Lead Architect, Atlas AI

About Cognite

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve some of the world’s hardest, highest‑impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities – including low‑code AI agents – Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

Our moonshot is bold: unlock $100B in customer value by 2035 and redefine how global industry works.

• Lead the technical design of our Atlas AI product.
• Make technical decisions that give Cognite a competitive edge.
• Ensure that the architecture in the Atlas AI Product Area is aligned with Cognite’s architecture principles, that it is scalable, can meet its SLOs and that cloud cost scales in a reasonable manner.
• Ensure LLM‑powered services are built in a sustainable way that can be systematically iterated upon and improved.
• As part of the Office of the CTO, contribute to the overall architecture and architecture principles at Cognite.
• Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, libraries and tools and drive the adoption of these in our teams.
• Lead by example by working with the teams to ensure the right level of standardization (and to help out where specialization is needed).
• Work cross‑functionally to understand the needs of our customers, partners and delivery teams building AI agents on top of Atlas AI.
• Work closely with delivery teams and other product areas to ensure our AI platform caters to their needs, for example making sure that AI agents can be used for data onboarding and contextualization.
• Work closely with security and legal teams to make sure our AI products comply with security and legal requirements, for example the EU AI Act.
• Mentor senior developers.

• 10+ years of development experience.
• Experience architecting complex systems or platforms at scale.
• Experience building products on top of generative AI or machine learning models, and an understanding of how this may differ from traditional software development.
• Fundamental understanding of generative AI and/or machine learning, and familiarity with the tools and methodologies around them, for instance for measuring accuracy.
• Experience in implementing good practices for testing and development standards across large codebases.
• Understanding of how to design high‑performance systems that consistently deliver on SLOs.
• Experience working with k8s and managed services (PaaS) on one or more of the major public clouds: AWS, Azure or GCP.

• Full‑stack experience is a plus.

• Competitive compensation.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Competitive health, dental, vision & disability coverages for employees and all dependents.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave program.
• Employee referral program.
• A highly modern and fun working environment with a sublime culture across the organization.
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects across industries.
• Paid mobile phone and WiFi.

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.