AI Architect (Digital Products & AI)

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

Company

hirify.global is a consulting firm delivering digital products, AI solutions, technology transformation, and innovation services across consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

What you will do

• Own delivery architecture for digital products, AI agents, intelligent workflows, and modernization initiatives from discovery through deployment.
• Design production AI solutions, including tool selection, memory and context management, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Define, build, and guide agentic-system components such as retrieval pipelines, MCP services and integrations, and connections to enterprise data and processes.
• Modernize platforms and applications, designing security, identity management, access controls, deployment guardrails, and operational resilience.
• Break down complex problems into scope, sequencing, implementation approaches, delivery plans, feasibility assessments, and technical risk decisions.
• Create reusable patterns, tooling, and capabilities for future engagements while working directly with clients and multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Requirements

• Track record of designing, building, and delivering complex technology solutions in production environments.
• Experience leading architecture and technical delivery for complex software, cloud, or digital transformation initiatives while still 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 AI applications and agent-based systems in production, including orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar technologies.
• Experience building retrieval-enabled systems with technologies such as pgvector, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch, and understanding trade-offs between retrieval quality, latency, and cost.
• Experience integrating applications with enterprise systems, data platforms, APIs, identity providers, and MCP-enabled services.
• Experience owning solution architecture for complex technology initiatives, including decomposition, sequencing, and technical decision-making across delivery teams.
• Strong technical judgment and communication skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, work directly with clients and multidisciplinary teams, and balance delivery speed with quality, security, and maintainability.
• Experience working directly with senior technology stakeholders and discussing solution approaches with engineering leaders and client CTOs.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering solutions in consulting or professional services, or experience as a technical founder.
• 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

• Purpose-led work focused on solving complex client and community challenges through innovation and technology.
• Inclusive workplace valuing diverse perspectives, equality, and human difference.
• Medical, dental, vision, long-term care, and income protection benefits, plus a Health Savings Account with company match.
• 401(k) savings plan with company profit-sharing contribution, commuter and parking tax-saving benefits, and an annual performance-based bonus.
• 15 paid vacation days with the option to buy five additional days, 10 paid holidays, and 10 paid sick days.
• Well-being support including Teladoc, nurse-line resources, gym and health incentive reimbursement, employee assistance, pet insurance, and legal insurance.