AI Solutions Architect

AI Solutions ArchitectAnywhereType: ContractCategory: ArchitectureIndustry: Financial ServicesWorkplace Type: RemoteStandard Hours: OpenReference ID: JN -092026-108624Date Posted: 09/15/2026Shortcut: client is seeking an AI Solutions Architect to enable product teams to ship AI-native capabilities. You will embed with one solution team at a time, co-building production vertical slices across LLM features, agentic workflows, tool calling, and RAG on top of an AI middleware platform. You will establish evaluation discipline, design reusable platform capabilities, and coach engineers and product managers so teams continue to iterate after you rotate. Success is measured by sustained delivery of AI features in production, not by prototypes.Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.Rate: $100.00 to $125.00/hr. w2Responsibilities:Co-build production vertical slices with solution team engineers, including LLM features, agentic workflows, tool calling, and RAG integrated with an AI middleware platform.Own evaluation engineering with golden datasets, rubrics, LLM-as-judge, hallucination and regression detection, and CI/CD quality gates, and transition ownership to the team.Design and build reusable platform capabilities on the AI middleware and guide teams through onboarding.Decide when to use generative AI versus deterministic approaches.Support discovery and shaping through a Catalyst-style program from pain-point identification to first working slice with middleware integration and baseline evaluations.Implement model routing, guardrails, observability, and cost controls.Coach engineers and product managers on AI-native software patterns, including agent harness and tool design.Produce durable artifacts such as architecture notes, evaluation suites, runbooks, and implementation patterns.Experience Requirements:Shipped LLM-powered functionality to real users with exposure to production issues.Hands-on evaluation engineering with golden datasets, rubrics, LLM-as-judge, and automated quality gates.Agentic architecture experience across tool calling, orchestration, context and memory management, and multi-step workflows.RAG and semantic search implementation.Azure, cloud-native services, REST APIs, and CI/CD.Strong software engineering fundamentals with direct coding contributions.Ability to become productive in a new codebase and business within 6 to 8 weeks.Clear communication of technical decisions to both engineers and product managers.Preferred: Azure OpenAI, Azure Container Apps, Terraform.Preferred: LiteLLM or similar routing, Langfuse or similar observability.Preferred: Experience embedding with or coaching product teams, including consulting or platform enablement.Preferred: Facilitation of discovery or use-case prioritization sessions.Preferred: Exposure to financial systems, payments, or Office of the CFO.Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io Eliassen Group:Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and AffirDon't miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!J-18808-Ljbffr