AI Architect III

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for an AI Architect III within our Corporate IT team to help support our business.  As a global-diversified manufacturing company, it’s sometimes hard to explain all the different things we do.  We like to say, “we’re the biggest company no one has ever heard of.”  We are confident you interact with one of our products in your daily life without knowing it.  Whether it’s the mattress you sleep on, the car you drive, the plane you fly on, or the furniture you sit on, our high-quality components are there supporting you.  If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

As an AI Architect III you will have the opportunity to partner with business and technology teams to identify opportunities where AI can improve the way work gets done.  Your contributions will have a direct impact on the business by evaluating business needs, recommending practical AI solutions, and guiding the design of secure, scalable, and supportable capabilities.  The AI Architect III will also help determine when to build solutions internally and when to use vendor or Microsoft-based tools, while supporting each solution from early discovery through deployment, ongoing support, and continuous improvement. 

So, what will you be doing as an AI Architect III?

• Partner with business teams to understand operational challenges, define requirements, and identify AI opportunities that improve processes, decisions, productivity, or user experience.
• Review proposed AI use cases for business value, feasibility, data readiness, security, privacy, supportability, and alignment with enterprise needs.
• Design end-to-end AI solution architectures, including data flow, integrations, access controls, deployment approach, monitoring, and support requirements.
• Define reusable architecture patterns, design templates, standards, and decision criteria to support consistent AI solution delivery across the enterprise.
• Evaluate build, buy, or reuse options using Microsoft technologies, existing enterprise platforms, vendor solutions, internal tools, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, data, compliance, application, and support teams to review risks, data sources, integrations, responsible AI controls, cost, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Guide implementation planning, testing, deployment, documentation, user readiness, operational support transition, monitoring, and continuous improvement for AI-enabled solutions.
• Maintain awareness of emerging AI technologies, platform capabilities, risks, regulations, and industry practices that may impact solution design.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• 5+ years of experience in IT architecture, solution design, application development, data platforms, automation, cloud platforms, or related technology roles.
• 1 to 2 years of hands-on or architecture experience with generative AI, large language models, agents, automation platforms, and AI-enabled business applications.
• Working knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, embeddings, prompt and context engineering, and LLM evaluation concepts.
• Strong understanding of data ecosystems, cloud platforms, APIs, integration patterns, identity and access controls, data classification, security, and responsible AI principles.
• Experience with enterprise architecture, solution architecture, application lifecycle practices, MLOps or LLMOps concepts, and production support models.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, document solution tradeoffs, and explain AI concepts in clear business terms.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Things we consider a plus:

• Experience designing or implementing AI solutions with Microsoft technologies such as Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or Dynamics 365.
• Experience establishing AI governance practices, including model lifecycle management, logging, auditability, risk review, and responsible AI controls.
• Experience evaluating vendor AI tools, enterprise platform capabilities, and third-party solutions against business, technical, security, and cost requirements.
• Ability to balance business value, user adoption, cost, scalability, maintainability, and operational readiness when recommending AI solutions.
• Practical delivery mindset with experience moving AI solutions from discovery and design into implementation planning, support transition, and continuous improvement.  

What to Do Next

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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