GE Vernova Advanced Research is seeking an experienced Data Architect to modernize enterprise data platforms for the AI era, transforming structured and unstructured data assets into AI-ready infrastructure to support AI capabilities like RAG, vector search, and multi-modal AI applications.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a Data Architect, Data Platform Engineer, or similar role with enterprise data systems
- 5+ years of experience working with both structured (SQL databases, data warehouses) and unstructured data (documents, logs, multimedia)
- Understanding of modern document processing using multi-modal LLMs and traditional extraction methods
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience in data processing libraries
- 12+ years of experience modernizing legacy data architectures for cloud and AI workloads
- Deep expertise in unstructured data processing using both multi-modal LLMs and traditional methods
- Experience with multi-modal LLMs for document understanding and their cost/performance trade-offs
Responsibilities
- Design scalable architectures for processing and indexing unstructured data (PDFs, documents, emails, logs, images) for AI consumption
- Architect document processing pipelines that leverage multi-modal LLMs (GPT-4V, Claude, Gemini) for direct document understanding without traditional OCR preprocessing
- Implement intelligent document extraction using LLMs' native vision and context capabilities to handle complex layouts, tables, and mixed media
- Design metadata extraction and enrichment pipelines that enhance discoverability of unstructured assets
- Build architectures for multi-modal AI applications that combine structured and unstructured data sources
- Design end-to-end RAG architectures that leverage existing data lakes and enterprise knowledge bases
- Architect hybrid search systems combining traditional keyword search with semantic/vector search capabilities
Other
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals at the Bachelor’s level for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
- Must be 18 years or older.
- You must submit your application for employment on the careers page at www.careers.gevernova.com to be considered.
- Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
