[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Banyan Software logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/06/bf5d3bb2-221.png)](https://jobicy.com/company/banyan-software.md)[Banyan Software](https://jobicy.com/company/banyan-software.md) # Lead AI Architect – Data Platform AI Summary Banyan Software ищет Lead AI Architect для создания и развития централизованной платформы данных и ИИ для холдинговой компании. Роль сочетает стратегическое проектирование целевой архитектуры с практической разработкой AWS data lake, AI/ML-платформы и инфраструктуры как кода. Специалист будет внедрять стандарты управления данными, безопасности, RAG, наблюдаемости и контроля затрат, а также взаимодействовать с Finance, M&A и Business Development. Это player-coach позиция: сначала самостоятельная техническая реализация, затем формирование и наставничество небольшой платформенной команды.[Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/banyan-software.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md)SalaryCAD 180k–210k / yrDepartment[Data Science & Analytics](https://jobicy.com/categories/data-science.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceDirectorPublished8 Nov 2026Apply before8 Dec 2026Listing views44Application actions1Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. Opportunity details ## About this role. [Banyan Software](https://jobicy.com/company/banyan-software.md) is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. ### The Role We are hiring our first Lead AI Architect to design, build, and run the centralized data and AI platform that powers Banyan. The cornerstone of the work is a centralized data model, a Banyan data lake, that consolidates the data we already have and unlocks safe AI experimentation for our internal functional teams: Finance, M&A, Business Development, and others. This role is modeled on a classical Enterprise Architect role and adapted for an AI-first world. You will set the target-state architecture, choose the patterns we standardize on, write code yourself, and own the result. You will partner with our embedded business analysts and the leaders of each functional vertical so the platform stays grounded in real use cases, not abstractions. This is a player-coach role. You start hands-on. Over time you build and lead a small platform team. ### What You Will Build * A centralized data lake on AWS: the single, governed source of truth for internal Banyan data. Designed for analytics, ML, and AI experimentation. * A reference architecture for AI: patterns and building blocks our verticals use to go from idea to safe production: model selection, RAG, evaluation, observability, cost controls. * Guardrails that make experimentation safe: data classification, access tiering, sandboxes, audit logging, and clear rules for what can be sent where. * A platform team and operating model: the team, standards, and rituals that keep the platform reliable and improving as adoption grows. ### What You Will Do * Define and own the target-state data and AI architecture for Banyan. Make the trade-offs explicit and write them down. * Design and build the AWS-centric data lake. Set the patterns for storage, cataloging, query, ingestion, modeling, and lineage. Likely stack: S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena, Redshift, Iceberg or similar open table formats, plus Terraform or CDK for infrastructure as code. * Stand up the AI experimentation layer: model access via Anthropic, OpenAI and other LLM * Establish data contracts, schema standards, naming conventions, and a domain model that holds up as we add sources and acquire companies. * Partner with our Senior Business Analysts embedded in Finance, M&A, and Business Development to translate use cases into platform requirements and to unblock their work. * Define security, privacy, and AI safety guardrails. Classify data, design access tiering, and set the rules for handling PII, regulated data, and confidential portfolio information. * Stay hands-on. Write code, ship infrastructure, run code reviews, and debug production issues. Architects who do not build lose touch. * Build the team including vertical aligned Senior Business AI Analysts. Find suitable contractors for data platform engineers, ML platform engineers, and data engineers. Mentor them. Set the bar for engineering quality. * Own platform reliability, observability, and cost. Set SLOs, monitor usage, and keep the bill rational as we scale. * Represent Banyan’s AI and data architecture to our executive team, our portfolio companies, and external partners. ### First-Year Outcomes * A production-ready, governed data lake foundation deployed on AWS, with at least three priority data domains landed and modeled. * At least two functional verticals onboarded to the platform with safe, audited data access for analytics and AI experimentation. * A documented reference architecture, security model, and standards library that new use cases and new hires can plug into. * At least one AI use case running in production through the platform, with monitoring, evaluation, and a clear ROI story. * First one to two team hires made and ramped. ### Who You Are * 10+ years building data and AI platforms in production at meaningful scale. You have shipped, not just diagrammed. * Deep AWS expertise. Hands-on with S3, IAM, KMS, networking, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena, Redshift, SageMaker, Bedrock, and EKS or ECS. * Strong data architecture chops: lakehouse patterns, open table formats (Iceberg, Delta, or Hudi), data modeling, ingestion frameworks (Fivetran, Airbyte, custom), orchestration (Airflow, Dagster, or similar), and lineage. * Real experience with modern AI/ML platform patterns: feature stores, model registries, experiment tracking, prompt and evaluation frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation, and basic agentic workflows. * A working point of view on AI safety: data classification, PII handling, access tiering, evaluation, and model-risk controls. * Hands-on coder. Strong Python and SQL. Comfortable in Terraform or AWS CDK. Reads logs, fixes issues, ships pull requests. * Player-coach experience. You have led small teams, mentored engineers, set hiring bars, and grown people. * A strong communicator. You can drive an architecture decision review with engineers and explain trade-offs to executives in the same week. * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. A master’s degree is a plus, not a requirement. ### Bonus Points * Experience in private-equity-backed or holding-company environments with multiple business units and inconsistent source systems. * Experience designing AI guardrails for non-public, regulated, or competitively sensitive data. * Track record of treating internal platforms as products, with named users, SLAs, and a real adoption strategy. * Experience with Snowflake or Databricks. Useful when bridging to portfolio company data without forcing a single stack. * Past experience as the first or early platform hire at a growth-stage company. ### Why Banyan * Greenfield with real budget. You set the foundation, you do not inherit a tangle. * Real ownership of the AI and data architecture for an entire holding company. * A long-term horizon. We do not optimize for the next quarter, so the platform you build can compound. * A team that treats AI as a serious capability, not a buzzword. We have already built internal AI tooling we use every day. * A culture of accountable autonomy. We trust you to do the work. * Competitive compensation, benefits, and meaningful long-term upside. ### Quick Facts Team AI & Data Science Reports to Head of AI (And Or) Head of IT Scope Player-coach. Hands-on architect today, leading a small platform team over time. Location 100% Remote Type Full-time Level Lead Compensation Competitive base of CAD $180,000 to $210,000 plus performance bonus and benefits. Final offer reflects experience and qualifications. ### How to Apply Send your resume and a short note describing a data or AI platform you have architected. Tell us the choices you made, what shipped to production, and what you would do differently if you were starting over today. We look forward to hearing from you. