Tekshapers · 2 hours ago
Agentic AI Architect
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expTekshapers is seeking an Agentic AI Architect to lead the design and architecture of autonomous AI agents. The role involves overseeing the lifecycle of AI solutions, mentoring a team, and ensuring governance for safety and compliance in AI operations.
Software
Hiring Manager
Rajeev R Singh
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end design and architecture of autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents (including multi-agent systems) that orchestrate complex, cross-functional business workflows
Own strategic and hands-on technical decisions for models, orchestration frameworks, vector databases, runtime platforms, observability tooling, and policy/guardrail layers to balance performance, safety, and cost
Drive the full lifecycle of agentic AI solutions, from PoCs through pilots, production rollout, and continuous optimization
Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing team of ML/AI engineers, agent/prompt engineers, and product partners focused on delivering high-value agentic use cases
Define, implement, and enforce governance for safety, security, privacy, and ethics of autonomous agents, including human-in-the-loop controls, escalation paths, and clear accountability for decisions
Partner with security, risk, legal, and compliance functions to embed organizational policies and external regulations into agent behavior, access controls, and data handling
Design and implement robust monitoring and observability for agents, covering reliability, accuracy, latency, drift, hallucination patterns, business KPIs, and critical failure modes, with clear remediation runbooks
Qualification
Required
10+ years in software, data, or ML/AI engineering, including several years owning AI or automation initiatives end-to-end
Strong hands-on experience with modern AI: LLMs, retrieval augmented generation, tool use, or autonomous agent frameworks
Proven ability to design and deliver production AI solutions integrated into real-world business processes and systems
Experience leading technical teams and collaborating closely with product, operations, and executive stakeholders
Solid understanding of AI risk, safety, security, and data privacy concepts, and how to implement guardrails in practice
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), MLOps practices, and event-driven or microservices architectures
Preferred
Prior work in a Center of Excellence or incubator role, establishing standards and reusable AI assets
Understanding of the UiPath Agentic platform
Company
Tekshapers
Tekshapers was founded in 2009, an MI, USA based Information Technology Company and our primary objective is to provide sophisticated business solutions to a group of companies worldwide.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (25)
2024 (15)
2023 (12)
2022 (27)
2021 (10)
2020 (13)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase