Principal, AI-Native SDLC Architecture

Job description

What You'll Do: OCC is transforming how its technology organization builds software. We have deployed AI-assisted development tools across the firm, enabled citizen development, and established AI governance. The next step is redesigning our software development lifecycle to be AI-native from the ground up — with graduated, tiered standards that work for everything from personal productivity tools to SCI-grade production systems. Research from Stanford, HumanLayer, and Qodo consistently finds that the documentation and codified practices sufficient for experienced human developers are not detailed enough to drive consistent results from AI agents. Raising that bar benefits everyone — human developers onboard faster, key-person risk drops, and cross-team consistency improves. This role designs graduated standards and practices detailed enough that any competent developer, human or AI, can consume them and produce working code. You will design a graduated SDLC framework with prescriptive practice standards at each tier of criticality, pilot with real development teams, and drive adoption across the enterprise. The deliverable is a working development lifecycle — not a document. This...