S M Software Solutions Inc · 14 hours ago
AI Lead Developer (Generative AI / Agentic AI)
Herndon, VA
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expS M Software Solutions Inc is a global high-tech enterprise seeking an AI Lead Developer specializing in Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. This senior role focuses on driving the design, development, and industrialization of these solutions, overseeing the journey from proof of concept to production while ensuring enterprise-grade quality and security.
Information TechnologyIT InfrastructureRecruitingSoftware Engineering
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
Define solution architecture for GenAI/agentic capabilities (RAG, tool/function calling, orchestration, guardrails)
Make design decisions balancing quality, latency, cost, and compliance; produce lightweight architecture artifacts and decision logs
Hands-on Delivery (Prototype to Production)
Build and deploy production-ready GenAI services/APIs (microservices) and reusable components (accelerators, templates, SDKs)
Implement data ingestion + retrieval pipelines (chunking, embeddings, indexing) and integrate enterprise data sources
Establish evaluation approach (benchmarks, regression tests, golden datasets) and manage prompt/model versioning
LLMOps / Platform Enablement
Implement CI/CD, automated testing gates, rollout strategies, monitoring/logging/tracing, and operational runbooks
Support incident/change workflows and ensure production readiness (SLOs, resiliency, cost controls)
Security, Privacy & Responsible AI
Implement controls for PII protection, access management, auditability, prompt-injection mitigation, safety filters, and governance alignment
Collaboration & Mentoring
Partner with product, architecture, data, and security stakeholders; translate requirements into backlog and deliverables
Mentor engineers and align distributed/global teams on standards and delivery practices
Qualification
Required
8+ years software engineering; 2+ years delivering GenAI/LLM solutions (hands-on)
Demonstrated success taking at least one GenAI solution into production (not only PoCs)
Strong coding in Python (and/or Java/Go/TypeScript) plus API/service engineering
Strong GenAI fundamentals: RAG, embeddings, prompt lifecycle, tool/function calling, agentic patterns, evaluation methods
Cloud-native engineering: containers, Kubernetes (or equivalent), CI/CD, IaC, observability
Ability to work onsite in Herndon ≥3 days/week
Preferred
Hands-on GCP (e.g., Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run/GKE, Pub/Sub, IAM/Secret Manager)
Classical AI/ML exposure for hybrid systems (prediction + GenAI)
Experience with vector DB / enterprise search and working in regulated/high-security environments
Company
S M Software Solutions Inc
SMSS Inc. is the best solution company specialized in providing Information Technology and Management Consulting.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase