Principal Enterprise Architect, AI Platform, Toronto

Location Hybrid (Two days in-office)

Principal Enterprise Architect– AI Platform The Principal Enterprise Architect for the AI Platform is a high‑impact leadership role responsible for the strategic technical vision of our foundational AI and Machine Learning systems. This leader will define the "golden paths" for AI development, ensuring our platform is secure, scalable, and governed while accelerating the delivery of GenAI, RAG, and Agentic AI solutions across the enterprise.

Why this job’s a big deal As we scale personalization and intelligent automation, the AI Platform is mission‑critical to our competitive edge. You will operate at the highest level of technical strategy, reducing architectural risk and complexity for systems that power millions of traveler interactions. This is a unique opportunity to build a world‑class AI ecosystem from the ground up, influencing how every engineering team at the company leverages data and models.

In This Role, You Will Get To

Shape AI Strategy: Develop the target state and reference architectures for the AI/ML Platform, aligning technical roadmaps with long‑term business goals like personalization and intelligent automation.

Establish AI Governance: Lead the codification of guardrails for the GenAI ecosystem, focusing on LLM observability, safety, prompt management, and cost awareness.

Define Platform Standards: Deliver "golden paths" and reusable frameworks (e.g., multi‑agent frameworks like LangChain/LangGraph) to improve developer productivity for AI use cases.

Modernize Model Lifecycles: Standardize LLMOps and MLOps patterns using model gateways and automated pipelines (Vertex AI, Composer) to ensure governed, self‑service access.

Evaluate Emerging Tech: Lead build/buy/partner analyses for cutting‑edge AI tools, including vector stores, evaluation frameworks (Arize, LangSmith), and distributed computing concepts.

Influence&Mentor: Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership while coaching Principal and Staff engineers to elevate architectural practices across the organization.

Who You Are

Strategic Architect: Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, specifically within cloud‑native distributed systems (GCP preferred) and high‑scale AI/ML platforms.

Technical Visionary: Deep understanding of modern AI patterns, including RAG pipelines, agentic frameworks, and the integration of large‑scale data systems like BigQuery and Kafka.

Collaborative Leader: Excellent at bridging the gap between business intent and complex technical execution, influencing stakeholders across Product, Finance, and Engineering.

Pragmatic Problem Solver: Skilled at balancing the need for rapid AI innovation with the rigor required for enterprise‑grade security, reliability, and cost‑efficiency.

Experienced Professional: 12+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, with at least 5 years focused on AI/ML or Data platforms at scale.

Values‑Driven: Demonstrated history of living the values of Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability, and Trust.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced Expertise: Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related quantitative field.

Cloud Proficiency: Deep experience with GCP’s AI stack (Vertex AI, GKE, Dataflow) or equivalent enterprise‑grade cloud AI services.

Industry Context: Experience in FinTech or high‑volume e‑commerce environments where AI drives real‑time search, ranking, or pricing.

The salary range for this position is $150,000-175,000 CAD.

Benefits Eligibility for a competitive base salary, annual bonus, and equity grant. Health, dental, vision, and mental health coverage. Generous paid time off including PTO, holidays, and company‑wide reset weeks. Work‑life support such as remote flexibility, parental leave, and dependent care. Retirement plans and life coverage. Signature travel perks for employees. Additional support like tuition reimbursement and legal services.

Working Arrangements The role operates within a hybrid model, with two days onsite as determined by you and your manager, and the remaining days remote or in‑office based on location.

Equity and EEO Statement Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world.

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