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Voya Financial · 2 weeks ago

AI Architect

Voya Financial is committed to providing opportunities for a better financial future and is seeking an AI Architect to design and govern enterprise-grade AI solutions. This role involves collaborating with various teams to implement scalable and secure AI initiatives that align with business strategies.

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Responsibilities

Define and evolve the enterprise AI architecture, ensuring alignment with business, data, and technology strategies
Design scalable, secure, and compliant automation solutions to streamline across the enterprise
Architect end-to-end AI solutions including data ingestion, model development, model operations (MLOps), and lifecycle management
Partner with business, product, and engineering teams to translate business problems into appropriate AI/ML approaches
Develop reference architectures and reusable patterns for generative AI, Agentic AI, predictive models, conversational systems, and intelligent automation
Provide architectural oversight across AI/ML projects to ensure consistency, performance, and maintainability
Evaluate and select AI technologies, frameworks, cloud services, vector databases, LLM orchestration frameworks, and tooling
Support development teams on model selection, training pipelines, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and evaluation methodologies
Mentor engineers, analysts, and product teams on AI best practices
Partner with data architects and engineering to ensure robust data pipelines, governance, feature stores, and architecture
Design secure and performant integration between AI models and enterprise systems (APIs, microservices, events)
Ensure AI solutions adhere to enterprise security standards, data privacy policies, and regulatory requirements
Implement responsible AI guardrails, fairness checks, explainability frameworks, and monitoring
Develop and maintain automation governance frameworks, documentation, and audit trails
Define MLOps / LLMOps standards including CI/CD pipelines, model monitoring, drift detection, observability, and rollback processes
Drive continuous improvement of model performance, cost optimization, and operational efficiency
Establish KPIs, telemetry, and feedback loops for production AI systems
Partner with IT, compliance, operations, and customer service teams to align automation initiatives with business goals
Mentor and guide developers and analysts to build a center of excellence (CoE) for automation

Qualification

ML engineeringAI architectureCloud platforms (Azure)PythonMLOps/LLMOps toolingGenerative AI toolsData governanceLearning AgilityCritical ThinkingTeam Mentality

Required

3+ years in ML engineering, Data Science, AI, or related architecture roles
Strong hands‑on experience with ML frameworks, LLM platforms - OpenAI, MSFT/Azure Cloud foundry, Copilot Studio Agent builder, low code/no code platforms, and generative AI tools
Expert-level knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure) and modern architecture patterns
Experience in Python, Azure ML Studio, MLOps/LLMOps tooling (MLflow, Kubernetes, LangChain, Vector DBs, Feature Stores)
Background in RAG systems, model fine‑tuning, embeddings, vector storage, and retrieval optimization

Preferred

Experience enterprise-wide AI programs or platform buildouts
Strong understanding of data governance, privacy, security, and model risk management
Prior experience with large-scale transformation programs

Benefits

Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Company

Voya Financial

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Voya Financial is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of retirement, investments, and insurance.

H1B Sponsorship

Voya Financial has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1)
2024 (4)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (5)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2018-06-01Acquired
2013-05-02IPO

Leadership Team

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Michael Katz
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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