AI Architect

About Planet DDS 

We’re on a mission to fix dental software - and we’re not playing small. Our platform replaces clunky, outdated systems with modern, cloud-based, AI-powered technology built to actually work at scale. From practice management to imaging to revenue cycle automation, we’re tearing down the old infrastructure and rebuilding the future of dentistry. Planet DDS is the fastest-growing provider of dental practice management solutions and the #1 cloud platform for DSOs and multi-location groups.

Here, you won’t just join a team - you’ll join a movement. We want bold thinkers who are ambitious enough to push limits, empathetic enough to work as one, and accountable enough to own big outcomes. Trust is our currency, collaboration is our edge, and impact is our fuel. If you’re ready to grow fast, challenge the status quo, and help reinvent an entire industry, Planet DDS is where you belong.

To learn more, visit: Planet DDS. 

Overview

We are seeking a passionate and innovative AI Architect to join our AI innovation team. This role focuses on designing enterprise-grade architectures for AI-driven solutions and agentic workflows that transform how dental practices operate. You will be a hands-on architect who not only designs systems but actively codes alongside your team, architecting solutions using advanced AI frameworks, consolidating structured and unstructured data, and orchestrating intelligent agent-based systems. The ideal candidate has software architecture experience, with proven expertise in AI/ML systems, cloud platforms, and a passion for rapid innovation using modern AI development tools. This candidate can set technical direction, mentor engineers, and build proof-of-concepts that engineering teams harden into scalable, production-grade solutions. 

Location: *This role requires onsite presence in our Irvine, CA office for the first 4-6 weeks.

Job Duties

• Architecture Design: Design scalable, modular architectures for AI-driven applications and agentic workflows. Define technical standards, design patterns, and best practices for building systems that use LLMs, multi-agent orchestration, and data consolidation across structured and unstructured datasets.  

• Agentic Workflow Design: Design and implement multi-agent systems (planner-executor, tool-calling, memory, state management, evaluation loops). Design agent-to-agent communication patterns, state management, and orchestration strategies for autonomous workflows in healthcare. 

• Data Architecture & Consolidation: Architect solutions that unify and reason over structured and unstructured data sources (databases, documents, APIs, logs, event streams) to power intelligent AI agents with RAG, hybrid retrieval, and semantic search capabilities. 

• Security & Compliance: Design secure data handling, encryption, audit logging, and access control mechanisms for sensitive patient data in AI systems, considering healthcare compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST). 

• AI Tooling & Velocity: Use modern AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, LangChain, LangGraph, v0.app, etc.) to create hands-on architectural solutions, proof of concepts, and prototypes that validate decisions and guide product strategy. 

• System Integration: Integrate AI-driven and agentic solutions with existing dental practice management systems, EHRs, RCM platforms, and third-party applications. Ensure seamless data flow, API design, and interoperability across complex healthcare ecosystems. 

• Technical Leadership: Provide architectural guidance, mentorship, design reviews, define standards, and improve engineering quality in AI-first systems. 

• Stakeholder communication: Collaborate with product managers, designers, data teams, and leadership to transform ambiguous problems into clear technical strategies using prototypes for alignment and decision-making. 

Skills and Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor’s or master's degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a closely related discipline is required. 

• Experience: 7+ years of software engineering and/or architecture experience, with at least 2+ years focused on AI/ML systems, agentic based architectures, or similar advanced technologies. Proven track record designing and implementing largescale systems; startup or Innovation team experience is a plus. 

• Agentic & LLM Systems: Strong hands-on experience with LLM-based systems, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, multi-agent architectures, and orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, LangGraph, or similar. 

• AI-First Development Tooling: Hands-on with AI-powered tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Figma, MCP, v0.app, etc.) and the ability to treat AI agents as a primary development accelerator. 

• Software Engineering Stack: Strong understanding of software development principles and architecture. Proficiency with C#, .NET, OpenAPI, Python, PyTorch (or equivalent), Docker, Git, Microservices, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD. 

• Data & Databases: Expertise in designing data pipelines, ETL processes, and data consolidation strategies. Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS) and RAG architectures, plus a strong understanding of both structured databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Cosmos DB) and unstructured data management. 

• Cloud Platform: Knowledgeable in at least one major cloud platform (Azure recommended; AWS or GCP acceptable) with awareness of multi-cloud architectures and tradeoffs. Demonstrated experience with cloud native design patterns, microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless architectures and Infrastructure-as-Code.  

• Communication & Influence: Effective communication skills to explain complex programming or AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences; ability to influence without authority and drive alignment through artifacts and prototypes. 

• Attributes: Strong problem-solving skills, creativity, curiosity, and a passion for innovation. Comfortable working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where experimentation is valued. 

• Healthcare Domain (Preferred, not required): Familiarity with healthcare systems, dental practice management software, EHR systems, RCM workflows, or healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is preferred but not required. Understanding of HIPAA compliance and healthcare data security is a plus. 

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance 
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and 401(k) match
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• FTO or Vacation
• Sick Time
• Employee Well-Being program
• 11 paid holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employee Referral program
• Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  This position is also eligible for variable pay as part of the total compensation package.

PLANET DDS CORE IDEOLOGY:

To encourage measurable progress toward our vision and make the best decisions on behalf of employees and customers, we adopted a set of common values:

• Collaborative – Working independently and across teams, we create scalable solutions to enable company growth
• Empathetic – We are educated on the experience of our customers and feel vested in their success
• Accountable – We feel ownership for the quality of our work and take pride in the positive outcomes
• Trustworthy – We operate with integrity and honest, making promises we know that we can keep
• Ambitious – We are driven by our ability to make a long-term, positive impact on the lives of dental market leaders

Planet DDS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.