Applied AI Architect
Architects and guides enterprise Claude implementations in Japan, serving as a technical advisor from discovery and evaluation through deployment. The role requires 5+ years in customer-facing technical roles, scalable cloud architecture experience, strong communication skills, and native Japanese with business-level English.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Partner with account executives across Japan to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions aligned with business objectives and implementation needs.
- Serve as the primary technical advisor to enterprise customers across Japan throughout their Claude adoption journey, from discovery and evaluation through deployment.
- Coordinate internally across multiple teams and stakeholders to drive customer success.
- Support customers building with the Claude API and Claude for Work.
- Create and deliver technical content for audiences across Japan, from engineering and development teams to business executives.
- Guide technical architecture decisions and help customers integrate Claude into their existing technology stacks.
- Help customers develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance for specific use cases.
- Identify common integration patterns and contribute insights to Product and Engineering teams.
- Travel occasionally to customer sites for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building.
- Maintain strong knowledge of developments in LLM capabilities and implementation patterns.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or Technical Account Manager.
- Native-level Japanese fluency and business-level English.
- Experience working with enterprise customers and navigating complex, multi-stakeholder buying cycles.
- Ability to build relationships and communicate technical concepts to C-suite executives, engineering teams, IT teams, and other stakeholders.
- Strong technical communication skills, including translating customer requirements between technical and business stakeholders.
- Experience designing scalable cloud architectures and integrating with enterprise systems.
- Comfortable with Python.
- Familiarity with common LLM frameworks and tools, or a background in machine learning or data science.
- Ability to collaborate across organizations, work through trade-offs, and balance competing priorities.
- Strong teaching, mentoring, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Passion for using technology safely and beneficially to advance safe AI systems.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- Collaborative office environment.
- Visa sponsorship may be available depending on the role and candidate.
Skills
Claude API, Claude For Work, Python, LLMs, Llm Frameworks, Machine Learning, Data Science, Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Integration, Evaluation Frameworks
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