AI Architect

About Persistent

We are an AI-led platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate whats next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world including 18 of the Fortune 50 companies 7 of the 10 top US banks 9 of the 10 technology companies and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptors mindset commitment to client success and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation leadership and inclusion. We have delivered 26sequential quarters of growth with $487.6M in Q4 FY26 revenue up 7.8% Q-o-Q and 20.0% Y-o-Y. Our 29500global team members located in 21 countries have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We received five awards at the ISG (Information Services Group) Provider Lens Awards 2026 and for the second year in a row were awarded the Growth Honor of the Year at the Everest Group Elevate 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking a highly experienced AI Architectto lead the design strategy and implementation of enterprise-scale AI solutions powered by Agentic AI LLMs/SLMs Autonomous Agents and Generative AI platforms. The role will focus on architecting multi-agent systems supervisory AI workflows with human-in-the-loop controls evaluating agentic skills design integration workflows and driving AI-led transformation across data and modernization initiatives. This role requires strong collaboration with business and technology stakeholders to translate AI innovation into scalable governed and business-aligned solutions.

• Role: AI Architect
• Location: Charlotte NC
• Experience: 12 to 16 Years
• Job Type: Contract/ FTE

What Youll Do:

• Define architecture and design principles support planning of technical implementation roadmaps.
• Partner with client stakeholders Product Owner to identify prioritize and shape AI use cases aligned to business and data transformation goals.
• Architect autonomous agent platforms with supervisory controls human-in-the-loop workflows governance and auditability.
• Design multi-agent systems leveraging planning reasoning memory orchestration and tool-calling capabilities.
• Define agent communication and interoperability frameworks using MCP (Model Context Protocol)and modern AI integration patterns.
• Evaluate and recommend optimal hybrid strategy for LLM/SLM and deterministic approachfor enterprise AI applications automation platforms and transpiler solutions.
• Research emerging AI technologies frameworks and industry trends to provide strategic recommendations.
• Develop AI governance safety observability security and responsible AI frameworks.
• Define agent mapping policy recommendations and operating models for enterprise AI adoption.
• Collaborate with engineering product and business teams to establish reusable AI architecture patterns and standards.
• Support executive stakeholders through architecture reviews technology assessments workshops and strategic advisory engagements

Expertise Youll Bring:

• Experience architecting enterprise AI platforms in regulated environments.
• Experience designing supervisory AI systems with governance and compliance controls.
• Strong understanding of AI risk management explainability and policy frameworks.
• Experience with AI-driven modernization code conversion transpilers and automation platforms.
• Knowledge of Data Engineering Data Governance Data Quality Metadata Management and Analytics ecosystems.
• Cloud Architecture certifications (Azure AWS or GCP) preferred.
• Architect enterprise-scale Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.
• Design hybrid retrieval systems using embeddings vector search semantic search knowledge graphs and reranking models.
• Build scalable pipelines for document intelligence metadata discovery semantic mapping and contextual reasoning.
• Optimize retrieval quality latency grounding and hallucination mitigation.
• Architect cloud-native microservices using Python and FastAPI.
• Design distributed event-driven architectures leveraging APIs messaging systems and asynchronous processing.
• Lead implementation of CI/CD Infrastructure as Code observability monitoring and platform security.
• Ensure production readiness resiliency scalability and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with Product Owners Data Architects Engineering Teams Data Scientists and Business Stakeholders.
• Mentor senior engineers and AI developers on architecture best practices.
• Drive technical decision-making architecture reviews and innovation initiatives.
• Support customer engagements solution workshops and executive presentations.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties flexible work hours and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life personal accident and Mediclaim hospitalization for self spouse two children and parents

Values-Driven People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals including those with disabilities and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Lets unleash your full potential at Persistent- is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.