Sr AI Architect

AI Architect – Enterprise AI & Generative AI ( Remote) - Contractual

Experience: 8+ years

Location: Remote, India

Employment Type: Contractual

Working Hours: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM IST

Client Engagement: US-based client

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on, client-facing AI Architect to lead the architecture, technical direction, and production implementation of enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions for a US-based client.

You should combine strong software engineering and cloud architecture fundamentals with practical experience building secure, scalable, and reliable AI applications. This role involves end-to-end technical ownership, from solution design and prototyping to production deployment and optimization. It is not a research-only, advisory-only, or prompt-writing position.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and delivery of AI/ML and Generative AI solutions, from discovery and proof of concept to production rollout.
• Design LLM-powered applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector databases, AI agents, and orchestration frameworks.
• Define data ingestion, chunking, retrieval, grounding, evaluation, and knowledge-refresh strategies.
• Select appropriate AI models and platforms based on quality, latency, cost, security, and operational requirements.
• Design cloud-native architectures, APIs, integrations, identity controls, monitoring, and resilient deployment patterns.
• Create architecture diagrams, technical designs, implementation roadmaps, and technical standards.
• Implement AI quality and safety measures, including hallucination mitigation, guardrails, access controls, and prompt-injection defenses.
• Guide engineering, data, ML, and DevOps teams through implementation, code reviews, troubleshooting, and go-live readiness.
• Lead technical discussions and design reviews with US client stakeholders.
• Establish production monitoring, CI/CD, versioning, incident handling, and performance and cost optimization practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or technology architecture.
• Proven experience personally architecting and deploying at least one enterprise-grade AI or Generative AI solution into production.
• Strong practical knowledge of LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, orchestration frameworks, and model evaluation.
• Hands-on experience with Python and APIs, including prototyping, code review, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Understanding of data pipelines, SQL/NoSQL databases, containers, CI/CD, MLOps, and LLMOps.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, privacy, identity and access management, and responsible AI practices.
• Experience independently leading architecture workshops, design reviews, and technical discussions with US clients.
• Excellent written and spoken English, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Availability to work from 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM IST and willingness to accept a contractual engagement.

Preferred Experience

• Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI.
• Azure AI Search or equivalent retrieval tools.
• LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, and agent/tool orchestration.
• Model fine-tuning, predictive ML, document intelligence, multimodal AI, or real-time AI applications.
• Experience in cloud modernization, enterprise integrations, data analytics, or technology consulting.
• Relevant AI/cloud architecture certifications and experience mentoring technical teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Designing secure, scalable, production-ready AI solutions rather than demos or conceptual presentations.
• Making sound technical decisions around feasibility, performance, reliability, cost, and AI risks.
• Taking ownership of architecture decisions and resolving technical blockers with limited supervision.
• Building trust with senior US stakeholders and collaborating effectively with India-based delivery teams.

Contract Details

• Initial engagement: Minimum 3 months, with extension subject to project requirements and performance.
• Working schedule: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM IST.
• Potential permanent employment: After 18 months, the client may consider direct permanent employment at its sole discretion. Conversion is not guaranteed.

Mandatory Screening Criteria

Candidates should be able to:

• Explain an enterprise AI/GenAI solution they personally architected and deployed, including architecture, scale, evaluation, and business impact.
• Whiteboard an enterprise RAG or agentic solution covering data flow, security, authentication, authorization, monitoring, and cost controls.
• Discuss real-world model-quality issues, hallucinations, privacy risks, incidents, and architectural trade-offs.
• Lead a technical design review with US client stakeholders.
• Confirm acceptance of the working hours and contractual engagement.

Apply only if you have hands-on experience architecting and deploying enterprise AI/GenAI solutions in production.

Applied AI Engineer

About the Role

We are building an AI-powered platform that transforms credit origination by automating manual processes and enabling lenders to underwrite more loans with greater accuracy and lower risk.

