What are the responsibilities and job description for the .NET AI Architect - .NET & Azure & Open AI position at Photon?
Role: .NET AI Architect - .NET & Azure & Open AI
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)
We are looking for a highly experienced .NET Architect to lead the design and implementation of an intelligent, scalable content generation system that uses OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Search, and external data enrichment APIs (NOAA, SoilGrids, Google Trends, internal analytics). This system will power hyper-local, SEO-optimized content across a network of headless WordPress sites.
Description for Internal Candidates
Key Responsibilities
- Solution Architecture: Define and own the end-to-end architecture for an agentic AI content generation platform, leveraging Azure services, .NET, and OpenAI.
- Agent-Oriented Design: Architect modular, event-driven agents for content generation
- Data Integration: Build connectors to third-party APIs and harmonize structured/unstructured data for LLM prompts.
- AI Orchestration: Design pipelines using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns with Azure Cognitive Search and Azure OpenAI.
- Headless Publishing: Integrate with WordPress via REST/GraphQL APIs for seamless page creation, preview, and publishing.
- Scalability & Performance: Design for multitenancy, high-availability, and elastic scale using Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Durable Functions.
- Security & Governance: Implement secure API authentication, rate-limiting, observability, and prompt logging for compliance and auditability.
- DevOps & Delivery: Collaborate with the DevOps team to implement CI/CD pipelines, IaC (Bicep/ARM/Terraform), and automated testing.
Required Skills
.NET Core - 7.0 , ASP.NET Core APIs, Dependency Injection
Cloud - Azure Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Cognitive Search
AI/LLM - Azure OpenAI, RAG pattern, prompt engineering
Data - REST APIs, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, external API consumption
DevOps - Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bicep/ARM
Architecture - Event-driven, agent-based systems, microservices, API-first design
Security - OAuth2, managed identity, secure API access
Integration - WordPress REST/GraphQL APIs, CRM data, analytics ingestion
Documentation - Mermaid diagrams, architectural decision records (ADR), Swagger/OpenAPI specs