AI Strategy and Solution Architect

Role Description

Liberum continues to build out its artificial intelligence (AI) practice to meet clients where they are across a full spectrum of need. We are seeking a Strategic AI Architect to serve as a trusted advisor and hands-on practitioner, helping government and enterprise clients define, communicate, and execute AI roadmaps that are practical, scalable, and built to last.

• This is not a role for someone who only theorizes.
• You will build, demonstrate, and coach.
• You will walk into rooms full of skeptics and walk out with believers.
• You bring the technical credibility to design real AI systems.
• You bring the communication skills to earn trust with executives, agency staff, and everyone in between.
• A core part of this engagement involves helping clients understand and navigate where they are across the AI spectrum, where they should prioritize next, and how to build the internal capability to sustain what is built.
• We are looking for someone who is as comfortable in a whiteboard session as they are in a terminal window.
• Equally important, we are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys the human side of technology adoption and gets energy from helping skeptical people become confident ones.
• This person will be Liberum's public-facing AI authority in Washington State—speaking at agency and industry events, publishing pieces that shape how state and local government think about AI adoption, and serving as the named architect on our most visible engagements.
• Your roadmap and guidance will literally shape their AI future.
• You will help leaders move from fear and paralysis to clarity and momentum.
• You will be the person who unlocks capabilities that seemed impossible six months before.

Qualifications

• 7 or more years in technology architecture, solutions consulting, or a closely related discipline, with at least 3 years focused on AI or GenAI solution delivery.
• Demonstrated experience developing AI roadmaps and translating strategic intent into phased, executable plans.
• Hands-on proficiency with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and prompt engineering in production or near-production contexts.
• Working knowledge of agentic AI design patterns and multi-agent orchestration frameworks.
• Fluency with AI-native development workflows, including agentic IDEs and vibe coding approaches for rapid prototyping.
• Experience translating business intent into technical architecture decisions.
• Clear command of AI data architecture and the ability to identify and mitigate privacy and security risks at each stage of an AI pipeline.
• Demonstrated communication craft with evidence of delivering technical material across audiences with different baseline AI literacy.
• Proven ability to navigate organizational complexity, build consensus, and lead change in environments with competing priorities or significant resistance.

Requirements

• Strong candidates make their thinking visible. We screen for evidence of work, not just claims of experience.
• Applications without a portfolio submission will not progress past initial review.
• Include the following with your application:
• Resume + cover letter (standard)
• Two pieces of public-facing AI work, in any combination of the following formats:
• A published article, white paper, or blog post you authored
• A recorded conference talk, podcast appearance, or workshop facilitation
• A public GitHub repository or shared agentic project
• A sample AI roadmap, governance framework, or architecture decision document (redacted where appropriate)
• One short paragraph (200 words or less) describing your approach to introducing AI in an environment where some stakeholders fear it, some embrace it, and some believe they are more capable than the AI itself.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package with full medical, dental, life, short-term disability coverage, and 401k (4% matching, no vested period).
• Salary range varies between $165–215k annually based on experience/level of hire.
• PTO and sick leave are provided to all full-time employees.
• 9 paid holidays per year.
• Paid vacation time for regular full-time employees will be earned and accrued on each pay date.
• At the end of the calendar year, any unused vacation will carry over into the next calendar year.
• 0–5 yrs, FTE 15 days (120 hours), 5 hours accrued per pay cycle (bi-monthly).
• 5+ yrs, FTE 20 days (160 hours), 6.67 hours accrued per pay cycle (bi-monthly).
• As a WA state employer, we follow all WA state ordinances, ensuring that employees accrue sick leave at a rate of 1 hour per 40 hours worked.
• We also offer a bonus leave program for employees interested in participating.