Agentic AI Architect (AI Engineering)

TL;DR

Agentic AI Architect (AI Engineering): Designing the architecture and engineering blueprints for next-generation AI agent ecosystems with an accent on agent lifecycle management, interaction protocols, and knowledge integration. Focus on translating strategic AI objectives into robust, scalable, and secure technical designs and providing deep technical guidance and mentorship.

Location: Must be based in Irvine, CA, United States of America

Salary: USD $158,900.00 - $270,100.00 per year

Company

hirify.global is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem.

What you will do

• Lead the definition and design of the end-to-end reference architecture for enterprise-grade agentic AI systems.
• Develop detailed architectural blueprints, patterns, and standards for building, deploying, and integrating AI agents across diverse business domains and existing enterprise platforms.
• Design core components of the agentic ecosystem, including reasoning engines, planning modules, perception interfaces, memory systems, and tool/API integration layers.
• Ensure architectural designs meet critical non-functional requirements, including scalability, reliability, security, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Provide expert technical guidance and architectural oversight to development teams working on specific AI agent projects.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and AI/ML system development, with at least 5-7 years focused on architecting and designing complex, distributed AI systems.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in architecting and implementing Agentic AI systems or autonomous intelligent agents.
• Strong proficiency in Python and relevant AI/ML libraries.
• Expert understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, APIs, and distributed systems engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure) and experience designing AI solutions on these platforms.

Nice to have

• Demonstrated experience architecting agentic AI solutions for sales automation, customer service, or vendor management, supply chain management, logistics or inventory optimization.
• Expertise in multi-agent systems (MAS) architecture, inter-agent communication protocols, and coordination strategies.
• Experience architecting systems incorporating reinforcement learning (RL).

Culture & Benefits

• Be a foundational architect in building the next generation of AI for a major global IT distributor.
• Design and implement cutting-edge agentic systems that solve real-world, large-scale business problems.
• Work in a highly collaborative environment with a passionate team of AI experts.
• Opportunity to make a significant technical impact and drive innovation.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package, including healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits.