VPP-123 – AI Engineering Lead / AI SDLC Architect Brazil, Mexico, Argentina - Remote

Vekend, Llc; Brasil; Remote; BRL 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Insurance: medical/dental/vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Vekend, Llc is seeking an AI Engineering Lead / AI SDLC Architect to accelerate AI adoption across our software lifecycle. You will design frameworks, harnesses, and reusable AI components for development teams.

The role blends hands-on AI engineering with cross-team influence, requiring governance, security, and production-readiness focus to deliver scalable AI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing Generative AI and AI-assisted software development solutions.
• Practical experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions end to end.
• Experience designing or implementing AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Experience building coding harnesses, AI development frameworks, or similar tooling that enables engineering teams to incorporate AI into their development workflows.
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled SDLC (AI SDLC) practices and the ability to integrate AI into requirements, development, testing, and delivery processes.
• Ability to translate business or technical requirements into AI workflows, data needs, and orchestration steps.
• Hands-on software engineering background with prototyping, integrations, and problem solving.
• Architecture-level experience designing CI/CD pipelines, reusable frameworks, and enterprise-scale solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of AI-enabled software solutions that integrate into the SDLC.
• Design and build technical frameworks, coding harnesses, RAG capabilities, and reusable AI components.
• Collaborate across teams and drive adoption of AI practices while balancing competing priorities.

Skills

Generative AI

AI SDLC

RAG solutions

AI agents

CI/CD for AI

Prototyping

Stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AI development frameworks

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

VPP-123 - AI Engineering Lead / AI SDLC Architect

VPP-123 – AI Engineering Lead / AI SDLC Architect

Department:

AI, Insights, & Solutions

Project Location(s):

Job Type:

Employee

Education:

Bachelor's

Who You’ll Work With

The AI Engineering Lead / AI SDLC Architect will work closely with engineering teams, architecture teams, AI specialists, and various stakeholders to drive the adoption of AI technologies in the software development lifecycle. Collaboration with EQE and other engineering teams is essential to establish effective practices and standards.

What You’ll Do

• We are seeking a hands-on AI Engineering Lead / AI SDLC Architect to help accelerate the adoption of AI across our software development organization.
• This role will be responsible for designing and building the technical frameworks, coding harnesses, RAG capabilities, agent-based solutions, and reusable components that allow development teams to incorporate AI directly into the software development lifecycle.
• The ideal candidate combines strong AI and software engineering expertise with the maturity and influence required to work across multiple teams, navigate competing viewpoints, and move initiatives forward even when the path is not clearly defined.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing Generative AI and AI-assisted software development solutions.
• Practical experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions end to end.
• Experience designing or implementing AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Experience building coding harnesses, AI development frameworks, or similar tooling that enables engineering teams to incorporate AI into their development workflows.
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled SDLC (AI SDLC) practices and the ability to integrate AI into requirements, development, testing, and delivery processes.
• Ability to take a business or technical requirement and determine how AI should process it, what context/data is required, which systems must be accessed, and how the complete workflow should be orchestrated.
• Strong software engineering background with the ability to remain hands-on with implementation, prototypes, integrations, and technical problem solving.
• Architecture-level experience designing CI/CD pipelines, integration patterns, reusable frameworks, and enterprise-scale solutions.
• Ability to build plug-and-play components that can be adopted and reused by multiple development teams across a line of business.
• Experience translating requirements into user stories, technical designs, development tasks, and executable delivery plans.
• Strong understanding of software quality, testing/EQE, security, governance, and production-readiness requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to work across development, architecture, AI, platform, and business teams to drive an initiative from concept through production.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, including the confidence to challenge technical decisions constructively and advocate for a solution when appropriate.
• Professional maturity and resilience—the ability to receive technical pushback, accept when another solution is better, and continue moving the team toward the best outcome without allowing disagreement to become personal.
• Ability to operate successfully in an environment with competing priorities and stakeholders while maintaining productive working relationships.

What Makes Us Great Place To Work

Vekend is a people-first organization focused on developing thoughtful products and services that create meaningful impact for our customers and communities. We are committed to fostering a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive work environment where employees are empowered to take ownership of their work, contribute ideas, and grow professionally. We strive to support flexibility and work-life balance while maintaining high standards of performance and accountability.

For all locations, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time compensation for this role will be determined based on competitive market data and may vary depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education, and other business considerations. Specific compensation details will be discussed during the interview process. Vekend offers a comprehensive benefits and wellness package designed to support employees’ overall well-being, financial security, and professional growth. Eligibility and coverage are subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans and company policies. Eligible employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance with company contributions toward premiums, a 401(k) retirement plan with company matching, and Paid Time Off that begins accruing on the first day of employment. We also support flexible work arrangements and opportunities for professional growth. Benefits eligibility, coverage, and company contributions are subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and may be modified at the company’s discretion.