Principal AI Architect

About the Role

The Principal AI Architect serves as a senior individual contributor responsible for defining, designing, and evolving enterprise-grade Generative AI and AI-driven architectures aligned with DIRECTV ’s strategic business objectives. This role provides deep technical leadership and architectural authority across GenAI, AI/ML platforms, and enterprise systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reusable, and future-ready. The role partners closely with Application Architects, Data Architects, Platform Engineers, and Product teams to embed Generative AI capabilities into enterprise solutions while maintaining strong architectural governance. The architect defines advanced AI architectures including Model Context Protocol (MCP), multi-agent systems, and agent-to-agent orchestration frameworks to enable autonomous, scalable, and governable AI capabilities across the enterprise Here’s what you’ll do: Serve as a technical authority for Generative AI and AI-driven architecture across the enterprise, providing hands-on architectural leadership as an individual contributor. Drive GenAI strategy and solution design, identifying, evaluating, and applying emerging technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, vector databases, prompt engineering frameworks, and model orchestration platforms. Architect and govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementations, defining how context, memory, tools, policies, and guardrails are structured, versioned, and securely shared across AI workflows. Design and lead multi-agent and agent-to-agent orchestration architectures, enabling autonomous task decomposition, collaboration, escalation, and decision-making across AI agents and enterprise systems. Define orchestration strategies coordinating LLMs, agents, tools, workflows, and downstream systems, balancing performance, cost, reliability, observability, and maintainability. Partner with business and product stakeholders to

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Official mentor support
• verified hiring timeline
• and career progression.