About this role
The Senior Architect — AI Enablement serves as a technical leader for AI initiatives across the software engineering organization at Cepheid. This is a hands-on role requiring the development of proofs of concept (POCs), embedding with scrum teams to implement AI-driven solutions, and shaping organizational AI adoption strategies. Responsibilities include establishing reference architectures, reusable components, and coding standards for AI features, acting as an AI evangelist to coach cross-functional teams, and continuously evaluating industry trends in AI/GenAI to refine the organizational roadmap. The role reports to the VP of Software and is based on-site in Bangalore. Essential Requirements: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Minimum 16 years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in an architect or technical leadership role. Strong hands-on Java expertise (Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs) with a history of shipping production systems. Proven experience building and deploying AI/GenAI POCs. Demonstrated proficiency with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI), prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and AI coding assistants. Excellent communication and influencing skills to work across multiple teams and senior leadership. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with agentic AI frameworks, MCP, or workflow orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Spring AI). Familiarity with MLOps/LLMOps practices including evaluation, monitoring, cost management, and guardrails. Experience driving AI adoption or developer-productivity programs in multi-team engineering environments.