Senior AI Solutions Architect / Technical Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Founded in 2000, FAM Brands designs, manufactures, and sells men's and women's sportswear and active wear apparel to major retailers, big box stores, and specialty boutiques across the country and throughout the world. Our portfolio of proprietary brands features Marika, Wildfox, Three Dots, and Balance Collection, while a partial list of licensing partners includes Orvis, Jessica Simpson, Eddie Bauer, and Woolrich.

With the capacity to produce over 75 million units per year, our mission continues to be making top-quality apparel accessible to everyone at an impressive value and an irresistible price.

That's the FAM Brands difference.

SUMMARY

This role serves as the primary technical counterpart to the Director of AI & Emerging Technologies. It is designed to deepen technical execution capability while allowing leadership to expand into enterprise strategy, organizational AI adoption, portfolio governance, roadmap ownership, executive alignment, and business transformation.

This is a management-track position. Depending on the capability and leadership potential of the candidate, this role may be filled at a manager level from the outset, with a clear succession path toward a senior technology leadership role as the team scales.

Anthropic & Claude: Required Platform Experience

• Hands-on experience with Anthropic's Claude platform is required for this role.

• This individual is expected to be a practitioner, educator, and internal advocate for Claude and AI-native thinking at FAM Brands.

• Every member of the DWI team contributes to FAM's culture of AI innovation and serves as an active resource for AI enablement and education across the organization.

Business Engagement Expectation

The Architect is not purely an internal systems builder. This individual is expected to actively engage with the business: identifying new AI use cases and opportunities across the enterprise, partnering with functional stakeholders to uncover where agentic systems, orchestration, or AI-enabled workflows can drive measurable value, and contributing directly to the AI opportunity roadmap.

This role is one of two foundational pillars of FAM's emerging modern infrastructure and technology leadership team. As the practice scales, this individual is expected to grow into a senior technology leadership position.

Core Mission

Build, architect, and operationalize scalable AI systems and integrations across enterprise platforms while actively identifying new opportunities to apply AI across the business, educating internal stakeholders on AI capability, and maturing the technical engineering capability of the DWI team.

Key Focus Areas

• AI orchestration systems and agentic AI workflows
• MCP-based architectures and enterprise integrations
• LLM application development using Anthropic Claude and complementary platforms
• Context-aware AI execution and human-in-the-loop systems
• AI workflow governance and cross-platform integrations
• Business-facing AI opportunity identification and roadmap contribution
• Internal AI education, advocacy, and knowledge sharing
• Mentoring and technical leadership development within the team

Technical Requirements

Area

Requirements

Languages

Python, TypeScript, React

Data / APIs

PostgreSQL, REST, webhooks, API architecture

Cloud

Cloud-native architecture, Azure preferred

AI Platforms

Anthropic Claude (required), OpenAI, Gemini ecosystems

AI Techniques

RAG / GraphRAG, AI workflow orchestration, agentic systems

Enterprise Systems

ERP, HRIS, PLM, supply chain, workflow automation

Leadership & Education Expectations

• Mentor junior developers and analysts; establish engineering best practices
• Operate as a player-coach with clear management track potential
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify and develop new AI opportunities
• Serve as an internal educator and advocate for Claude and AI-native thinking
• Contribute to roadmap development and AI strategy alongside the Director
• Help build the infrastructure and technology leadership foundation for the practice

COMPENSATION

At FAM Brands, we are committed to fair and transparent compensation. Salary ranges for positions are based on job level, location, and market data. We offer competitive benefits and are dedicated to equal pay for equal work. Specific salary offers depend on each candidate's qualifications and experience. FAM Brands also offers all employees participation in our annual bonus program (Non-Sales) or commission program (Sales).

Compensation Range

$160,000—$185,000 USD

Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunities & Diversity

FAM Brands is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. FAM Brands makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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