We are looking for an experienced Applied AI Engineer to design and build production-grade Agentic AI systems capable of complex, multi-step reasoning across financial data, legal documents, and other unstructured information.

As an early engineering team member, you will take ownership of core AI architecture, multi-agent orchestration, reasoning workflows, evaluation frameworks, and scalable AI infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop stateful, multi-agent AI systems for complex reasoning and decision-making.
• Build and optimize LLM pipelines using frameworks such as LangChain, DSPy, and GEPA.
• Implement RAG, prompt optimization, memory management, tool integration, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Develop AI evaluation frameworks using LLM-as-a-Judge and scenario-based testing.
• Implement AI observability and monitoring to track accuracy, latency, cost, and system performance.
• Build ETL pipelines and work with structured and unstructured data, SQL/NoSQL databases, vector databases, and graph-based data models.
• Integrate external tools and systems using modern agent protocols such as Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Deploy and maintain AI services on AWS or Azure.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code for reliable production deployments.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience in Python or JavaScript.
• Proven experience building and deploying production-level Agentic AI systems or complex LLM reasoning applications.
• Hands-on experience with LangChain and LLMOps, including tools such as Langfuse, Weights & Biases (W&B), or Helicone.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, multi-agent orchestration, memory management, and tool calling.
• Experience with DSPy, GEPA, or advanced LLM inference and optimization techniques.
• Strong data engineering fundamentals, including ETL, SQL/NoSQL databases, and vector databases.
• Familiarity with MCP and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Experience with AWS or Azure and modern DevOps practices, including Docker, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

Good to Have

• Experience with RLHF or RLAIF.
• Knowledge of model fine-tuning techniques such as LoRA and QLoRA.
• Experience with graph databases and graph-based data models.
• Exposure to financial services, credit underwriting, risk analysis, or document-intensive AI applications.

Why Join Us?

• Work on advanced Agentic AI and complex reasoning systems beyond conventional chatbot applications.
• Build foundational AI architecture and production-grade LLM workflows.
• Take ownership of technical decisions and system design as an early engineering team member.
• Solve challenging problems at the intersection of AI, finance, and intelligent automation.

AI Developer  

Primary Skill-set (Must have) 

• Generative AI Expertise: 2-3 years of experience in designing and implementing generative AI solutions, including knowledge of various generative and autoregressive models. Ability to apply generative AI techniques to diverse use cases such as image generation, text generation, and creative content synthesis. 

• 2 years of experience in prompt engineering, fine tuning, agentic framework, GenAI SDK’s 

• 1-2 years of experience in Agentic AI frameworks like Autogen, Lanngraph, MS Agent SDK, A2A, MCP, A2P, memory concepts, multi agent orchestration 

• 7+ years of experience in Python 

• 5+ years of experience in software development 

• Azure Proficiency: 3-5 years of experience with Azure cloud services relevant to AI, including Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Databricks, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). 2+ years of experience in Azure's capabilities to architect end-to-end AI solutions and optimize performance. 

• Architecture Design: 3-5 years of skills with the ability to design scalable, reliable, and cost-effective architectures for AI solutions. Proficiency in designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and containerized solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. 

Secondary Skills (Good to have) 

• Security and Compliance: Understanding of security principles and best practices in AI development, with the ability to implement security controls, encryption mechanisms, and access management policies to protect AI models and sensitive data. 

• Integration and Deployment: Proficiency in implementing CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Azure DevOps, Terraform, or Ansible. Experience in containerization and orchestration of AI workloads using Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Software Development: Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, with experience in developing AI applications, RESTful APIs, and microservices architectures. Familiarity with software development methodologies such as Agile or Scrum. 

• Communication and Presentation: Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Experience in preparing and delivering technical presentations, architecture diagrams, and documentation to communicate architectural decisions and design rationale effectively. 

