Principal Architect, AI Solutions

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Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology to our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry; and we support them through professional growth, flexibility, and personalized benefits to manage life in and outside of work. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades, and technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, we empower you to shape a brighter way forward so you can thrive professionally and personally.

Role SummaryWe are seeking a Principal Architect to help lead the next generation of AI-enabled product, platform, and engineering capabilities across our organization. This is a senior individual contributor role operating at the highest levels of technical leadership. The ideal candidate will combine deep AI architecture expertise with strong enterprise architecture judgment, practical delivery experience, and the ability to influence teams across business units.

This role will partner closely with business and technology leaders to shape product and platform architectures, define and uphold enterprise standards, and help our engineering organization adopt modern AI and AI-powered software delivery practices responsibly and effectively.

Key ResponsibilitiesLead architecture for strategic AI initiatives across products, platforms, and shared enterprise capabilities

Partner with business units, product leaders, and engineering teams to shape scalable, secure, and practical AI solution architectures

Define and evolve architecture standards, reference patterns, and guardrails for AI solutions and AI-enabled software development

Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and patterns, and guide the organization on where and how to adopt them

Provide architectural leadership for capabilities, agentic workflows, AI orchestration, evaluations, AI observability, and AI governance

Ensure AI solutions align with enterprise requirements for security, privacy, compliance, resiliency, observability, and maintainability

Help engineering teams leverage AI-powered PDLC capabilities across coding, testing, documentation, analysis, and delivery workflows

Guide architecture decisions across application, data, integration, platform, and operational concerns to avoid fragmented or duplicative solutions

Mentor technical leads and senior engineers and contribute to raising the technical bar across the organization

Participate in architecture reviews, technical strategy discussions, and investment decisions related to AI and platform modernization

Required QualificationsBachelor’s or masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

12+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership roles

Significant experience designing and guiding enterprise-grade AI solutions in production environments

Deep knowledge of modern AI architecture patterns, including LLM-based applications, retrieval systems, agentic workflows, prompt and tool orchestration, and evaluation approaches

Strong architecture background across distributed systems, APIs, integration, data platforms, security, and cloud-native solutions

Experience establishing architecture standards, reference architectures, and technical guardrails across multiple teams

Proven ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders without direct authority

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor communication from engineering teams to executive leadership

Demonstrated ability to balance innovation, speed, risk management, and long-term maintainability

Preferred QualificationsExperience working in a large enterprise, platform-oriented environment

Experience with AI governance, responsible AI, model risk, privacy, and security controls

Familiarity with cloud AI platforms and services, vector search, AI gateways, observability, and production AI operations

Experience helping engineering organizations adopt AI-powered development tools and practices

Experience defining reusable architecture patterns for shared enterprise AI capabilities

Experience mentoring architects or leading architecture communities of practice

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

What Success Looks LikeBusiness units have a strong architecture partner for AI-driven product and platform decisions

The organization has clearer standards and reusable patterns for AI solutions

Teams adopt AI technologies faster and more safely

AI initiatives are better aligned to business value, enterprise platforms, and engineering standards

Engineering teams are better equipped to use AI-powered PDLC capabilities effectively and responsibly

Leadership ExpectationsThis role is expected to operate as a senior technical leader across organizational boundaries. The Principal Architect will influence strategy, guide major technical decisions, coach others, and help establish the technical direction for enterprise AI adoption and architecture excellence.

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements below. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health.

About JLL –

We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 102,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.