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. Please Note: Banyan Software does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications submitted via email, LinkedIn, or other direct channels. All candidates must apply through our official Careers site to be considered for employment. Applications submitted outside of our applicant tracking system will not be reviewed. Recruitment Notice Banyan Software may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in screening and/or assessing applicants during the recruitment process. All hiring decisions are made by our team. Personal information submitted through your application will be collected and used for recruitment purposes in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Contact us at any time with questions about our process or to request accommodation. 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This job listing has been manually reviewed by the Jobicy Trust & Safety Team for compliance with our posting guidelines, including verification of the company's legitimacy, accuracy of job details, clarity of remote work policy, and absence of misleading or fraudulent content. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightПозиция требует более 10 лет опыта и сочетает глубокую AWS/data/AI-экспертизу с ответственностью за архитектуру, безопасность, эксплуатацию и найм. Нужно одновременно поставлять production-решения и выстраивать платформенную стратегию для нескольких бизнес-направлений. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader CA market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rateC$195,000CA market range (per year)C$180k–C$240k0C$264k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. Базовая компенсация составляет CAD 180,000–210,000 в год; годовой период логически выведен из уровня lead-позиции, полной занятости и масштаба диапазона, так как в объявлении он прямо не указан. Ориентировочный рыночный диапазон для удалённого Lead AI/Data Platform Architect аналогичного уровня составляет CAD 180,000–240,000 в год. Бонус и льготы не включены в расчёт базовой оплаты. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [AWS](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=AWS.md)[Data lake architecture](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Data%20lake%20architecture.md)[Lakehouse design](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Lakehouse%20design.md)[Amazon S3](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Amazon%20S3.md)[AWS Glue](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=AWS%20Glue.md)[Lake Formation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Lake%20Formation.md)[Amazon Redshift](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Amazon%20Redshift.md)[Terraform](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Terraform.md)[Python](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Python.md)[SQL](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=SQL.md)[Data modeling](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Data%20modeling.md)[Data governance](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Data%20governance.md)[Retrieval-augmented generation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Retrieval-augmented%20generation.md)[LLM evaluation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=LLM%20evaluation.md)[MLOps](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=MLOps.md) Sample interview questionsHow would you design Banyan's initial AWS-based governed data lake?I would begin with a domain-driven data model and land raw source data in Amazon S3 using clear account, environment, and sensitivity boundaries. I would use Glue and Lake Formation for cataloging and fine-grained access control, adopt Iceberg tables for governed analytical datasets, and provide Athena or Redshift access according to workload needs. The first release would prioritize lineage, data contracts, observability, encryption, and reusable ingestion patterns rather than attempting to onboard every source at once. How do you enable LLM experimentation while protecting confidential portfolio-company data? I would classify data before it enters the experimentation layer, enforce least-privilege access through IAM and Lake Formation, and define explicit policies for PII and confidential information. Approved model providers, prompt logging controls, redaction or tokenization, audit trails, and isolated sandboxes would be part of the default platform. Each production use case would also require documented evaluation criteria, model-risk review, and monitoring for quality, cost, and unsafe outputs. Describe how you would choose between managed AWS services and open-source components for this platform. I would evaluate options against security, operational burden, interoperability, cost, team capability, and the needs of acquired businesses. Managed AWS services are attractive for core governed capabilities when they reduce maintenance and integrate well with identity and audit controls. I would use open formats and portable interfaces, such as Iceberg and standard APIs, where avoiding lock-in and connecting to portfolio-company systems matter most. What approach would you use to turn a Finance or M&A request into a production AI use case? I would start with the user decision or workflow, define a measurable business outcome, identify permitted data sources, and establish an evaluation dataset before selecting a model. I would deliver a narrow pilot through the shared platform, monitor accuracy, latency, cost, and user adoption, then use the results to decide whether to scale. This keeps the work grounded in ROI rather than building AI capabilities without a validated use case. How would you lead a small platform team while remaining hands-on? I would establish clear ownership boundaries, engineering standards, architecture decision records, and a delivery cadence that makes priorities visible. Initially, I would personally build critical foundations and pair with early hires or contractors on high-leverage components. As the team grows, I would delegate durable service ownership while continuing to review designs, remove cross-functional blockers, and ensure platform reliability and adoption remain shared outcomes. Next step ## Apply now. Follow the employer’s application method and review Jobicy’s safety guidance before sharing personal information. 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