Support with design and build to prove out agentic AI solution flow by working with other data 

scientists and engineers to build, train Large Language Model (LLM) architectures, RAG 

systems, and autonomous agentic workflows 

Key qualifications: 

>> AI solution design & Development: Design Agentic AI solutions using RAG (Retrieval-

Augmented Generation) and orchestration frameworks like LangGraph or LangChain. 

>> Model Fine-Tuning: Solid understanding and experience with Pre-train, fine-tune, and 

optimize open-source like BERT, LLama, and other proprietary foundation models for domain-

specific tasks 

>> Solid Stats and ML foundations and (vibe) coding skills with Python, PySpark 

>>  Implement validation frameworks and tracing practices (using tools like Arize) to monitor 

agent behavior, guard against model drift, and ensure compliance 

>> Collaborate with Engineering to deploy models securely on cloud and on-prem ecosystems 

Design and develop Agentic AI systems using LLMs, tools, memory,

workflows, and MCP.

Build production-grade RAG pipelines, including ingestion, chunking,

embeddings, retrieval, reranking, and evaluation.

Implement context engineering strategies for improving LLM accuracy,

relevance, and reliability.

Develop and integrate MCP-based tools and services for AI agents.

Work with LLMs, SLMs, quantized models, and model optimization

techniques for efficient inference.

Develop scalable backend services and APIs for AI applications.

Design databases and data models supporting AI/agentic applications.

Implement AI observability covering latency, token usage, cost, failures,

quality, and agent/tool execution.

Apply AI governance and responsible AI practices, including security,

access control, data privacy, and auditability.

Optimize AI systems for latency, scalability, cost, and reliability.

Collaborate with engineering and product teams to take AI solutions from

POC to production.

Strong hands-on experience with GenAI, LLMs, and Agentic AI.

Experience building RAG applications.

Strong understanding of Context Engineering and prompt/context

optimization.

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy

production-ready GenAI and Agentic AI applications. The role involves building

intelligent agents, RAG pipelines, AI APIs, backend services, and scalable AI

infrastructure with a strong focus on context engineering, observability,

governance, and model optimisation.

Key Responsibilities

Required Skills

Practical experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol).

Experience with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph,

LlamaIndex, or equivalent.

Knowledge of LLM/SLM deployment and quantization techniques.

Strong Python backend development experience.

Experience developing REST APIs using FastAPI/Flask or equivalent.

Strong understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases and database design.

Experience with vector databases such as Qdrant, Pinecone, Weaviate,

ChromaDB, or FAISS.

Understanding of AI observability, evaluation, monitoring, and

governance.

Experience with cloud platforms and production deployment is preferred.

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, Git, testing, and

CI/CD.

Senior AI Engineer

Code Generation, Agent Architecture & LLM Systems

📍 Mumbai (On-site) | Full-time | 5+ years

About the Role:

Unico Connect is an AI-first technology partner that builds custom mobile, web, and AI products for clients across multiple geographies.

We are hiring a Senior AI Engineer for a dedicated client engagement focused on building an AI-powered application builder platform - a product where users describe software in plain English and the system generates, previews, and iteratively refines working code.

The mandatory requirement for this role is hands-on production experience shipping LLM-powered systems with agent architectures, with experience in code generation or developer tooling contexts a strong advantage.

The role is product-focused and deeply hands-on. You will own everything between the user's prompt and correct code landing in the project: the agentic loop, code generation pipeline, context management, evaluation suite, and model cost strategy.

You will work alongside the Senior MLOps Engineer who operationalises the infrastructure around your system, and collaborate closely with backend, frontend, and DevOps engineers.

Responsibilities:

Agent Architecture

Design and own the agentic loop for the platform - request interpretation, planning, tool-calling sequence (read file, edit file, run build, search code, install package), and stop conditions.

Make and revisit architectural decisions on single-agent vs. multi-agent designs, including planner/executor splits and dedicated build-repair sub-agents.

Code Generation Pipeline

Own the end-to-end generation flow: task classification, context gathering, planning, targeted edits, verification, and commit.

