Trident Consulting is seeking a "AI Expert/Architect" for one of our clients
REMOTE
Job Title: AI Expert/Architect
Location: REMOTE
Length of Assignment: 1 year w/ extension
Type: Contract (W2)
Rate: $80/hr on W2
Top Skills Required:
- UI Architect (ReactJS)
- Agentic AI (Lang graph, Lang chain)
- NodeJS
Responsibilities
- Architect and build enterprise-grade Generative AI applications combining LLMs, retrieval, structured data, orchestration, and workflow automation.
- Design agentic systems and multi-step reasoning workflows using LangGraph or equivalent — with clear control over state, memory, tool invocation, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints.
- Build fault-tolerant orchestration for long-running AI workflows using Temporal or similar platforms.
- Drive reference architectures for model routing, prompt versioning, observability, experimentation, and safe production rollout.
- Establish LLM/agent evaluation frameworks — offline evals, regression suites, trace diagnostics, and quality metrics tied to business outcomes.
- Own full feature development across design, implementation, testing, shipping, and servicing.
- Write and review clean, high-quality code with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Set best practices for AI tooling, service observability, alerting, and incident response.
- Mentor engineers across the team and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Use AI tools in your daily workflow and advocate evolving best practices to the broader team.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, platforms, or enterprise applications.
- Proven track record shipping production AI/LLM-powered applications — agentic workflows, RAG systems, or intelligent automation.
- Deep expertise in Generative AI: LLMs (OpenAI), Prompt Engineering, RAG, vector search, and AI agent orchestration.
- Hands-on experience with agent frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or equivalent.
- Frontend and backend background to integrate AI solutions end-to-end into existing applications.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: system design, algorithms, testing, debugging, and code review.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction and mentor engineers.
- Comfort in ambiguous, fast-moving problem spaces where best practices are still emerging.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About Trident
Trident Consulting is a premier IT staffing firm providing high-impact workforce solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Since 2005, we've specialized in sourcing elite technology and engineering talent for contract, direct hire, and managed services roles. Our expertise spans cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and data analytics, supported by a large candidate database and a strong track record of delivering hard-to-fill, niche talent.
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Sathees Kumar
Lead Recruiter
M: (925) 215-1155
Sathees@tridentconsultinginc.com
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