# Emergent Software — AI Director

- Generated: 2026-09-07 04:01:16 PM EDT
- Original/canonical posting: https://www.emergentsoftware.net/careers/job-details/ai-director/
- Jobright source: https://jobright.ai/jobs/info/6a99c3bb551435518ebf0e70
- Posted: 2026-09-03 03:00:11 PM EDT
- Elapsed since posting at capture: 4 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes
- Valid through: 2026-10-03T19:00:11
- Applicants: Not disclosed
- Work model/location: Fully remote — United States
- Employment type: Full time
- Compensation: Not disclosed; acceptable under Keith's Director-title rule
- Travel: Not disclosed
- Positioning track: Technical manager
- Fit outcome: PASS — 94% (87/93 weighted evidence points)

## Direct-match strengths

Hands-on AI architecture, production LLM/RAG/agentic delivery, roadmaps, reusable patterns, team leadership, AWS/Bedrock, governance, security, regulated-industry experience, knowledge graphs, ontologies, MCP, and acquisition discussions.

## Hard or material gaps

The named evaluation products Braintrust, LangSmith, and LangFuse are not documented, although Keith has built evaluation and LLM-as-judge frameworks. Direct technical due diligence of acquisition targets is adjacent rather than explicit. The end client is unnamed, creating an employer-identity caveat but not a fit gap.

## Evidence map

1. **10+ years software engineering, architecture, and technical leadership** — weight 3, evidence score 3/3. Direct 29-year architecture record and 20+ years leading engineering teams.
2. **Design and deploy production AI, ML, and agentic systems** — weight 3, evidence score 3/3. Direct AssistX production platform plus earlier ML and AI products.
3. **LLMs, retrieval, memory/context, prompts, and evaluation** — weight 3, evidence score 3/3. Direct LLM, RAG, vector search, controlled prompts, orchestration, evaluation, and LLM-as-judge evidence.
4. **Remain hands-on in prototyping and software development** — weight 3, evidence score 3/3. Built the AssistX core and much of its HR application while leading 11 engineers.
5. **AI strategy, architecture decisions, standards, and roadmaps** — weight 2, evidence score 3/3. Direct full ownership at IDW and repeated enterprise architecture/roadmap leadership.
6. **Lead teams while maintaining direct technical contribution** — weight 2, evidence score 3/3. Direct player-coach evidence across IDW, SuccessKPI, NorthBay, and earlier roles.
7. **Agentic orchestration, harnesses, and MCP** — weight 2, evidence score 3/3. Direct agents, multi-agent systems, LangGraph, Bedrock AgentCore, Strands, and MCP.
8. **Knowledge graphs and ontologies** — weight 2, evidence score 3/3. Direct Neptune, SPARQL, UMLS, IKRS, and bioinformatics knowledge-system evidence.
9. **Integrate AI across multiple application stacks** — weight 2, evidence score 2/3. Direct Python/full-stack/API/cloud integration across varied systems; .NET, Go, and Java are unsupported.
10. **AWS and AWS Bedrock** — weight 2, evidence score 3/3. 15 years of AWS experience plus direct Bedrock and AgentCore delivery.
11. **Named evaluation platforms or equivalent** — weight 1, evidence score 1/3. Direct equivalent internal evaluation framework; named vendors are unsupported.
12. **Technical due diligence and acquisition assessment** — weight 1, evidence score 1/3. Direct acquisition discussions and technical positioning, but not explicit acquisition-target diligence.
13. **Regulated financial-services or insurance experience** — weight 2, evidence score 3/3. Direct MassMutual insurance, privacy, governance, compliance, and financial-services customer work.
14. **Remote and compensation constraints** — weight 3, evidence score 3/3. Explicit U.S. remote role; Director title qualifies when compensation is undisclosed.

## Full normalized job description

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Emergent Software is recruiting for a client whose product strategy places artificial intelligence at its center. The AI Director will lead AI architecture, strategy, roadmaps, and delivery across a SaaS platform portfolio while remaining hands-on with prototyping and software development. The role also involves leading the AI team, driving innovation, and ensuring governance, security, compliance, and privacy requirements are met.
Responsibilities
Own the architecture and technical direction for AI capabilities across our client's product portfolio
Define roadmaps for current AI initiatives and next-generation AI systems
Design scalable agentic workflows, personalization capabilities, and AI-driven customer experiences
Establish architecture standards for memory, context management, prompts, evaluation frameworks, and reusable AI patterns
Lead AI integration efforts across .NET, Node, Go, and Java platforms
Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and AI infrastructure solutions
Remain actively involved in architecture, prototyping, and software development
Develop reference implementations and guide technical decisions through hands-on leadership
Lead build-versus-buy decisions regarding AI platforms, frameworks, and infrastructure
Partner with Platform Engineering on AI infrastructure, evaluation systems, runtime environments, and governance
Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership on AI strategy and long-term technical direction
Lead and mentor the existing AI team, including engineers and contractors
Foster technical excellence through design reviews, coaching, and architectural guidance
Collaborate closely with engineering leaders, product teams, and stakeholders across the organization
Support broader product engineering teams adopting AI capabilities
Explore and deliver new AI use cases, products, and greenfield opportunities
Lead initiatives involving agent harnesses, personalized content generation, and future MCP implementations
Participate in technical due diligence and AI capability assessments for potential acquisitions
Identify practical AI opportunities that create measurable business value
Establish best practices for AI governance, model selection, hosting strategy, tenant isolation, and data privacy
Partner with Legal, Information Security, and IT teams to support enterprise AI requirements
Ensure AI solutions align with security, compliance, and regulatory expectations
Skills
Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship
10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant architecture and technical leadership responsibilities
Proven experience designing and deploying production AI, machine learning, or agentic systems
Deep understanding of modern AI architecture, including LLM applications, retrieval, memory, context management, and evaluation frameworks
Strong hands-on software engineering background with the ability to remain actively involved in development
Experience leading technical strategy, architecture decisions, and AI roadmaps
Ability to work across multiple technology stacks and integrate AI capabilities into existing platforms
Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and executive stakeholders
Experience leading teams while maintaining direct technical contribution
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving SaaS environments
Experience with agentic AI, agent orchestration, agent harnesses, and MCP initiatives
Knowledge of knowledge graphs, ontologies, and modern AI system design
Experience with Python, Node.js, or TypeScript
AWS and AWS Bedrock experience
Experience with evaluation platforms such as Braintrust, LangSmith, LangFuse, or similar tools
Background as a Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, Architect, consultant, startup leader, or innovation lab contributor
Experience conducting technical due diligence or evaluating acquisition targets
Financial services, wealth management, insurance, or other regulated industry experience
Experience supporting AI initiatives within high-growth or private-equity-backed SaaS organizations
Benefits
This role is fully remote.
Company Overview
Your Full Stack Technology Partner It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.emergentsoftware.net/.

## Artifact metadata

- Resume: https://bit.ly/4gUwAzI
- Cover letter: https://bit.ly/4cAVh34
- Resume validation: 2 pages, 963 words
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