Implement diff/search-replace-based file editing with fuzzy matching and fallback strategies.

Enforce scope discipline so the agent makes minimal diffs and does not modify code it was not asked to touch.

Self-Repair Loop

Build and tune the automated repair loop that pipes compiler, lint, build, and runtime errors back to the model with retry budgets and model escalation.

This loop is the primary quality lever - the difference between 60-70% and 90%+ build success rates.

Context Management

Build file-relevance retrieval so the agent sees the right files, not the whole codebase: dependency graphs, AST/tree-sitter-based chunking, embeddings, recency signals, and hybrid retrieval.

Implement conversation summarisation and memory for long sessions, and address long-project degradation through codebase summaries and periodic consistency passes.

Own token budgeting and prompt caching strategy.

Prompt Engineering as a Discipline

Own the system prompt and per-task prompt variants (new feature, bug fix, styling change).

Maintain few-shot examples and enforce coding conventions, stack rules, and prohibited behaviours such as no hardcoded secrets and no whole-file rewrites.

Version prompts like code with changelogs and rollback capability.

Evaluation and Quality Measurement

Design and own the evaluation suite: representative test prompts run on every prompt and model change, scored on build success rate, instruction adherence, and output quality including LLM-as-judge and visual/screenshot checks where relevant.

Define regression gates that block quality-degrading changes from shipping.

Treat evals the way engineers treat automated testing: versioned, automated, and tracked over time.

This responsibility is non-negotiable at this level.

Model Strategy and Cost

Design model routing - cheap and fast models for classification and small edits, frontier models for complex generation.

Drive cost optimisation through prompt caching, diff-based edits over full-file rewrites, and tighter context selection.

Track cost per agent run and tokens per task; evaluate new model releases against the eval suite and lead migrations when results justify it.

Safety and Reliability of Agent Behaviour

Defend against prompt injection from user content and fetched web content.

Ensure secrets never appear in generated client code.

Define what the agent's tools may and may not do in collaboration with the platform team.

Contribute to output moderation and abuse-pattern awareness.

Mentorship and Engineering Standards

Run code reviews, define engineering conventions for AI work, and raise the engineering bar across the AI team.

Work closely with the Senior MLOps Engineer on handoff of eval design, prompt configurations, and model routing logic.

Requirements:

Hands-on Production Ownership of LLM-Powered Systems with Agent Architectures (Mandatory)

Must have personally shipped and operated at least one complex production AI system - agentic, multi-step, or code generation - with end-to-end ownership of architecture, evaluation, and cost.

POCs, internal demos, and tutorial-grade work do not qualify.

5+ Years of Professional Software or AI Engineering Experience

With at least 3 years focused on LLM applications, AI engineering, or production AI systems.

Candidates with strong backend backgrounds and a clear, substantive pivot into LLM systems qualify.

Strong Python Proficiency and Service Development

Production-grade Python with FastAPI or equivalent: type hints, async patterns, streaming responses, testing, and packaging.

Not notebook-only.

Depth Across LLM APIs and Agent Systems

Production experience with at least two of OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, or open-weight models (vLLM, Ollama, Together).

Production experience with at least one agent framework (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, LlamaIndex Agents) or hand-rolled equivalent.

Hands-on with tool calling, structured outputs, and multi-step reasoning.

Demonstrated, Systematic Evaluation Practice - Non-Negotiable

Must have built evaluation harnesses that gate production releases, not ad-hoc testing.

Hands-on with at least one of LangSmith, Langfuse, Promptfoo, Ragas, or DeepEval.

Candidates with no systematic answer to evaluation should not be considered at senior level regardless of other strengths.

Cost Discipline for Production AI

Track record of measurable cost optimisation on production AI features.

Able to speak in specifics: cost per request, savings achieved through caching or model routing, context reduction decisions.

AWS Working Knowledge

Hands-on with EC2, S3, IAM, and Docker.

