Ai Chief Architect Direct Hire

Our direct client, a prominent wealth management firm based in Philadelphia, is hiring an AI Chief Architect. This is a full-time, onsite position located at their Philadelphia headquarters.

Please, no agencies or recruiters, only W2 applicants. Direct Perm. Candidates must be eligible for direct perm employment. Sponsorship is not available. Candidates must reside within a commutable distance to Center City, Philadelphia.

This is a unique opportunity to set the technical standards and reference patterns that guide how the organization builds technology. The Chief Ai Architect will build and lead a small, high-caliber team of forward-thinking AI engineers who use AI to take on some of the firm s biggest business challenges. This is a hands-on, executive leadership role, and a highly visible one. The selected candidate will work directly with senior business leaders across wealth management, brokerage, and operations. .

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Background in working with Wealth Management leadership.
• Experience building or overhauling a reference architecture and pattern library from a less mature starting point.
• Hands-on experience with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence), ideally including migrating a team of Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with the regulatory and supervisory environment for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors (data retention, entitlements, recordkeeping, exam readiness).
• Experience partnering with a dedicated data office or Chief Data Officer function.
• Direct, hands-on experience with enterprise deployments of Claude or ChatGPT, rather than only casual personal use.
• Broad familiarity across SaaS platforms (like Salesforce or ServiceNow), web engineering, and full-stack engineering enough to know who to bring in for a given initiative.

If you have the proven Ai Expertise and leadership skills, Select Apply Now and a Vega Staffing Specialist will reach out to you.