Principal Solution Architect, AI Co-innovation

Cognite
Houston, Phoenix
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Mentoring","Storytelling","Systems thinking","Collaboration","Customer communication"]

Own the architectural integrity and strategic success of AI deployments within the AI Co-Innovation team. Set standards for data model quality and system architecture for Cognite AI Agents and custom front-end applications, design agent workflows combining LLMs and reasoning over industrial data, and collaborate directly with customers to integrate solutions into production. Define repeatable patterns, mentor engineers, and translate customer learnings into the product roadmap.

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Principal Solution Architect, AI Co-innovation

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Job Summary

Own the architectural integrity and strategic success of AI deployments within the AI Co-Innovation team. Set standards for data model quality and system architecture for Cognite AI Agents and custom front-end applications, design agent workflows combining LLMs and reasoning over industrial data, and collaborate directly with customers to integrate solutions into production. Define repeatable patterns, mentor engineers, and translate customer learnings into the product roadmap.
Location: Houston, Phoenix
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set and maintain standards for data model quality and system architecture across strategic accounts to ensure reliable, production-grade AI solutions.
  • •Design and implement industrial data models in Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) to provide ground truth for LLMs and agentic workflows.
  • •Architect multi-agent systems using LLMs, tool use, evaluation loops, and reasoning over industrial data.
  • •Collaborate with technical teams on-site to refine use cases and integrate solutions into production environments.
  • •Identify and document repeatable architectural patterns, mentor engineers, and feed learnings into the product roadmap.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:401kHealth InsuranceDentalVisionDisabilityPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture, with a builder mindset and ability to work directly with code when needed.
  • •Hands-on experience with AI systems, including LLMs, embeddings, and prompt engineering.
  • •Proven track record designing and shipping enterprise-scale software architectures, preferably in an AI or data-heavy context.
  • •Ability to communicate clearly to both technical and executive audiences.
  • •Strong software engineering practices, including testing, version control, and code review.
Skills:MentoringStorytellingSystems thinkingCollaborationCustomer communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:LLMsEmbeddingsPrompt engineeringCognite Data Fusion (CDF)Agentic workflowsMulti-agent systemsVector databasesRAGAWSAzureGCP

Company Brief

Cognite
Provides industrial data software that helps companies connect, contextualize, and use operational data for analytics, AI, and digital transformation. Its platform is used by heavy-industry customers to improve asset performance and operations.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Oslo, Norway
Founded: 2016
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