Comfort with CI/CD workflows and deploying AI services.

Awareness of LLM Security Failure Modes

Familiar with prompt injection patterns, understands that system prompt rules alone are insufficient, and has experience with output validation and content safety in production.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AST/tree-sitter tooling, diff-based editing systems, or compiler-adjacent work
• MCP server authoring
• Open-source AI contributions
• Published technical writing on LLM systems
• Multi-modal model experience
• Fine-tuning exposure (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT)

Role Overview

The Principal Architect leads Byteridge’s Technology Strategy & Solutions Group (TSS). This is a senior, visible role responsible for defining technology point-of-view, shaping solution narratives, guiding enterprise conversations, and influencing revenue through differentiated thinking.

The Architect owns thought leadership, reference architectures, solution accelerators, and selective engagement on high-impact deals.

Key Responsibilities

• Own, enhance & execute Byteridge’s technology strategy across priority areas (Cloud, Data, Gen AI, Modernization).
• Create and maintain enterprise-grade reference architectures, solution blueprints, PoCs and accelerators.
• Lead strategic discovery workshops and executive-level solutioning for priority opportunities.
• Partner with Content Marketing to translate technical POVs into blogs, whitepapers, decks, webinars, and sales narratives.
• Enable the Enterprise Account Executive with differentiated solution stories and technical credibility.
• Build strong partnerships with Byteridge delivery teams to identify high-impact solutions and projects that can be leveraged as compelling capability showcases for existing customers and prospective clients.
• Work with Delivery Team Architects to influence delivery standards and architectural consistency across teams.
• Research market and industry trends across technologies, popular enterprise solutions, and buyer adoption patterns. Go deep into selected domains and verticals to continuously refine Byteridge’s technology strategy, solution approaches, and positioning.
• Act as a visible external voice through talks, webinars, and published content.

Ideal Profile

• 13–20 years of experience across technology architecture, solutioning, or technology consulting roles.
• Demonstrated ability to research and synthesize market trends, emerging technologies, and popular enterprise solutions.
• Experience developing deep expertise in specific domains or industry verticals and translating that into solution strategies.
• Strong background in modern software engineering, cloud platforms, data, AI, and enterprise systems.
• Proven track record of influencing client decisions and shaping solution direction, not just designing systems.
• Comfortable working at the intersection of technology, business strategy, marketing, and sales.
• Excellent communication skills with executive presence and the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly.

Success Metrics (KPIs)

• Quarterly technology and market POVs produced and adopted internally or externally.
• Creation and reuse of reference architectures, solution frameworks, and accelerators across deals.
• Number of high-impact delivery projects converted into capability showcases and sales assets.
• Influence on strategic opportunities, measured through deal quality, size, and AE feedback.
• Thought leadership visibility through blogs, webinars, talks, or industry participation.
• Internal adoption of architectural standards and solution approaches by delivery teams.

About the Role

We are a 25-year-old company building toward a technology-centered workforce where AI agents and automation handle more of the day-to-day work, supported by people with specialized expertise.

We are automating our existing workflows, expanding our use of agentic AI, launching a sister company next year, and building a fleet of Hermes AI agents to delegate and manage work.

We are looking for a hands-on AI Systems Architect & Company Technology Lead to help build, connect, and continuously improve these systems.

Key Responsibilities

·       Own and improve our Microsoft 365 technology environment and AI-powered workflows.

·       Build automations connecting email, meetings, Planner, and other business systems.

·       Research, test, implement, and maintain AI tools and integrations.

·       Build and manage the Hermes agent fleet, including shared memory, delegation rules, workflows, and reporting.

·       Connect AI agents to business systems and SaaS platforms using APIs, webhooks, databases, and automation tools.

·       Help build an internal agentic marketing department by selecting and connecting the right AI tools.

·       Continuously troubleshoot, improve, and document our technology systems.

