision and strategy to stakeholders across all business units.
• Partner with executive leadership to define the internal AI roadmap ensuring initiatives deliver measurable business value and enhance our competitive edge.
• Foster a culture of AI-driven innovation across the organization inspiring teams to build with the latest advancements in generative AI.

Generative AI & Agentic Systems Leadership

• Lead the architecture and development of sophisticated Gen AI applications using agentic frameworks like LangChain LlamaIndex and AutoGen.
• Drive the standardization of our LLM onboarding processes RAG pipelines and application development to ensure scalable secure and consistent implementations.
• Identify and spearhead the creation of scalable AI agents and agentic systems that serve and automate key enterprise functions including finance HR sales operations and legal.
• Establish and enforce best practices for LLM integration prompt engineering context management token optimization and performance monitoring.

Enterprise-Focused AI Solutions

• Architect AI solutions tailored to employee personas across our business functions focusing on intelligent workflow automation enhanced decision support and process optimization.
• Design intelligent agents that seamlessly integrate with our existing enterprise systems (e.g. Salesforce Workday SAP) to boost employee productivity and effectiveness.
• Develop conversational AI interfaces that empower employees to interact with enterprise data and systems in a natural intuitive way.
• Create AI-powered solutions to streamline common enterprise processes like document processing compliance monitoring and internal knowledge management.

Cloud & Platform Architecture

• Architect and oversee the deployment of agentic systems on Google Vertex AI and Snowflake Cortex leveraging their full potential for building enterprise-grade AI solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate best-in-class open-source agentic frameworks ensuring they meet Rubriks high standards for security scalability and governance.
• Design hybrid architectures that intelligently combine cloud platforms with on-premises systems for optimal performance cost-efficiency and compliance.

AI Governance & Leadership

• Drive the implementation of robust frameworks for enterprise AI model lifecycle management AI compliance and risk mitigation.
• Champion Responsible AI practices and data governance to ensure our AI deployments are ethical transparent and secure.
• Lead and mentor a dedicated cross-functional team of full-stack engineers data specialists ML engineers and prompt engineers.
• Present complex technical strategies and concepts to diverse audiences including C-suite executives and board members.

Experience Youll Need:

Core Technical & AI Expertise

• 10 years of experience in Machine Learning or Data Science with at least 2 years in a senior role focused on architecting and delivering Generative AI solutions.
• Deep hands-on experience with LLMs (e.g. GPT series Claude Llama) including expert-level knowledge of prompting fine-tuning and safety best practices.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and other advanced LLM patterns.
• Proficiency with agentic AI frameworks (LangChain LlamaIndex AutoGen) and multi-agent orchestration platforms.
• Strong command of machine learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch TensorFlow Transformers) and proficiency in Python.

Cloud & Enterprise Systems

• Demonstrated experience architecting solutions on Google Vertex AI or equivalent platforms including deep knowledge of their model gardens and enterprise tools.
• Hands-on experience building AI/ML applications using Snowflake Cortex or similar data cloud technologies.
• Deep background in cloud platforms (GCP Snowflake AWS Azure) and their respective AI services.
• Strong familiarity with the architecture and integration of enterprise-scale software systems (e.g. CRM ERP HRIS) within large organizations.

Strategic & Business Acumen

• Experience developing and implementing enterprise-wide AI model lifecycle management compliance and risk mitigation strategies.
• In-depth knowledge of Responsible AI practices and data governance frameworks particularly within a security-conscious environment.
• Deep understanding of core enterprise functions and business processes (finance HR operations sales etc.).
• Proven track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives and mentoring diverse technical teams.

Leadership & Communication

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with proven ability to engage and influence C-level executives.
• A natural ability to translate complex business requirements into clear actionable technical solutions.
• Experience mentoring high-performing multi-disciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering AI or a related field.
• Experience in the cybersecurity or data protection industry.
• Deep experience with MLOps including building and managing CI/CD pipelines for AI model deployment.
• Knowledge of the broader enterprise software ecosystem (Salesforce Snowflake Netsuite Workday etc) and their integration patterns.
• Knowledge of vector databases (e.g. Pinecone Weaviate) embedding techniques and semantic search.
• Publications or significant contributions to AI research or open-source projects.