Lead AI Engineer (Agentic AI Applications) – Contract
We’re looking for a hands-on Lead AI Engineer who can drive delivery, guide teams, and build production-grade AI applications using LLMs, SMLs, and modern distributed systems.
What you’ll do:
• Lead delivery of AI engineering projects and guide offshore/onshore teams
• Architect and build Agentic AI applications using LLMs/SMLs
• Design microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures
• Work with Python, FastAPI, Azure, Kafka, Kubernetes
• Partner with product, program, and platform teams to define scope and deliverables
• Ensure reliability, observability, and production readiness of AI systems
• Stay current with LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI tools, and bring innovation into the work
What we’re looking for:
• 7+ years in software/AI engineering with experience leading teams
• Strong system design, architectural thinking, and ability to break down complex work
• Experience with offshore collaboration
• Solid coding and problem-solving skills (LeetCode medium level)
• Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka
• Familiarity with LLMs/GenAI; Python experience is a strong plus
• Understanding of non-functional requirements like scaling, monitoring, performance
• Clear communicator who can work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
