AI Architect Lead

Role Description

This role is essentially a Senior/Lead AI Solutions Architect focused on designing and governing enterprise-scale AI agent and GenAI platforms.

• Strong experience in enterprise solution architecture, backend engineering, and distributed systems design.
• Expertise in Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Java, Go, or similar backend technologies.
• Strong experience designing APIs, integration platforms, event-driven architectures, and workflow orchestration systems.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI applications, AI agents, RAG workflows, tool-calling systems, and enterprise chatbot platforms.
• Strong understanding of LLM ecosystems including OpenAI, Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Databricks, or similar AI platforms.
• Experience designing orchestration frameworks, agent runtimes, workflow engines, and stateful task execution systems.
• Strong understanding of prompt engineering, structured outputs, guardrails, function calling, and AI safety controls.
• Experience integrating enterprise collaboration and workflow platforms including Slack, Jira, Zendesk, ServiceNow, and Confluence.
• Strong understanding of enterprise identity and access management including Okta, SCIM, SSO, RBAC, ABAC, secrets management, and governance controls.
• Experience with observability platforms, OpenTelemetry, monitoring frameworks, logging, tracing, metrics, and operational dashboards.
• Strong knowledge of secure architecture practices, enterprise governance, data privacy, compliance, and operational reliability.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, deployment automation, rollback strategies, and operational lifecycle management.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills across architecture, engineering, AI Ops, governance, security, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Experience Required: 10 & Above
• Location: Houston TX or US Remote
• Duration: 6 months

Requirements

• Core Skills:
• AI & Automation
• AI Agents
• GenAI Applications
• RAG Workflows
• LLM Platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex AI)
• Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Java, Go
• API & Integration Architecture
• Workflow Orchestration
• Prompt Engineering
• Enterprise Security & IAM
• DevOps / CI-CD
• Observability & Monitoring
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Company Description

NationMind LLC is a technology consulting firm focused on software development and QA testing services. We help clients build reliable, scalable applications with a strong emphasis on automation, performance, and quality. Our team works across industries, delivering solutions that drive innovation and operational efficiency.