AI Architect

AI Architect Irvine, CA (2-3 days / week in the client s Irvine office, 1 day in their downtown LA office, 1 day remote) Long Term

Backend & Agent-Oriented Engineering:
- Build and maintain Python-based backend services supporting:
o Agent orchestration (supervisor/sub-agent patterns)
o APIs and system integrations
o Multi-step, asynchronous workflows
- Apply strong engineering practices (testing, code quality, error handling).

AI / LLM-Enabled Application Development:
- Deliver LLM-enabled features end to end, including:
o Prompt and context management
o Structured outputs and validation

Data Engineering for Retrieval-Based Systems:
- Design and operate retrieval pipelines to support grounding and context enrichment, including:
o Vector search and similarity retrieval
o Search and indexing solutions
o Object storage for source content and embeddings
o Caching for performance and scalability

Cloud-Native Delivery:
- Deploy and operate services primarily on AWS, following best practices for:
o IAM and security
o Scalability, resiliency, and availability
o CI/CD and environment management

Integration & UX Enablement:
- Integrate with enterprise tools and services via secure APIs and gateways.
- Support React-based front-end patterns and collaboration integrations to enable effective user experiences.

Observability & Operations:
- Implement logging, metrics, and tracing across agent workflows, model calls, and integrations.
- Support incident diagnosis, performance tuning, and ongoing optimisation.
Working with the Business
- Engage directly with business stakeholders to:
o Translate use cases into technical designs and acceptance criteria
o Communicate trade-offs across quality, cost, risk, and delivery timelines

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