AI Architect | Digital Products & AI

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; hybrid working with at least 2 days per week in the office or on client site, and potentially up to 5 days per week on a client site depending on the assignment.

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting firm combining strategy, innovation, design, science, engineering, and technology to help organizations transform complex business challenges.

What you will do

• Own delivery architecture for digital products, AI agents, intelligent workflows, and platform modernization initiatives from discovery through deployment.
• Design production-ready AI systems, including tool selection, memory and context management, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Define and guide retrieval pipelines, MCP services, enterprise integrations, and systems connecting AI capabilities to data and business processes.
• Design security and operational resilience through access controls, identity management, deployment guardrails, and oversight of automated actions.
• Break down complex initiatives into deliverable components, sequencing implementation, assessing feasibility, and managing technical risk.
• Create reusable architecture patterns, tooling, and AI capabilities for future engagements and products.

Requirements

• Experience leading architecture and technical delivery for complex software, cloud, or digital transformation initiatives while building and operating production software.
• Strong software engineering skills, ideally including Python and TypeScript.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience building production AI applications and agent-based systems, including orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or LlamaIndex.
• Experience with retrieval-enabled systems and technologies such as pgvector, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch.
• Experience integrating enterprise systems, data platforms, APIs, identity providers, and MCP-enabled services, with strong technical judgment and client communication skills.

Nice to have

• Consulting, professional services, or technical founder experience.
• Experience in healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation, or consumer industries.
• Experience building reusable platforms, tooling, or AI solutions in regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with office and client-site collaboration.
• Medical, dental, vision, long-term care, and income protection benefits.
• Health Savings Account with company match, Teladoc resources, and wellness reimbursements.
• 401(k) savings plan with company profit-sharing contribution.
• 15 paid vacation days, additional vacation purchase option, paid holidays, and paid sick days.
• Annual performance-based bonus, commuter benefits, and employee assistance support.

Hiring process

• Reasonable adjustments and accommodations are available during the application and interview process.