Architect - AI Engineering

Alignity; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignity is seeking an experienced AI Architect to lead the design, hardening, and scaling of agentic AI systems, turning prototype-stage LLM applications into production-grade platforms. This role blends AI engineering with software architecture and requires hands-on depth in agentic frameworks alongside strong fundamentals in backend systems design and cloud deployment.

The ideal candidate will manage backend services in Python, leverage FastAPI and async patterns, and drive architecture

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with LangGraph, Claude Code, or comparable agent orchestration tools.
• Proven prompt engineering experience for production use cases.
• Strong proficiency in Python, FastAPI, async/await, and performance optimization.
• Solid grounding in design patterns, system design, and architecture for production systems.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure (compute, storage, deployment pipelines).
• Proven ability to scale prototypes into reliable, production-ready systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build agentic workflows using LangGraph and Claude Code to orchestrate AI agents.
• Own prompt engineering strategy for reliability, cost efficiency, and consistency.
• Evaluate and integrate LLM capabilities into broader application architectures.
• Prototype-to-Production: refactor prototypes into production-grade systems and remediate technical debt.
• Architect backend services in Python (FastAPI, async) and design clean, documented APIs.
• Set architectural standards and provide guidance to engineering teams.

Skills

Agentic AI frameworks

Prompt engineering

Python engineering

Software architecture

Cloud platforms

Systems thinking

Tools

LangGraph

Claude Code

AWS

Azure

FastAPI

Job description

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Role: AI Architect

Location: Hyderabad | Bangalore | Pune | Chennai

Experience: 8+ Years

Work Mode: Hybrid

Type: Contract to Hire

Notice Period: Immdiate Joiners

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Architect to lead the design, hardening, and scaling of agentic AI systems - taking prototype-stage LLM applications and evolving them into production-grade, enterprise-ready platforms. This role sits at the intersection of AI engineering and software architecture, requiring hands-on depth in agentic frameworks alongside strong fundamentals in backend systems design and cloud deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Agentic AI Development Design and build agentic workflows using frameworks such as LangGraph, and tools like Claude Code, to orchestrate multi-step, tool-using AI agents
• Own prompt engineering strategy - designing, testing, and iterating on prompts for reliability, consistency, and cost efficiency
• Evaluate and integrate LLM capabilities into broader application architectures
• Prototype-to-Production Engineering Take early-stage AI prototypes and refactor them into robust, maintainable, production-grade systems Identify and remediate technical debt, brittle logic, and scalability bottlenecks common in fast-built AI proofs-of-concept Establish engineering rigor (testing, observability, error handling, versioning) around previously ad hoc AI systems
• Backend Engineering Architect and develop backend services in Python, using FastAPI and async programming patterns Optimize application performance, latency, and throughput for AI-driven workloads Design clean, well-documented APIs that support both internal and external consumption
• Software Architecture & Design Apply sound software architecture principles and design patterns to ensure systems are modular, scalable, and maintainable Make and document key architectural decisions (system design, data flow, integration patterns, trade-offs) Set technical standards and provide architectural guidance to engineering teams
• Cloud & Infrastructure Design and deploy solutions on AWS and/or Azure, leveraging cloud-native services for compute, storage, and orchestration Ensure systems are built with security, cost-efficiency, and scalability in mind from a cloud architecture standpoint

Required Skills & Experience

• Agentic AI Frameworks Hands-on experience with LangGraph, Claude Code, or comparable agent orchestration tools
• Prompt Engineering Demonstrated experience designing and refining LLM prompts for production use cases
• Python Engineering Strong proficiency in Python, FastAPI, async/await patterns, and performance optimization
• Software Architecture Solid grounding in design patterns, system design, and architecture for production systems
• Cloud Platforms Working experience with AWS and/or Azure (compute, storage, deployment pipelines)
• Systems Thinking Proven ability to take a prototype and scale it into a reliable, production-ready system

Ideal Candidate Profile

8+ years of overall software engineering experience, with a meaningful portion in AI/LLM-based systems Comfortable operating as an individual architect/senior IC - able to both write code and make architectural calls Experience working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where systems evolve from PoC to production under time pressure Strong communication skills to justify architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

Visit us at http://alignity.io/careers. Alignity Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/V/D.