[Hiring] Product Architect @Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Role Description

As a Product Architect – AI & Digital Products, you’ll be part of our Digital Product team working as a remote employee. We're building a new generation of AI-powered digital products that combine modern software engineering, Generative AI, intelligent automation, and connected customer experiences to create lasting value across our global brands.

We're looking for a Product Architect to help define what's next. This is not a traditional architecture role. You won't spend your time maintaining legacy systems or reviewing infrastructure diagrams. Instead, you'll:

• Identify emerging technologies.
• Rapidly validate new ideas.
• Architect innovative product capabilities.
• Partner with Platform Architecture and Engineering teams to bring those ideas into production.

You'll help answer one fundamental question: "How can emerging technologies create meaningful business value and better customer experiences?" If you love turning impossible ideas into production-ready products, we'd love to meet you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing enterprise software, digital products, or cloud-native applications.
• A strong software engineering background with Python and experience building production-grade applications.
• Experience building applications using Large Language Models and modern AI engineering patterns.
• Experience designing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
• A strong understanding of modern software architecture and cloud-native development practices.
• Experience with AI technologies such as RAG, semantic search, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, and AI agents.
• Experience evaluating, benchmarking, and optimizing Large Language Models and designing guardrails, orchestration, and governance frameworks.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.
• A passion for emerging technologies, continuous learning, and building innovative digital products that improve customer experiences.

Requirements

• Identify emerging AI technologies that can transform digital customer experiences and create meaningful business value.
• Translate business opportunities into innovative, scalable technical solutions across digital products and connected customer experiences.
• Build rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate new product ideas and technical feasibility.
• Evaluate commercial platforms, open-source technologies, and AI services to determine the best solution for each use case.
• Design modern AI-enabled applications using Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, semantic search, vector databases, and intelligent automation.
• Architect AI agents and multi-agent workflows that automate customer and business processes.
• Design secure integrations across AI services, enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and digital products.
• Develop reference architectures and reusable digital capabilities that engineering teams can scale into production.
• Partner with Product Managers, Platform Architects, and Engineering teams to shape roadmaps and deliver secure, production-ready solutions.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices for AI applications, APIs, governance, observability, and responsible AI development.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• Access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Opportunities for career growth and development across multiple paths.
• A diverse and inclusive culture that respects and embraces differences.
• Opportunities to give back through volunteerism and sustainable business practices.