No Green Card (BFSI Exp) : Agentic AI Lead / Architect : Columbus OH (Onsite)
Abhijeet recruit
Hi,
I hope you're doing well !!
I’m Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, a recruiter at Avanciers, Inc., and I wanted to
reach out with a potentially exciting opportunity that might align well
with your background.
We're currently hiring a Agentic AI Lead / Architect role
with one of our long-standing enterprise clients, based in Columbus OH
(Onsite). This position offering the chance to work on impactful projects with
a highly collaborative team.
Job Title: Agentic AI Lead /
Architect
Location: Columbus OH (Onsite)
Job Type: Contract
Based on the latest guidance to hire a single resource who can cover both Architect and Tech Lead responsibilities, here is a combined JD that merges the required skills and responsibilities from both roles.
Request you to please review the same.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Ownership
- Own the end‑to‑end architecture for the AI‑agent, DSL, and SFMC automation ecosystem.
- Design agentic AI systems, backend microservices, APIs, and SFMC integrations (REST/SOAP).
- Define DSL schemas (JSON/YAML) for AI‑generated workflows, ensuring extensibility, safety, and deterministic execution.
- Establish guardrails, validation, simulation, and compliance frameworks for AI‑generated journeys and campaigns.
- Create and maintain system blueprints, including data flow diagrams, integration contracts, and deployment architecture.
Technical Leadership
- Act as the hands‑on technical lead, guiding AI/ML engineers, DSL engineers, backend developers, and SFMC specialists.
- Lead POCs, prototypes, and architectural spikes to validate design decisions and technology choices.
- Drive coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across engineering teams.
- Conduct architectural reviews, code reviews, and design walkthroughs.
- Unblock teams, make technical decisions, and ensure alignment with architectural vision.
AI/ML & Agentic Systems
- Partner with AI/ML teams on:
- Agent frameworks (Agent SDK, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel)
- RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vectorization
- LLM fine‑tuning, evaluation, and safety mechanisms
- Define prompting strategies, context engineering, and model‑interaction patterns.
Backend, Cloud & Integration Architecture
- Architect cloud‑native, highly available systems on AWS using IaC (Terraform).
- Oversee backend microservices, orchestration layers, and execution pipelines.
- Ensure robust integration with SFMC components:
- Journey Builder
- Email Studio
- Data Extensions
- Personalization logic
- REST/SOAP APIs
- Ensure observability, monitoring, logging, and reliability across all services.
Security, Governance & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and governance requirements for AI‑generated marketing workflows.
- Define architectural controls for safe execution, auditability, and data protection.
- Lead performance optimization, scalability planning, and risk mitigation.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with business, product, CRM, and marketing operations teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in a Tech Lead or Architect role.
- Strong background in AI/ML systems, including:
- LLMs
- Agentic architectures
- Prompt engineering
- RAG pipelines
- Experience designing complex distributed systems and workflow automation platforms.
- Deep understanding of DSL design, interpreters, ASTs, and compiler concepts.
- Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Java.
- Experience with cloud‑native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, and microservices.
- Proven ability to lead engineering teams, conduct design reviews, and drive technical decisions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building AI‑driven workflow automation or autonomous agent systems.
- Familiarity with AMPscript and SSJS.
- Background in marketing automation, CRM systems, or customer lifecycle design.
- Experience with security, compliance, and governance for AI systems.
- Prior experience in fixed‑bid or outcome‑based delivery environments.
- Experience with event‑driven architectures and messaging systems.