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This role can be based in US or Canada - EST working hours Role & Responsibilities Overview: Architecture & Technical Leadership - Define end-to-end architecture for agentic AI-enabled platform across data, AI, orchestration, and integration layers - Design and govern agentic orchestration framework for multi-step workflows - Establish architecture patterns for - RAG and grounding, Vector search and retrieval, MCP tool access layer, prompt management and evaluation Platform & Integration Design - Define integration architecture across - Lakehouse, ODS, document systems; Underwriting systems and third-party APIs - Design configurable, metadata-driven framework for multi-LOB onboarding - Define API/microservices patterns (Python/.NET hybrid) AI & GenAI Enablement - Define where and how to use - GenAI vs deterministic logic, agentic workflows vs pipeline workflows - Establish multimodal integration approach combining structured, unstructured, and external data - Design prompt lifecycle, evaluation, and optimization strategy Governance, Safety & ModelOps - Define AI safety and guardrails (PII, hallucination control, policy constraints) - Establish ModelOps and PromptOps frameworks - Ensure explainability, auditability, and traceability of AI outputs Program Leadership - Lead technical execution across AI, data, and platform teams - Guide engineers (AI, data, full-stack) and ensure alignment with architecture - Drive technical decisions and stakeholder communication Candidate Profile: - Experience: 1015+ years in software/data/AI engineering with 46+ years in AI/ML/GenAI architecture - Background: Strong experience in designing enterprise-scale platforms and distributed systems - Domain (good to have): Insurance / reinsurance / financial services - Education: Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field - Profile Type: Hands-on architect with ability to balance strategy + execution Technical skills: - GenAI & Agentic Frameworks - Semantic Kernel/ LangGraph (or similar orchestration frameworks); LLM integration (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, etc.); Prompt engineering, prompt lifecycle design - Retrieval & RAG - Azure AI Search (indexing, vector search, hybrid search); Embedding pipelines and retrieval optimization; RAG design, grounding strategies, context management - Tool Access & Integration - MCP (Model Context Protocol) architecture and tool design; API design (FastAPI / REST / microservices); Integration with enterprise systems and third-party APIs - AI Safety & Governance - NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails;Microsoft Presidio (PII detection/masking); Guardrails for prompt injection, hallucination control - Evaluation & ModelOps - Azure AI Foundry (model hosting, versioning, monitoring); Evaluation frameworks (LLM-as-judge, test datasets); Prompt/version control, cost/latency monitoring - DevOps & Observability - CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions); Logging, monitoring, observability (App Insights, etc.); Performance tuning and scalability