> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Sr AI Architect - Internal Business Applications Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ccb6e8f65dcd77e MeridianLink posts a senior FDE role to build for teams inside the company in US, at $150,000–$200,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,849 postings with pay. Set AI architecture standards, reference architectures, and governance across internal business operations. Read from the employer’s posting on November 6, 2026. - [MeridianLink](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meridianlink) Posted Oct 7, 2026 by MeridianLink · open on Ashby as of Nov 6, 2026 **$150,000–$200,000** US Remote Full-time Set AI architecture standards, reference architectures, and governance across internal business operations. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F6ccb6e8f65dcd77e&placement=top) - [View posting at MeridianLink](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/meridianlink/bbdfd359-8913-41ed-816b-feb879b53d12/application) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $150K–$200K Below the median Midpoint $175K · median $190K This job $150K to $200K. Senior FDE postings, 1,849 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds for teams inside the company Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **8+ years** software architecture, platform engineering, AI/ML systems design, data architecture, or related technical disciplines - **4+ years** designing and deploying production-scale AI systems, including LLMs, agent orchestration frameworks, and intelligent automation solutions Background - **Software engineering** - **Implementation and data engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. 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This role is responsible for designing, scoping, and implementing complex AI systems that operate at the intersection of business process optimization, AI workflow design, data architecture, enterprise integration, and organizational change. The position owns the end-to-end design and development of modern AI solutions and intelligent automation platforms that drive process optimization, advanced analytics, decision intelligence, and autonomous workflows across Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Customer Success, and other business functions. Responsibilities include designing secure, reliable, and scalable solutions aligned with operational requirements, regulatory standards, and enterprise governance frameworks. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a hands-on approach to architecture, engineering leadership, and business enablement. ### Responsibilities - Define and maintain the architectural vision, principles, standards, and governance framework for AI-first capabilities, including intelligent automation, large language model (LLM) orchestration, agentic workflows, and enterprise integrations. - Develop reference architectures for AI runtimes, model serving, security controls, identity management, policy enforcement, and secure enterprise data access. - Establish non-functional requirements, including reliability, performance, scalability, cost optimization, and compliance standards, while defining service-level objectives and validation methodologies. - Translate business and operational requirements from Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Customer Success, and other functions into scalable AI solution architectures and implementation strategies. - Design and implement secure, compliant intelligent automation and decision-support solutions, including document processing, data extraction, workflow automation, and business process optimization. - Establish enterprise data integration strategies, governance practices, and data quality standards that support AI readiness across ERP, CRM, HCM, financial, and operational platforms. - Develop APIs, reusable services, and foundational platform capabilities that enable scalable AI adoption across business teams and technology organizations. - Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, evaluate solution feasibility, and define implementation roadmaps. - Contribute to MLOps and LLMOps capabilities, including pipeline standardization, model observability, monitoring, lifecycle management, and production governance. - Lead adoption and change management efforts to support stakeholder alignment, trust, and effective utilization of AI-enabled solutions and intelligent automation capabilities. ### Required Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in software architecture, platform engineering, AI/ML systems design, data architecture, or related technical disciplines. - 4+ years of experience designing and deploying production-scale AI systems, including large language models, agent orchestration frameworks, and intelligent automation solutions. - Deep expertise in modern AI architectures, including LLM serving, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic orchestration, and AI workflow design. - Demonstrated success designing and implementing enterprise-scale systems with a strong focus on observability, reliability, scalability, and cost optimization. - Strong hands-on expertise with Python and SQL; cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform; containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes; enterprise integrations, API design, and distributed systems architecture; MLOps and LLMOps tools, frameworks, and production best practices; and modern data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake. - Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Proven ability to provide architectural leadership from strategy and design through implementation and operationalization. - Strong understanding of enterprise security, identity and access management, data governance, privacy requirements, and compliance frameworks. ### Preferred Qualifications - Experience in fintech, financial services, or enterprise SaaS environments. - Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, RAG systems, and vector databases. - Prior experience enabling or architecting AI/ML workloads in enterprise environments. - Familiarity with enterprise application ecosystems (ERP, CRM, HCM, financial systems) and integration patterns. - Experience with event-driven architectures, real-time data processing, or workflow orchestration platforms. - Understanding of AI governance, model monitoring, drift detection, and responsible AI frameworks. - Background in computer science, engineering, or a related field. - Prior experience in high-scale, product-based, or global environments. [View posting at MeridianLink](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/meridianlink/bbdfd359-8913-41ed-816b-feb879b53d12/application) ## About MeridianLink Cloud platform (MeridianLink One) for consumer & mortgage loan origination, deposit account opening, and credit data verification, sold to community banks and credit unions. 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