Planet DDS ยท 9 hours ago
AI Architect
Irvine, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expPlanet DDS is on a mission to revolutionize dental software with modern, AI-powered technology. The AI Architect role involves designing enterprise-grade architectures for AI-driven solutions, actively coding, and leading technical direction within the AI innovation team.
DentalHealth CareSoftware
Responsibilities
Architecture Design: Design scalable, modular architectures for AI-driven applications and agentic workflows. Define technical standards, design patterns, and best practices for building systems that use LLMs, multi-agent orchestration, and data consolidation across structured and unstructured datasets
Agentic Workflow Design: Design and implement multi-agent systems (planner-executor, tool-calling, memory, state management, evaluation loops). Design agent-to-agent communication patterns, state management, and orchestration strategies for autonomous workflows in healthcare
Data Architecture & Consolidation: Architect solutions that unify and reason over structured and unstructured data sources (databases, documents, APIs, logs, event streams) to power intelligent AI agents with RAG, hybrid retrieval, and semantic search capabilities
Security & Compliance: Design secure data handling, encryption, audit logging, and access control mechanisms for sensitive patient data in AI systems, considering healthcare compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST)
AI Tooling & Velocity: Use modern AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, LangChain, LangGraph, v0.app, etc.) to create hands-on architectural solutions, proof of concepts, and prototypes that validate decisions and guide product strategy
System Integration: Integrate AI-driven and agentic solutions with existing dental practice management systems, EHRs, RCM platforms, and third-party applications. Ensure seamless data flow, API design, and interoperability across complex healthcare ecosystems
Technical Leadership: Provide architectural guidance, mentorship, design reviews, define standards, and improve engineering quality in AI-first systems
Stakeholder communication: Collaborate with product managers, designers, data teams, and leadership to transform ambiguous problems into clear technical strategies using prototypes for alignment and decision-making
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a closely related discipline is required
7+ years of software engineering and/or architecture experience, with at least 2+ years focused on AI/ML systems, agentic based architectures, or similar advanced technologies
Proven track record designing and implementing largescale systems; startup or Innovation team experience is a plus
Strong hands-on experience with LLM-based systems, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, multi-agent architectures, and orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, LangGraph, or similar
Hands-on with AI-powered tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Figma, MCP, v0.app, etc.) and the ability to treat AI agents as a primary development accelerator
Strong understanding of software development principles and architecture
Proficiency with C#, .NET, OpenAPI, Python, PyTorch (or equivalent), Docker, Git, Microservices, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD
Expertise in designing data pipelines, ETL processes, and data consolidation strategies
Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS) and RAG architectures, plus a strong understanding of both structured databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Cosmos DB) and unstructured data management
Knowledgeable in at least one major cloud platform (Azure recommended; AWS or GCP acceptable) with awareness of multi-cloud architectures and tradeoffs
Demonstrated experience with cloud native design patterns, microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless architectures and Infrastructure-as-Code
Effective communication skills to explain complex programming or AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences; ability to influence without authority and drive alignment through artifacts and prototypes
Strong problem-solving skills, creativity, curiosity, and a passion for innovation
Comfortable working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where experimentation is valued
Preferred
Familiarity with healthcare systems, dental practice management software, EHR systems, RCM workflows, or healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is preferred but not required
Understanding of HIPAA compliance and healthcare data security is a plus
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Telehealth
401(k) and 401(k) match
Life and AD&D insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
FTO or Vacation
Sick Time
Employee Well-Being program
11 paid holidays
Volunteer Time Off
Employee Referral program
Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs
Company
Planet DDS
Planet DDS is the leading provider of cloud-enabled dental practice management and dental imaging software in North America.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$0.2MKey Investors
Aquiline Capital PartnersLevel Equity Management
2022-06-01Private Equity
2019-08-01Private Equity
2019-07-15Debt Financing
Leadership Team
Michael Huffaker
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Recent News
2026-01-06
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