Principal Engineer - Agentic AI Architect

Location: Shanghai, China

Company

hirify.global is hiring for a role focused on agentic AI architecture and FPGA/ASIC system integration.

What you will do

• Design and implement agentic AI systems using LLMs, tools, multi-agent orchestration, and RAG pipelines.
• Define end-to-end AI architectures spanning data ingestion, reasoning, action, and scalable deployment.
• Co-design AI systems with FPGA, ASIC, and heterogeneous CPU/GPU/FPGA platforms.
• Optimize LLM inference through quantization, compilation, partitioning, and hardware acceleration.
• Build reusable platforms and components for memory management, tool integration, and knowledge retrieval using LangChain, LlamaIndex, and custom orchestration frameworks.
• Lead architecture reviews, mentor senior engineers, and guide cross-functional technical strategy.

Requirements

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience in AI/ML systems, distributed systems, or hardware-software co-design.
• Recognized expertise in AI and LLMs, including LLM architectures, inference, RAG systems, vector databases, and autonomous agents.
• Experience building production-grade LLM applications, multi-step reasoning workflows, and reliable AI systems.
• Strong background in FPGA, ASIC, EDA systems, heterogeneous computing, and AI workload optimization.
• Programming experience with Python; C++ is preferred.
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud or edge AI deployment, model fine-tuning, quantization, distillation, and on-device AI.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of compiler stacks such as MLIR or TVM.
• Experience with robotics, autonomous systems, or real-time AI pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment.
• Work focused on AI reasoning systems, FPGA acceleration, and next-generation computing platforms.
• Opportunity to influence AI and semiconductor integration through intelligent hardware orchestration and real-time decision-making pipelines.