# Principal AI Architect at Rubrik

- Company: Rubrik
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Khosla and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://www.rubrik.com/en
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://www.rubrik.com/company/careers/departments/job.8223656?gh_jid=8223656&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/rubrik-principal-ai-architect/

## About the role

At Rubrik IT, we are transforming how the enterprise thinks and operates — building a "thinking enterprise" where intelligent, agentic systems reason across our data, tools, and workflows to drive speed, quality, and measurable business impact. As an AI Architect, you will be a pivotal technical leader driving AI Native solutions that make this vision real. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of core Software/Systems Engineering architecture experience, including 4+ years dedicated to building and deploying applied AI/ML systems in production
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s/Ph.D. is a plus)
- Direct hands-on experience with Generative AI technologies, including LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), context graphs, memory management, and agentic AI architectures
- Extensive hands-on experience with the modern AI data ecosystem, including Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate) and Graph Databases (e.g., Neo4j)
- Experience with distributed systems architecture, event-driven streaming platforms, and cloud AI/ML platforms (e.g., GCP Vertex AI, AWS SageMaker, Azure OpenAI)
- Strong ability to work across data, model, application, and infrastructure layers, operating effectively with incomplete information and ambiguous problems

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