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Synopsys

Architect – GenAI, Agentic AI, Ecosystems and Platforms

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senior full-time $233000-$349000 Sunnyvale, California

First indexed 9 Sept 2026

Description

You are an accomplished technical leader, recognized for your deep expertise and visionary thinking in AI and infrastructure-native architectures.

You will define and maintain enterprise architecture blueprints for GenAI, Agentic AI, and Infrastructure solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Architecting large-scale GenAI and agentic AI platforms to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and extensibility.
  • Evaluating and guiding the adoption of emerging AI, infrastructure, and platform technologies.
  • Driving architectural alignment across business units to minimize fragmentation and technical debt.
  • Collaborating closely with product and business teams to translate requirements into technical architectures.
  • Providing architectural oversight for critical programs, high-risk initiatives, and flagship customer deployments.
  • Establishing and reviewing security, compliance, and governance architectures for AI and infrastructure platforms.
  • Partnering with external vendors and hyperscalers to shape joint technical roadmaps and integrations.
  • Authoring and reviewing architecture decision records and technical strategy documents that guide long-term execution.
  • Mentoring and elevating senior and principal architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence.

The impact you will have includes:

  • Enabling scalable and repeatable AI platform adoption across the enterprise.
  • Reducing technical risk and architectural fragmentation through clear standards and governance.
  • Accelerating time-to-market via reusable, well-architected infrastructure and AI foundations.
  • Improving platform reliability, security, and performance for mission-critical AI workloads.
  • Enhancing developer productivity and innovation velocity through strong architectural enablement.
  • Strengthening customer confidence by ensuring robust, enterprise-grade AI solutions.
  • Influencing strategic technology investments with long-term architectural foresight.
  • Elevating overall engineering quality by mentoring senior technical talent.
  • Supporting revenue growth by enabling AI-driven products and differentiated capabilities.
  • Positioning Synopsys as a technical leader in agentic AI and infrastructure architectures.

Requirements:

  • Recognized expertise in AI and agentic platforms, infrastructure-native architecture, and distributed systems.
  • Deep knowledge of GenAI, LLMs, agentic AI patterns, and AI system design.
  • Proven ability to design and influence enterprise-scale architectures across multiple teams or business units.
  • Strong understanding of security, compliance, and governance in infrastructure and AI systems.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to executive audiences.
  • Demonstrated thought leadership through architecture reviews, technical publications, or patents.
  • Experience working with hyperscalers, AI vendors, and strategic partners.
  • Strong systems thinking and long-term architectural mindset.
  • Track record of mentoring senior engineers and architects.
  • Typically, 15+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, or platform development.
  • 8+ years designing and delivering large-scale infrastructure-native systems.
  • Significant hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms and GenAI systems.
  • Prior experience as a Principal Architect, Senior Architect, or equivalent technical leadership role.
  • Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-critical platforms or architectures.
  • Experience supporting both internal platforms and external/customer-facing systems.
  • History of influencing cross-functional and multi-organization technical initiatives.
  • Experience operating in complex, highly regulated, or high-availability environments.
  • Exposure to multi-infrastructure or hybrid architectures.
  • Consistent record of delivering long-term technical impact beyond individual projects.
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/sunnyvale/architect-genai-agentic-ai-ecosystems-and-platforms/44408/93705350064