Product Architect - AI-Powered Developer Tools

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Role Snapshot

air-gapped, enterprise-grade developer tooling

Key Responsibilities

• On-Prem Architectural Ownership

  – design a fully self-hosted, distributed architecture that runs on VMs, bare-metal, or private Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters—data-plane to UI.

• Rapid Innovation Research

  – scout open-source / offline-capable AI techniques, prototype them in Python/TypeScript/Go, and distil viable features for the roadmap.

• Self-Hosted AI/ML Integration

  – deploy and fine-tune local LLMs (Llama-3, Mistral, Ollama, GPT-J, etc.), embeddings, and code-intel models with sub-second latency—no external calls.

• Secure Build & Packaging

  – craft hardened build pipelines, sign binaries, embed anti-reverse-engineering guards, and own SBOM & vulnerability closure.

• DevOps & CI/CD Leadership (Behind the Firewall)

  – standardise Docker images, private registries, and IaC (Ansible/Terraform/Helm) for on-prem clusters; enforce shift-left security.

• Technical Leadership

  – run design reviews, create ADRs, mentor and unblock an 8-10 dev team, keeping docs & diagrams one sprint ahead.

• Performance & Reliability

  – set SLOs, choose the right caches/queues, and tune until users feel performance is instant.

Ideal Candidate Traits

• 8–12 years

  building large, scalable on-prem or hybrid dev-tool products;

  3+ years

  as lead/principal architect.
• Fluent in at least two of

  Python, TypeScript/Node, Go, Rust

  ,

  Java

  plus AI/ML frameworks.
• Proven track record of shipping

  self-hosted LLM/ML solutions

  without external API dependencies. • Deep expertise in

  distributed systems

  , secure SDLC, Docker/K8s/OpenShift, and private IaC tooling.
• Thrives on turning research spikes into production-ready features—fast.

You'll be a good fit if you:

• Were a cracked builder before the Al wave.
• Have Al fully embedded in your workflow but didn't need it to be great.
• Know how to use tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Google CLI, Windsurf, Replit, and Lovable — and push them to the limit.
• Can build entirely functional prototypes within 1-2 hours using AI tools.
• Have built products people use (and love).
• Care more about who you work with than what you work on.
• Ship fast, iterate faster, and value momentum over perfection.
• See coding as craft — performance, polish, and UX matter to you.
• Are allergic to bureaucracy and energized by ownership.

Why Smart Analytica?

• Green-field canvas:

  define the DNA of a next-gen, on-prem AI coding platform.

• Hands-on freedom

  : founders expect you to lead and code.

• Tight-knit team

  : builders who care about craft, speed, and each other.

Ready to sketch the blueprint and ship it on-prem?

hiring@smart-analytica.com