S M Software Solutions Inc · 11 hours ago
AI Lead Developer (Generative AI / Agentic AI)
Herndon, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expS M Software Solutions Inc is a global high-tech enterprise seeking an AI Lead Developer specialized in Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. This role involves driving the development of production-grade AI solutions, managing architecture, hands-on development, and ensuring security and enterprise integrations.
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Responsibilities
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
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
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)
Implement controls for PII protection, access management, auditability, prompt-injection mitigation, safety filters, and governance alignment
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