09 oct
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Capmation
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Xico
The Role
We are seeking a Solutions Architect to join our Engineering Team. This role combines deep hands-on engineering capability in Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and AI agents with technical leadership in designing, developing, and deploying scalable agentic AI solutions for enterprise environments.
The adecuado candidate is a senior technical leader who can define end-to-end AI solution architecture, guide engineering standards, solve complex integration, retrieval, and orchestration problems, and support the delivery of secure, reliable, and cost-efficient AI applications in a fast-moving environment.
This position also requires strong collaboration and leadership skills. The Solutions Architect must work effectively with engineers, product stakeholders, clients, and delivery teams, while providing technical guidance, mentoring engineering teams, and driving high engineering quality. The ideal candidate should be proactive, pragmatic, and able to balance hands-on implementation with strategic technical decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture: Lead the architecture of agentic AI solutions end-to-end, combining LLMs, RAG pipelines, AI agents, APIs, and vector databases into scalable, secure, and maintainable systems
Hands-on Engineering: Design, develop, and deploy AI applications and agent workflows, while leading evaluation and adoption of new AI frameworks, models, and methodologies to improve company standards
Agent & RAG Design: Design multi-agent orchestration, tool/function calling, memory, and retrieval strategies (chunking, embeddings, hybrid search, reranking) with guardrails and human-in-the-loop controls built in by default
Integrations: Lead the integration of AI components with enterprise APIs, data platforms, and SaaS/line-of-business systems, ensuring robust error handling, idempotency, security, and observability
Testing & Evaluation: Define and enforce evaluation frameworks for LLM and agent outputs (accuracy, groundedness, hallucination rate, latency, and cost), including regression testing and automated quality gates
Optimization: Drive performance and cost optimization through prompt engineering, model selection and routing, caching, token management, and retrieval tuning
Operational Excellence: Own production health of AI workloads through tracing, monitoring, and LLMOps practices; lead incident triage and root-cause analysis for complex issues
Responsible AI & Governance: Ensure solutions meet data privacy, PII handling, security, and responsible-AI requirements, aligned with company AI governance policies
Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with business ops, stakeholders, and clients to translate business requirements into AI solution designs and act as the intermediary between business operations and engineering
Team Development:
Provide technical guidance and mentor engineers at all levels while also leading training sessions, design and code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and aligning technical standards across the team
Soft Skills
Business Acumen: Connect AI architecture decisions to business outcomes, anticipating impacts on cost, risk, and value, and providing decisions to maximize long-term value.
Accountability: Accountable for the technical and delivery success of AI solutions or projects, taking ownership of outcomes across teams and addressing issues proactively rather than reactively.
Communication: Communicate complex AI and architecture concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, aligning stakeholders, and enabling confident decision making.
Judgement: Demonstrate judgment by making high-impact decisions, balancing innovation and short-term delivery with long-term sustainability, security, and escalating risks early.
Collaboration: Drive alignment across multiple teams and disciplines by acting as a unifying technical leader, resolving cross-team friction.
Curiosity: Maintain curiosity about the rapidly evolving AI landscape and emerging technologies, using that understanding to anticipate challenges, guide innovation, and continuously improve technical and delivery practices.
Required Qualifications
Experience: Over 6+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in an architect or technical lead role and 2+ years building LLM-based applications, in the following:
Tech Stack
Generative AI & LLMs
LLM platforms: Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI
Prompt engineering, structured outputs, function / tool calling
Model selection, routing, and fine-tuning fundamentals
Agentic AI & Frameworks
LangChain / LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex
Multi-agent frameworks: CrewAI, AutoGen, or equivalents
Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent-to-agent communication patterns
Agent memory, planning, and human-in-the-loop workflows
RAG & Vector Databases
Vector databases: Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgvector, Azure AI Search
Embedding models, chunking strategies, hybrid search, and reranking
Document ingestion and data preparation pipelines
Languages & APIs
Python (primary); C# / .NET or TypeScript a plus
RESTful and GraphQL API design, JWT / OAuth2 authentication
FastAPI, ASP.NET Core, or equivalent API frameworks
Cloud & Infrastructure
Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud-native services
Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
Serverless compute (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda)
Secrets and identity management (Key Vault, Managed Identities)
Architecture & Patterns
Agentic and RAG reference architectures
Event-driven, domain-oriented microservices
Resiliency patterns (retries, circuit breakers, fallbacks) for LLM calls
Caching and cost-control patterns for AI workloads
DevOps & LLMOps
CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
Terraform or Bicep for Infrastructure as Code
Prompt and model versioning, Git branching and pull request workflows
Testing & Evaluation
LLM evaluation frameworks: Ragas, DeepEval, promptfoo, or equivalents
Unit, integration, and API testing (pytest, Postman / Bruno)
Guardrails and safety testing (content filtering, prompt-injection defense)
Observability & Operations
LLM tracing: LangSmith, Langfuse, OpenTelemetry
Application Insights, Log Analytics, or equivalent monitoring platforms
Must have:
Proven experience designing, developing, and deploying LLM-based applications to production, including RAG pipelines and agentic / multi-agent workflows.
Hands-on experience with AI frameworks such as LangChain / LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex, and with at least one major LLM platform (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock).
Strong experience with vector databases and retrieval design, including embeddings, chunking, hybrid search, and reranking.
Deep proficiency in Python and solid API design and integration skills, building and securing RESTful services that connect AI components with enterprise systems.
Track record leading solution architecture for enterprise-scale systems, including non-functional requirements, trade‑off analysis, and architecture governance.
Experience defining evaluation, testing, and optimization strategies for AI applications (quality, latency, and cost).
Cloud-native deployment experience on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including containers, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance and mentor engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and building tool ecosystems for AI agents.
Experience with LLMOps practices: prompt versioning, evaluation pipelines, and LLM tracing (LangSmith, Langfuse, OpenTelemetry).
Background in Domain-Driven Design and event-driven architecture.
Familiarity with AI governance and risk frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) and data privacy regulations.
Experience with C# / .NET and Semantic Kernel in Microsoft-centric environments.
Consulting or client-facing delivery experience, including discovery and whiteboard sessions.
Cloud or AI certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure AI Engineer Associate, AWS Solutions Architect Professional).
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