Staff AI Architect

## About the Role The AI Architect plays a critical role in our team. Working on both the frontend and backend architecture and orchestration layer for our AI systems, including retrieval-augmented generation systems, agentic systems, and tool integrations. ## Key Responsibilities - Architect and maintain Python-based services using FastAPI for internal and customer-facing AI use cases - Build and scale secure, well-structured API endpoints that interface with LLMs, vector stores, and agentic tools - Implement orchestration logic and tool chaining for advanced agent workflows - Optimize service performance and latency across AI infrastructure layers - Collaborate with frontend, AI, and devops teams to ensure system-wide reliability and observability - Set up robust test coverage and CI pipelines for backend services - Contribute to our modular architecture for tool-based reasoning agents - Stay current with emerging trends in AI engineering, LLM integrations, and scalable backend systems - Drive technical strategy and roadmap for AI infrastructure - Mentor and guide senior and mid-level engineers on architecture and best practices ## What You Will Bring To succeed in this role, you'll need deep full-stack development expertise, a strong understanding of modern architecture patterns, and a bias toward building modular, maintainable systems. ## Required Qualifications - 8+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer, with at least 3 years building scalable backend systems in Python - Strong knowledge of Flask or FastAPI for building and scaling production grade APIs - Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LiteLLM) and integrating OpenAI/Anthropic APIs - Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and RAG patterns - Experience building and maintaining infrastructure that integrates with frontends, CLIs, and external APIs - Comfortable with GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions) - Proficiency in writing robust, tested, and well-documented backend code - Track record of leading technical initiatives