Principal Solution Architect, AI Agents (Chicago)

Principal Solution Architect, AI AgentsHelp product engineering teams design and implement scalable AI solutions that leverage WK's GenAI platform to drive impact in healthcare, legal, tax, and compliance industries. Your expertise will enable teams to deliver innovative solutions at scale.About this roleOur team is building a central GenAI Platform to empower hundreds of product teams across the organization with scalable capabilities for rapid development, validation, and deployment of AI agents. As a Principal Solution Architect, you will play a critical role in enabling these teams to design and implement solutions that leverage the platform effectively.You’ll act as a trusted advisor, helping teams navigate technical challenges, design scalable architectures, and prototype solutions. In addition to creating proof-of-concepts to demonstrate best practices and accelerate adoption, you’ll play a key role in driving the evolution of the GenAI platform by identifying gaps, proposing enhancements, and collaborating with platform engineering teams to deliver new capabilities.This high-impact role requires a deep understanding of AI agent development, cloud-native architectures, and the ability to collaborate across diverse teams. You’ll work closely with engineering, product, and domain experts to ensure the platform delivers measurable outcomes for the organization.Tech stackYou don’t need to know all of these on day one, but you should be ready to learn quickly.TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python, LangChain, MCP/A2A, RustAWS (primary), Azure, GCP; Docker, Terraform, GitHub ActionsDocumentDB, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Azure AI SearchAzure OpenAI, AWS Anthropic, Google GeminiGitHub, Confluence, SlackWhat you’ll doPartner with product teams to design scalable, secure, and reliable solutions that leverage the GenAI platform.Provide technical consulting and guidance on best practices for AI agent development, deployment, and integration.Rapidly prototype solutions to demonstrate platform capabilities and accelerate adoption.Collaborate with platform engineering teams to identify and address gaps in platform capabilities based on customer needs.Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and design sessions to ensure solutions meet security, privacy, and compliance requirements.Act as a bridge between platform and product teams, ensuring alignment on technical and business goals.Stay up-to-date with the latest AI/LLM patterns (RAG, retrieval, routing, tool-use, evals) and help teams apply them effectively.Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across teams.Team contextOrg and Sub-teams: Central GenAI Platform within Wolters Kluwer, driving innovation across businesses by creating re-usable platform services and components. Sub-teams are fewer than 10 engineers, focused on platform services or customer-facing agents.Culture and Reporting: We value a manager of one mindset, where outcomes matter more than optics. Authority is earned through demonstrated impact, not tenure or title. You’ll report directly to the Director of Engineering, AI Platform.Team Size and Impact: Our globally distributed team of ~100 engineers combines the stability of an established company with the agility of a startup. We are moving fast, and there are many areas where you can have a big impact.Minimum qualifications8+ years of professional software engineering or solution architecture experience.Strong experience designing and implementing cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).Proven ability to rapidly prototype solutions and demonstrate technical concepts.Excellent problem-solving, ownership, and cross-functional communication skills.Nice to haveExpertise in health, legal, tax, or compliance domains.Experience consulting or working directly with product teams to deliver AI solutions.Familiarity with LangChain, MCP, vector/RAG systems, and OpenSearch.Understanding of LLMs, their failure modes, and techniques like fine-tuning and model adaptation.Experience with regulatory frameworks such as SOC2, HIPAA, etc.Proven ability to deliver software products independently or as part of a small, fast-paced team.Our Interview PracticesTo maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.Compensation:$146,900.00 - $262,400.00 USDThis role is eligible for Bonus.Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process. Additional Information:Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request. SummaryLocation: USA - Chicago, IL, West Adams St; USA-IL-Remote; USA - Coppell, TX; USA-TX-Remote; USA - Austin, TX; USA - Waltham, MA; USA-CO-Remote; USA - Princeton, NJ; USA - Riverwoods, IL; USA - New York City, NY; USA-NY-RemoteType: Full time