·       Help apply these systems as the company expands into new ventures.

Must-Haves

·       Strong technical problem-solving and self-teaching ability.

·       Solid hands-on experience building, configuring, and managing AI agents.

·       Experience connecting AI agents and multiple SaaS platforms using APIs, webhooks, databases, and automation tools.

·       Comfortable with Python, JavaScript, or similar.

·       Ability to independently research, build, test, troubleshoot, and improve systems.

·       Strong interest in AI, automation, and emerging technology.

This is a rapidly changing field therefore Direct experience working with actual Hermes agents is not required. However, hands-on experience working with AI agents is required.

What we need is someone who already understands the fundamentals of deploying AI agents, giving them instructions and tools, connecting them to other systems, and making them work reliably in a real business environment.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to help us discover and implement what is actually possible with AI today, and to lead the process of expanding workflows along with the rapidly advancing capabilities — this role is not only to implement a technology that has already been figured out.

Job Title: Chief Agentic Systems Architect

Location: Remote

Type: Contract

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are hiring a Chief Agentic Systems Architect to transform a 10+ year legacy codebase into a high‑velocity, agent‑operable architecture. This role sits at the intersection of software architecture, AI‑agent orchestration, and engineering governance. You will design system patterns, MCP interfaces, and cognitive context layers that allow LLMs and autonomous agents to safely refactor, test, and ship production code with minimal human intervention.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

1. AGENT‑OPERABLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

• Decompose legacy monoliths into agent‑readable, modular systems with strict boundaries and single responsibility
• Lead incremental modernization using the Strangler Pattern, wrapping legacy logic in modern, contract‑driven interfaces
• Enforce SOLID principles, Dependency Injection, and Hexagonal Architecture to ensure deterministic AI execution and low regression risk

2. AGENTIC FRAMEWORK & MCP LEADERSHIP

• Architect and maintain the agent context layer: standardized Skills, Rules, and Commands for AI‑driven engineering workflows
• Build and operate Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers exposing legacy APIs, services, and databases as typed, secure, AI‑consumable tools
• Own contract‑first API design as the primary interface between human intent and autonomous agent execution

3. ENGINEERING GOVERNANCE & AI QUALITY CONTROL

• Act as architectural gatekeeper for AI‑generated pull requests, ensuring scalability, security, and long‑term maintainability
• Mandate test‑driven development (TDD) and characterization testing to preserve legacy behavior during refactoring
• Monitor and optimize agentic reasoning loops to balance cost, speed, and architectural integrity

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 6+ years in software architecture, platform engineering, or technical leadership
• Proven experience modernizing large, undocumented legacy systems
• Deep hands‑on expertise with TypeScript, .NET, and Node.js
• Strong background in API design, distributed systems, and modular architectures
• Practical experience with agentic development, MCP, LLM tooling, or AI‑assisted engineering
• Bias toward clean code, deterministic systems, and production‑grade AI

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with remote‑first or globally distributed teams
• Background in SaaS transformations, scale‑ups, or private equity-backed environments
• Comfort operating in high‑ambiguity, high‑ownership settings

Job Description:

We are looking for a hands-on AI Engineer with experience in Generative AI and Agentic AI to build and deploy production-ready AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy GenAI and Agentic AI applications.
• Build RAG pipelines, LLM workflows, and AI agents.
• Develop solutions using Python, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks.
• Implement tool calling, context retrieval, and LLM orchestration.
• Integrate AI solutions with APIs and cloud platforms.
• Work with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, and CI/CD.

Required Skills:

• Strong Python programming skills.
• 3+ years of GenAI/Agentic AI experience.
• RAG and LLM orchestration.
• LangChain / LangGraph / LlamaIndex / AutoGen / CrewAI / Semantic Kernel.
• MCP and A2A knowledge.
• Cloud, APIs, Docker, and CI/CD experience.

Preferred Experience:

Hands-on experience building and deploying production-ready AI solutions.