AI Architect

Job Description

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what's next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 18 of the Fortune 50 companies, 7 of the 10 top US banks, 9 of the 10 technology companies, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor's mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 26 sequential quarters of growth with $487.6M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 7.8% Q-o-Q and 20.0% Y-o-Y. Our 29,500+ global team members, located in 21 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We received five awards at the ISG (Information Services Group) Provider Lens Awards 2026 and, for the second year in a row, were awarded the Growth Honor of the Year at the Everest Group Elevate 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking a highly experienced AI Architect to lead the design, strategy, and implementation of enterprise-scale AI solutions powered by Agentic AI, LLMs/SLMs, Autonomous Agents, and Generative AI platforms. The role will focus on architecting multi-agent systems, supervisory AI workflows with human-in-the-loop controls, evaluating agentic skills, design integration, workflows, and driving AI-led transformation across data and modernization initiatives. This role requires strong collaboration with business and technology stakeholders to translate AI innovation into scalable, governed, and business-aligned solutions.

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• Role: AI Architect
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• Location: Charlotte, NC
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• Experience: 12 to 16 Years
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• Job Type: Contract / FTE
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What You'll Do:

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• Define architecture and design principles, support planning of technical implementation roadmaps.
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• Partner with client stakeholders, Product Owner to identify, prioritize, and shape AI use cases aligned to business and data transformation goals.
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• Architect autonomous agent platforms with supervisory controls, human-in-the-loop workflows, governance, and auditability.
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• Design multi-agent systems leveraging planning, reasoning, memory, orchestration, and tool-calling capabilities.
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• Define agent communication and interoperability frameworks using MCP (Model Context Protocol) and modern AI integration patterns.
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• Evaluate and recommend optimal hybrid strategy for LLM/SLM and deterministic approach for enterprise AI applications, automation platforms, and transpiler solutions.
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• Research emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and industry trends to provide strategic recommendations.
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• Develop AI governance, safety, observability, security, and responsible AI frameworks.
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• Define agent mapping, policy recommendations, and operating models for enterprise AI adoption.
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• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to establish reusable AI architecture patterns and standards.
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• Support executive stakeholders through architecture reviews, technology assessments, workshops, and strategic advisory engagements
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Expertise You'll Bring:

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• Experience architecting enterprise AI platforms in regulated environments.
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• Experience designing supervisory AI systems with governance and compliance controls.
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• Strong understanding of AI risk management, explainability, and policy frameworks.
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• Experience with AI-driven modernization, code conversion, transpilers, and automation platforms.
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• Knowledge of Data Engineering, Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, and Analytics ecosystems.
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• Cloud Architecture certifications (Azure, AWS, or GCP) preferred.
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• Architect enterprise-scale Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.
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• Design hybrid retrieval systems using embeddings, vector search, semantic search, knowledge graphs, and reranking models.
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• Build scalable pipelines for document intelligence, metadata discovery, semantic mapping, and contextual reasoning.
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• Optimize retrieval quality, latency, grounding, and hallucination mitigation.
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• Architect cloud-native microservices using Python and FastAPI.
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• Design distributed event-driven architectures leveraging APIs, messaging systems, and asynchronous processing.
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• Lead implementation of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, monitoring, and platform security.
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• Ensure production readiness, resiliency, scalability, and cost optimization.
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• Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Architects, Engineering Teams, Data Scientists, and Business Stakeholders.
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• Mentor senior engineers and AI developers on architecture best practices.
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• Drive technical decision-making, architecture reviews, and innovation initiatives.
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• Support customer engagements, solution workshops, and executive presentations.
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Benefits:

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• Competitive salary and benefits package
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• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
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• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
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• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
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• Annual health check-ups
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• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
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Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

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• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
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• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
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• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
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