Principal Agentic AI Architect

Tasks

• Lead Financial Crime technology modernization and enterprise AI architecture
• Design AI solutions for investigator copilots, alert triage, risk assessment, entity resolution, customer screening, and SAR narrative generation
• Define architecture standards, design patterns, and reference architectures
• Modernize legacy applications into scalable, cloud-native platforms
• Partner with Compliance, Risk, Operations, Product, and Data Science teams
• Lead architecture reviews, technical PoCs, and engineering best practices
• Present modernization strategies and technical roadmaps to senior executives

Requirements

• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 7+ years architecting and leading large-scale technology solutions
• 5+ years delivering cloud-ready and cloud-native solutions
• 4+ years presenting technology strategies to C-level executives and large audiences
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI, Agentic AI, LLMs, and AI-powered workflows
• Financial Services experience strongly preferred
• Agentic AI architecture and LLM orchestration
• RAG, vector databases, model routing, guardrails, and AI observability
• AI-powered investigation platforms and decisioning engines
• Microservices, event-driven architecture, APIs, and cloud modernization
• CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation, testing, and production engineering
• Banking / Financial Services and Financial Crime platforms
• AI-powered tools, chatbots, LLM automation, and agentic workflows
• Production AI governance, risk management, and observability
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
• Local candidates only
• Local candidates are strongly preferred
• Candidates must attend an in-person interview

Schedule

• Day 1 Onsite - No Exceptions

Pay

• $65/hr

Location

• Charlotte, NC / Jersey City, NJ