Principal Architect (AI & SaaS Platform Architecture)
- The Woodlands, United States
Posted 25 days ago
About the role
Principal Architect (AI & SaaS Platform Architecture)
Location: The Woodlands Texas
Reports To: President of intelliSPEC
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm, hybrid – Monday - Wednesday in office, Thursday & Friday optional work from home; 40 hours weekly
Travel: Minimal – 5%
About the Role
As Principal Architect, you will define and govern the end-to-end technical architecture for IntelliSPEC’s AI-enabled, multi-tenant SaaS platform. This role owns architectural vision and technical standards across application, data, AI, cloud, and edge layers, with explicit responsibility for modern web and SaaS application architecture.
You will operate at the intersection of AI strategy, SaaS platform engineering, and enterprise architecture, ensuring IntelliSPEC’s MERN-based applications are scalable, secure, resilient, and fit for safety-critical industrial environments. This role combines deep hands-on technical authority with strategic architectural governance.
The Team
You will be a senior member of IntelliSPEC’s Product and Technology leadership team, working closely with the President, Product Management, Engineering, DevSecOps, and SDET leaders. The Chief Architect sets architectural guardrails while enabling autonomous execution across frontend, backend, data, and AI teams.
What We’re Looking For – Required
- 12+ years of experience in software architecture, platform engineering, or senior technical leadership roles
- Proven experience architecting large-scale SaaS applications using modern web stacks
- Strong hands-on expertise with MERN-stack technologies, including React, Node.js, and MongoDB
- Deep experience designing API-first and microservices-based SaaS platforms
- Strong understanding of frontend architecture patterns, state management, and performance optimization for React applications
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB data modeling, indexing strategies, and scalable data access patterns
- Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into SaaS platforms, including data pipelines and inference workflows
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native platforms (Azure preferred), containerization, and Kubernetes
- Ability to define architectural standards, reference implementations, and technology roadmaps
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence executives, architects, and senior engineers
What We’re Looking For – Preferred
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms with strong tenant isolation and scalability guarantees
- Experience with Next.js or similar React-based frameworks for enterprise SaaS
- Experience with RAG, LLM-based systems, or AI-powered application features
- Experience with edge computing, offline-first, or mobile-first architectures
- Experience with security architecture, identity platforms, and zero-trust design
- Background in industrial, energy, manufacturing, or regulated enterprise environments
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own IntelliSPEC’s end-to-end SaaS architecture across frontend, backend, data, AI, and cloud layers
- Establish architectural standards for React-based web applications and Node.js backend services
- Own MongoDB data architecture including schema design, performance optimization, and lifecycle management
- Ensure AI capabilities are architected responsibly and integrated cleanly into SaaS workflows
- Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to translate platform vision into executable roadmaps
- Review and approve major architectural decisions, designs, and technology selections
- Ensure platform scalability, availability, security, and performance meet enterprise SaaS expectations
- Collaborate with DevSecOps to align architecture with CI/CD, security, compliance, and operational readiness
- Mentor architects and senior engineers, raising the technical bar across the organization
About IntelliSPEC
IntelliSPEC is transforming industrial operations with a unified, intelligent platform built for safety, reliability, and efficiency. Our solutions empower inspection teams and plant operators to work anywhere, even in low-connectivity environments, with secure, resilient, and intuitive tools.
Perks/Benefits
Competitive Pay depending on experience, Paid time off and Holidays, Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), Company Match 401(k), Company Paid Life Insurance, Company Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability, Company Paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
PK Companies Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
All hiring decisions are based on the qualifications of each candidate compared to other candidates and business needs.
We thank all applicants for their interest in our company, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form I-9.
8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday, Hybrid - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in office, Thursday and Friday option to work from home.