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About the Role
The Senior Applications Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and implementing secure, scalable technology solutions that support research, evaluation, and mission-driven programs. This role combines hands-on software engineering and solution architecture with strategic leadership to translate complex business and data requirements into integrated applications, analytics, and decision-support tools.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement secure, scalable, data-driven applications using modern software development frameworks, APIs, cloud technologies, and enterprise data platforms.
- Architect integrated solutions spanning source data ingestion, transformation, data modeling, analytics, and user-facing applications to support operational decision-making.
- Develop reusable relational, semantic, and ontology-based data models; integrate and harmonize data from multiple sources; and establish data quality, governance, and traceability from source systems through reported metrics.
- Contribute directly to application development, integration, testing, debugging, and performance optimization using technologies such as React, TypeScript, Python, SQL, and REST APIs.
- Design and implement reusable technical components, integration patterns, and reference architectures that support rapid MVP delivery, maintainability, and future platform expansion.
- Translate complex research, program, and operational requirements into intuitive applications, analytics, and decision-support workflows, incorporating platform-native automation and AI/ML capabilities where appropriate.
- Design and implement solutions within Palantir Foundry/Vantage, including data pipelines, ontology models, object types, relationships, actions, permissions, and applications developed using platform-native tools such as Workshop.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Public Health, Public Policy, or a related field with at least seven years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with at least ten years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing, architecting, and implementing enterprise-scale applications, data platforms, and integrated technology solutions.
- Experience developing and deploying secure, scalable software applications, system integrations, and cloud-based solutions.
- Experience designing and implementing data architectures, data models, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, and analytics solutions.
- Experience working across multidisciplinary teams to deliver technology solutions that support business, operational, research, or analytical objectives.
- Experience applying software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile development practices, to deliver high-quality technical solutions.
- Experience with modern software engineering technologies and frameworks, including application development, database technologies, and enterprise platforms.
- Experience with Palantir Foundry, including data integration, ontology design, application development, and analytics capabilities.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis.
- Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position.
- Depending on project work, qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.
Skills
- Solution architecture
- Systems thinking
- Software engineering
- Technical problem-solving
- Data architecture
- Data modeling
- Cloud technologies
- APIs
- Enterprise data platforms
- Modern application development frameworks
- Communication
- Stakeholder engagement
- Organizational skills
- Project management
- Mentoring technical staff
- Promoting best practices
- Developing reusable architectures, standards, and implementation patterns
Location
- Remote (U.S.)
- U.S. office locations
Work Type
- Remote
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior
- 7+ years relevant experience (Master's degree)
- 10+ years relevant experience (Bachelor's degree)
Education Level
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Public Health, Public Policy, or a related field
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000—$190,000 USD
Benefits
- Total Rewards Program
About the Company
- Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally.
- AIR generates evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.
Equal Opportunity
- American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law, including, but not limited to, actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braid, locs, and twists), creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition (e.g., cancer), sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, civil union status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information, or military or veteran status.
- AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
- All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks.
- AIR maintains a drug-free work environment.