# AI Solutions Architect & Tech Lead at Simple Technology Solutions

> United States · Staff · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Asimpletechnologysolutions%3A6234989004 (read 2026-11-07).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Simple Technology Solutions](https://alderhq.app/companies/simple-technology-solutions)
- Location text: Washington, DC; Washington, DC
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Washington, DC; Washington, DC")
- Posted: 2026-10-26 (12 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-03
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/simpletechnologysolutions/jobs/6234989004
- Skills listed (inferred): AWS, LLMs

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (Washington DC, n 176): p25 $136k, median $161k, p75 $191k

## Description (the employer's text)

At Simple Technology Solutions, our people are our priority. We know our team members are more than employees—they’re parents, friends, volunteers, artists, and athletes. That’s why we offer flexibility to help them thrive personally and professionally while delivering exceptional solutions to our Federal Government clients.

Our culture is built on collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence. We are mentors and thought leaders who share knowledge and foster growth. Recognized as a “Best Place to Work,” we believe a range of perspectives helps us drive innovation and exceed customer expectations. At STS, taking care of our people isn’t a perk—it’s the standard.

As a HUBZone company, we also offer special incentives for team members living in qualified HUBZones. Check out the HUBZone map HERE to see if you qualify!

Simple Technology Solutions is looking for an AI Solutions Architect & Tech Lead to add to our team.

### Quick Position Overview

- US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance are required
- Bachelor's Degree is required
- Minimum of 8 years' position related experience is required
- AWS Solutions Architect certification (Associate or Professional) preferred for hire; the AWS and Anthropic Claude certifications listed under Required Certifications must be earned within 12 months of hire
- Remote position with occasional travel to client sites and STS events
- Candidates living in the DC Metro region (within driving distance for quarterly in-person team events) are strongly preferred; STS is a HUBZone company, so residence in a HUBZone is favored for remote candidates
### The Role

The AI Solutions Architect & Tech Lead is the technical and delivery owner of an STS AI application project, from first conversation with the client through production release. You establish and run new projects using the STS SDLC for AI App Development and your own AI tooling, deciding how the lifecycle is tailored, whether the OpenCORA web-app chassis applies, and when AWS-native generative AI services are the right answer instead. Success looks like a small team shipping working software to real federal users every week, with a clean audit trail from requirements to code, and clients who trust your judgment on what to build next. You are the person STS points to when a customer asks, "Who is going to make our AI solution real?"

### The AI Solutions Architect & Tech Lead at STS will

- Lead the technical delivery of AI application projects for federal clients, serving as the accountable architect and day-to-day tech lead for a team of engineers, analysts, and testers.
- Establish each new project on the STS SDLC for AI App Development, tailoring its phases (Agree, Prove, Deliver, Validate), gates, and templates to the project's size, risk, and client constraints.
- Design solution architectures for generative AI applications, including retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and integrations with client systems, and document them in architecture decision records.
- Decide when to build on the OpenCORA chassis, when to build on AWS-native services such as Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Agents, Knowledge Bases, Lambda, and API Gateway, and when to use Claude Code and agentic development tooling directly.
- Run the team's agile delivery approach, choosing Kanban or Scrum per project, owning backlog grooming and prioritization, and using AI assistance for those activities wherever the client allows.
- Operate as the conductor of the project's AI development workflow, orchestrating shared agents and skills across developer, tester, and release-manager roles and keeping the requirements trio (use cases, mockups, specifications) as the source of truth.
- Drive mission fit by getting cheap, early feedback from actual end users before and during the build, and adjust scope and priorities based on what is learned.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for the client, communicating status, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations in plain language.
- Enforce engineering standards including test-driven development, infrastructure as code, and the DEV/TST/STG/PRD promotion path, and remove obstacles that slow the team down.

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