What are the responsibilities and job description for the .Net Architect with AI experience position at Photon?
Job Details
Client: Photon
Position: .Net Architect with AI experience
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Duration: Contract or Full time
Short Description for Internal Candidates
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
Area 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
Preferred Experience
Experience building content automation or AI-based CMS tools
Familiarity with SEO strategy, schema.org, and headless CMS patterns
Experience with multi-brand/multi-site architecture
Understanding of semantic search, vector DBs, and embeddings