Tech Fellow, AI & Technology Architecture

Tech Fellow AI & Technology Architecture

As the Tech Fellow AI & Technology Architecture you will set the enterprise technology and AI architecture vision strategy standards and roadmaps that enable Best Buy to scale trusted reusable and agent-enabled capabilities across products platforms infrastructure and services.

Technology Architecture leaders at Best Buy define the vision strategy and architectural direction that enable long-term business outcomes. As the Tech Fellow AI & Technology Architecture you will provide senior technical leadership for AI Strategy & Transformation establishing enterprise AI architectures standards roadmaps and reusable patterns that accelerate innovation while maintaining security reliability and trust. Serving as the senior architecture advisor to the Chief AI Strategy & Transformation you will drive alignment across Architecture Product Engineering Data Cybersecurity and Platform teams to create a cohesive AI ecosystem. Through deep technical expertise and influence you will shape Best Buys north-star AI architecture guide critical technology decisions and enable teams to scale agentic and AI-powered capabilities using proven enterprise-ready patterns.

This role is remote which means you would work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location.

What youll do

• Define the enterprise technology and AI architecture vision strategy standards and roadmaps.

• Establish secure reliable and reusable architecture patterns for AI and agent-enabled capabilities.

• Advise senior leaders on critical AI architecture technology and investment decisions.

• Align Architecture Product Engineering Data Cybersecurity and Platform teams around a cohesive AI ecosystem.

• Guide the design and adoption of scalable enterprise-ready AI platforms and solutions.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and translate industry advancements into actionable enterprise opportunities.

• Provide technical thought leadership mentorship and governance across the architecture community.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelors or advanced degree in IT Computer Science Engineering Business or a related field or equivalent experience.

• 12 years of experience relative to the role

• 5 years of direct people management and team management / leadership experience.

• Demonstrated experience in Application Data Integration Infrastructure Architecture and

• Hands on experience leading AI/ML and Agentic Systems Architecture

• Architecture governance

• Technical leadership through influence

Preferred qualifications

• 15 years of directly related experience

• 6 years of people management and team leadership experience

• Deep expertise in enterprise and AI architecture agent runtime and orchestration context and retrieval systems model integration evaluation and observability DevSecOps policy-as-code and agentic delivery lifecycles.

• Exceptional executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and enterprise strategy.

Whats in it for you

Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it especially key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay

• Generous employee discount

• Physical and mental well-being support

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation where you live your full-time or part-time employment status and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location employment status salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt) and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles where market norms demand it are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans including eligibility please refer to ourIncentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits LOA and paid time off please refer to ourBenefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.