Applied AI Solution Architect

Role Description

We are looking for an Agentic AI Solutions Architect to join our Applied AI team in our Agentic Delivery Center. In this role, you will lead the architecture and hands-on implementation of high-impact, production-ready agentic AI solutions that reason, retrieve, act, and integrate with enterprise systems to deliver measurable business outcomes. You will partner closely with clients, forward-deployed engineers, data engineers, and platform teams to design reusable accelerators, set technical standards, and deliver high-quality engagements that drive real business results.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive end-to-end architecture, solution design, and delivery of agentic AI solutions for enterprise clients across diverse industries.
• Design and build reusable agentic accelerators and reference architectures aligned with the Intelligence Platform that can be deployed across multiple clients in a fixed-price format.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into clear agentic solution designs that align with the phData Intelligence Platform, methodologies, standards, and best practices.
• Architect production-grade agents emphasizing reliability, scalability, security, observability, and evaluation and guardrail strategies for safe, accurate performance before and after deployment.
• Ensure engagements are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable business value for clients.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate with others to shape the architectural standards for how agentic capabilities and accelerators are built and deployed at clients.
• Design and build reusable agentic accelerators and reference architectures aligned with the Intelligence Platform that can be deployed across multiple clients.
• Establish the foundation of our India Agentic Delivery Center, by developing patterns, tooling, and ways of working that scale.
• Engage with cross-functional partners, including forward-deployed engineers, data scientists, data engineers, platform/DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders, to deliver successful client engagements.
• Ensure high quality in deliverables through code reviews, documentation, testing, governance, and adherence to security and compliance standards.
• Partner with practice and account leaders to identify opportunities to expand engagements, improve delivery, and standardize patterns for deploying and operating AI solutions.

Practice & Firm Contribution

• Contribute to internal initiatives such as IP development, accelerators, reference architectures, templates, playbooks, and training related to AI engineering.
• Represent phData with professionalism in all interactions, communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, shaping roadmaps, influencing strategic decisions, and guiding long-term initiatives.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of learning, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Help define and refine practice standards, reusable assets, and delivery frameworks.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as an AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Software Engineer, or Data Engineer building and deploying production AI/ML solutions, including recent hands-on experience building LLM-powered or agentic applications.

Requirements

• Hands-on understanding of Large Language Models, agentic architectures, and retrieval frameworks (RAG), including prompt design, context engineering, and tool/function calling.
• Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g. LangChain, LlamaIndex) and the broader agentic stack, such as multi-agent patterns, memory, planning, and protocols (e.g. MCP).
• Experience designing evaluation, guardrail, and observability strategies for LLM and agent systems (LLMOps/AgentOps).
• Hands-on experience in modern programming languages, such as Python, including developing APIs.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native AI/ML platforms (e.g. AWS Bedrock and SageMaker, Azure AI/ML, Snowflake Cortex) with proven experience deploying solutions into production.
• Complete software development lifecycle experience including design, documentation, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operations.
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and the ability to write, debug, and optimize complex and distributed queries.
• Experience delivering projects for external or internal clients in a professional services or consulting environment, ideally in a fixed-bid capacity.
• Ability to break down ambiguous problems into structured, actionable steps and drive them through to completion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English, with experience presenting technical solutions to clients and facilitating discussions with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with distributed and cross-functional teams across the US, LATAM, and India.
• Proven track record of taking ownership, managing multiple priorities, and delivering high-quality work with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building reusable accelerators, modular codebases, or products deployed across multiple clients.
• Industry experience building AI/ML solutions in life sciences, retail, financial services, or manufacturing.
• Prior experience working in global or remote teams and partnering across US, LATAM, and/or India.
• Contributions to open source technology stacks, technical communities, speaking, or writing related to AI and agents are a plus.
• A Master’s or other advanced degree in data science, computer science, or a related field.

Benefits

• Remote-First Workplace
• Medical Insurance for Self & Family
• Medical Insurance for Parents
• Term Life & Personal Accident
• Wellness Allowance
• Broadband Reimbursement
• Continuous learning and growth opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise
• Other benefits include paid certifications, professional development allowance, and bonuses for creating company-approved content