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Charlotte, North Carolina · USA job

Agentic AI / Machine Learning Architect - Senior Principal

Slalom

Charlotte, North Carolina

Job description

Overview

In this role you will design and deliver production-grade AI systems that blend data, models, retrieval, orchestration, and secure governance. You will shape enterprise AI strategies, define cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and drive AI solutions from experimentation to reliable operations. You will lead cross-functional teams and mentor practitioners while advancing responsible AI, security, and governance. This is a chance to influence large-scale AI programs and work closely with clients to create measurable business impact. You will join a human-centered, outcomes-driven consultancy that values collaboration, learning, and practical AI adoption.

Compensation / Benefits
  • meaningful time off and paid holidays
  • parenteral leave
  • 401(k) with match
  • subsidized health, dental, & vision
  • adoption and fertility assistance
  • short/long-term disability
Responsibilities
  • Set technical direction for enterprise-scale AI systems covering data products, model orchestration, agentic workflows, and lifecycle management
  • Define secure, scalable cloud-native and hybrid architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including modern AI platform services
  • Guide AI strategy and delivery across generative, agentic, multimodal, and knowledge-assisted use cases
  • Lead production GenAI and agentic AI adoption with advanced RAG, tool calls, workflow orchestration, and memory management
  • Establish AI evaluation, observability, and reliability standards including latency, cost monitoring, and regression testing
  • Champion Responsible AI, governance-by-design, explainability, privacy, bias mitigation, and compliance alignment
  • Evaluate emerging models and platforms to provide executive-ready recommendations on fit, readiness, cost, and risk
  • Lead and mentor cross-functional delivery teams to ensure quality across complex programs
  • Drive business development through proposals, client pitches, accelerators, reference architectures, and thought leadership
  • Develop senior practitioners and cultivate a culture of continuous learning and responsible AI adoption
  • Help hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing, inclusive AI/ML team with clear growth paths
Key requirements
  • 9+ years in ML/AI solution implementation in production
  • 5+ years in professional consulting or IT services with client-facing leadership
  • Proven ability to design and govern end-to-end production AI systems
  • Deep expertise in GenAI patterns: advanced RAG, embeddings, vector and hybrid search, knowledge graphs, tool invocation
  • Experience defining agentic AI architectures with single- and multi-agent workflows
  • Proficiency with AI engineering frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, Haystack, CrewAI, Hugging Face)
  • Strong Python programming and modern software practices; APIs, event-driven design, IaC, scalable services
  • Experience with cloud AI/ML platforms (Bedrock, SageMaker, Azure AI Foundry/ML, Vertex AI) and hosting/evaluation capabilities
  • Experience with enterprise data ecosystems (Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, dbt, vector databases, lakehouse, data governance)
  • Experience setting MLOps/LLMOps standards (CI/CD, model/prompt versioning, automated evaluation, observability, Kubernetes, serverless, cost/perf)
  • Strong ability to communicate complex AI concepts to diverse stakeholders, translating into business value and governance needs
  • Experience managing senior delivery teams and shaping AI/ML roadmaps and adoption plans
  • Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and business acumen
  • leadership and mentoring
  • clear communication
  • stakeholder management
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • LlamaIndex

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