Sr. AI Architect
Chantilly, VA - USA
Job Summary
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior AI Architect to lead the design development and deployment of next-generation Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines AI coding assistants such as Claude Code OpenAI Codex and Cline and experience building autonomous AI agents capable of reasoning planning and executing complex business workflows. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can define AI strategy architect enterprise-grade AI platforms guide engineering teams and drive innovation across GenAI LLMOps and intelligent agent ecosystems.
- Design and implement enterprise-scale Generative AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Architect advanced RAG-based systems incorporating vector databases semantic search enterprise knowledge repositories and hybrid retrieval models.
- Define scalable AI architectures covering data ingestion embeddings retrieval orchestration guardrails observability and evaluation frameworks.
- Establish AI governance security compliance and responsible AI practices.
- Design and develop multi-agent and Agentic AI solutions capable of planning reasoning tool usage memory management and workflow orchestration.
- Build autonomous agents using frameworks such as:
- LangGraph
- CrewAI
- AutoGen
- Semantic Kernel
- OpenAI Agents SDK
- LangChain
- Implement agent collaboration human-in-the-loop workflows and agent monitoring mechanisms.
- Architect and optimize:
- Knowledge ingestion pipelines
- Document chunking strategies
- Embedding architectures
- Query optimization
- Re-ranking models
- Hybrid search implementations
- Work with vector databases such as:
- Pinecone
- Weaviate
- Qdrant
- Chroma
- Azure AI Search
- Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
- Lead adoption and integration of AI-assisted development tools including:
- Claude Code
- OpenAI Codex
- Cline
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Define standards and best practices for AI-driven software engineering and code generation workflows.
- Architect AI-powered SDLC automation capabilities.
- Build robust CI/CD pipelines for AI applications.
- Implement:
- Model evaluation frameworks
- Prompt management
- Experiment tracking
- Cost optimization
- AI observability
- Production monitoring
- Establish enterprise LLMOps standards and governance models.
- Mentor architects engineers and AI specialists.
- Define technology roadmaps and AI strategy aligned with business objectives.
- Engage with stakeholders product teams and executive leadership to translate business challenges into AI solutions.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Engineering or a related field.
- 12 years of overall software engineering experience.
- 5 years in AI/ML solution architecture.
- 2 years building production-grade Generative AI applications.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale AI platforms.
- GPT-4/5
- Claude
- Gemini
- Llama
- Mistral
- DeepSeek
- Open-source LLM ecosystems
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- Vector databases
- Embeddings
- Semantic Search
- Knowledge Graphs
- Hybrid Retrieval
- LangGraph
- CrewAI
- AutoGen
- Semantic Kernel
- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Tool Calling
- Function Calling
- Agent Memory Architectures
- Python (Expert)
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- C#
- Java (Preferred)
- Microsoft Azure (Preferred)
- Azure AI Foundry
- Azure OpenAI
- AWS Bedrock
- Google Vertex AI
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Terraform
- MLflow
- Weights & Biases
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Cosmos DB
- Redis
- Neo4j
- Vector Databases
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- AWS Machine Learning Specialty
- Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer
- Databricks Generative AI Certification
Required Experience:
Senior IC