Lead AI Engineer

Position: Lead AI Engineer
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Duration: 6 Months
 
Job Description:
The Lead AI Engineer to architect, lead, and deliver production-grade Agentic AI solutions for enterprise use. The individual will drive solution design, guide development teams, build multi-agent AI systems, and ensure scalable, secure, and reliable deployment in production environments.
 
Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture and solution design for Agentic AI applications.
• Build and oversee development of AI agents and multi-agent systems using LangGraph and LangChain.
• Design and optimize AI workflows across multiple LLMs (GPT, Claude, Llama, etc.).
• Guide engineering teams and establish development best practices.
• Develop enterprise integrations, APIs, and event-driven AI services.
• Drive deployment, operationalization, and scalability of AI applications.
• Coordinate with platform, security, data, and product teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code and Codex to accelerate engineering productivity

 
Required:

• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML.
• 1+ years of experience building Agentic AI solutions.
• Strong expertise in Python and modern software engineering practices.
• Hands-on experience with LangGraph, LangChain, LLMs, and prompt engineering.
• Experience architecting and deploying enterprise AI applications.
• Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Google Gemini Enterprise, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of APIs, event-driven architectures, CI/CD, and cloud deployment.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and drive solution delivery.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with enterprise data integration and AI application deployment.

 
Preferred:

• Databricks
• MLOps/LLMOps
• Enterprise AI Governance and Security
• AI Monitoring and Observability
• Enterprise AI Architecture and Strategy

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $45.00/hr – $50.00/hr.