What We're Looking For We're seeking an experienced AI Modernization Architect to design frameworks that enable AI-powered legacy system transformations. If you excel at identifying patterns in complex systems and enjoy designing intelligent frameworks rather than implementing individual migrations, this role offers a chance to shape how AI transforms enterprise modernization. About Our Platform At Symphony, we've developed a suite of GenAI-powered accelerators that transform legacy enterprise systems into modern, high-value technology assets. While our current implementation focuses on migrating stored procedures to modern repository patterns in modern languages (C#, Java, Node and Python), our vision extends to modernizing all types of legacy systems—from monolithic applications to outdated frontend frameworks, from proprietary middleware to obsolete integration layers. Our approach combines advanced language models with specialized engineering frameworks to dramatically accelerate modernization while ensuring complete functional reliability. For example, we've transformed a financial services client's critical communications system from complex stored procedures to a modern API-based architecture, reducing what would typically be months of manual work to weeks while achieving 100% behavioral parity. Our Team You'll join our modernization accelerator team, that is part of our broader global digital consulting practice. The digital consulting practice operates as a fully remote, highly collaborative group of specialists spread between London, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Sarajevo, and Belgrade. Modernization accelerator team works in close technical partnership with other focused groups building complementary agentic solutions, sharing insights, components, and approaches that strengthen our collective innovation capabilities. After demonstrating significant traction with our initial accelerators, we're now scaling the team to expand our impact. Role Overview As our AI Modernization Architect, you'll design the intelligence frameworks that power our transformation platform. Rather than implementing specific migrations, you'll create systems that can identify patterns across diverse legacy technologies and develop the orchestration components that sequence modernization steps (analysis → extraction → implementation → verification). Our current solution uses AI to categorize stored procedures based on their structure, identify SQL patterns, and map these to equivalent modern implementations. You'll expand this approach to other legacy technologies, designing frameworks that enable AI to understand the intent behind various legacy systems and generate appropriate modern equivalents. Your work will establish the blueprint for how our AI-powered modernization applies across the enterprise technology landscape.
Key Responsibilities
Design architectural frameworks that enable AI-powered transformation across diverse legacy technologies, building on our successful database modernization approach
Create meta-level abstraction models that automatically identify patterns in legacy systems regardless of the specific technology
Develop orchestration systems that sequence the generalized modernization process: legacy analysis → business rule extraction → modern implementation → parity verification
Establish verification frameworks that ensure 100% functional equivalence between legacy and modernized systems
Determine the optimal blend of generative AI capabilities with traditional analysis and automation techniques
Design systems that can adapt our modernization approaches to different client environments and technology stacks
Collaborate with our global team and partner with groups developing complementary agentic solutions to create an integrated modernization ecosystem
Ideal Candidate Profile
You think naturally at the system design level rather than just implementation
You're energized by creating frameworks and patterns that others can apply
You see the potential of AI as a human-guided modernization accelerator, not just a tool
You excel at identifying meta-patterns across diverse technical challenges
You're experienced in remote collaboration with multidisciplinary, global teams
You enjoy the cross-pollination of ideas across different technical domains
Qualifications
7+ years of experience in enterprise software architecture and modernization
Strong background in enterprise architectures
Background working with Gen AI technologies in practical applications (preferred)
Experience with AWS or Azure cloud environments
Track record of designing systems and frameworks that enable others to implement effectively
Experience collaborating across global, remote teams (preferred)
Why Join Now Our modernization accelerators have proven their value with initial clients, creating the perfect opportunity to join as we scale. You'll work with a global team of digital experts while helping shape the future of AI-powered modernization. By joining now, you'll have outsized influence on our technical direction while working at the cutting edge of GenAI application in enterprise software transformation. This is a rare chance to apply meta-level thinking to one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise technology.
