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AI Product Chief Architect
Location
Egypt
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
$100K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
AI Product Chief Architect
Ionic Partners
• Own the end-to-end technical architecture of Sparkrock's SIS platform, spanning legacy VB6/COM/T-SQL systems and modern C# layers • Direct AI coding agents (Claude Code) to implement architectural decisions — you design, agents build • Define and enforce architectural guardrails: domain boundaries, coding conventions, and integration patterns for AI agents to follow • Review AI-generated code for architectural correctness and behavioral equivalence with legacy logic • Participate in requirements and specification reviews, providing architectural sign-off before work begins • Drive continuous improvement of agent workflows, prompts, and guardrails • Lead technical Deep Dives and RCAs; enforce quality on incoming epics; resolve production outages
Job Requirements
- 15+ years of software development, 5+ years as architect or technical lead
- Deep C#/.NET expertise (.NET Core/8, ASP.NET Web API)
- Heavy hands-on T-SQL — writing, owning, and debugging complex stored procedures where business logic lives in the database
- Proven ability to navigate large legacy codebases (VB6, VB.NET, COM, Classic ASP)
- Already working AI-first — uses coding agents as primary development tool in current role
- Strong async written communication (remote-first team)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Benefits
- We are 100% remote and global. Live your best life wherever that may be, and never lose out on career opportunities because of it.
- Flexible work hours. We work asynchronously and don’t care when you’re online, just that you deliver great results and are there for our customers.
- We are dedicated to your growth with consistent and meaningful feedback, support in achieving your personal career goals, and access to leading-edge tools, playbooks, and technology to amplify your experience.
- Introductions to thought leaders in the space and webinars on cutting-edge tech hot topics.
- Stipend to help set up your ideal home office.
- Focus on culture: coffee chats, happy hours, cooking classes, book clubs, and more!
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