Technical Lead – AWS Agentic AI Platform

Apexon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Health Insurance

Job summary

Apexon is seeking an experienced Technical Lead – AWS Agentic AI Platform to architect, implement, and modernise enterprise AI agent platforms on AWS. You will own critical workstreams including agent Registry, Gateway, Evaluation, and Harness, while guiding migration and security governance across the platform.

This role requires strong hands-on expertise in AWS Bedrock AgentCore, Python, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and policy-based authorization.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of software engineering experience, including leadership of complex technical workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of agent Registry, Gateway, Evaluation, and Harness workstreams.
• Drive automated agent onboarding and end-to-end agent lifecycle management.
• Design and implement policy-based authorization using Cedar/OPA/Rego/Open Policy Agent/Open Policy
• Security patterns and enterprise authorization solutions.
• Lead the migration of Semantic Kernel and LangChain-based agents to AWS Bedrock AgentCore.
• Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code deployments using Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation.
• Build and integrate secure REST APIs and Model Context Protocol interfaces.
• Implement authentication and authorization with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure platform delivery.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.

Skills

AWS Bedrock

AgentCore

Policy-based Authorization

OPA/Rego

Open Policy

Auth0 FGA

Keycloak

IAM

Security Governance

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Python

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

REST APIs

Model Context Protocol

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

Tools

LangChain

AWS Strands

Gemini Enterprise

Neptune

OpenSearch

Job description

Apexon is an AI-first technology services firm that engineers Intelligent Enterprises. Our interconnected disciplines of Domain & Strategy, Cognitive Architecture, and Harness Engineering guide every engagement, helping clients deliver meaningful business outcomes while applying collective intelligence to scale from early AI strategies to enterprise-grade production systems confidently. For over three decades, we have helped organizations by leveraging our deep and practical expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Digital Engineering, and Experience, combined with our industry knowledge across Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences to create lasting business value. Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital back Apexon.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead – AWS Agentic AI Platform with 10 to 12 years of software engineering experience to lead the architecture, implementation, and modernisation of enterprise AI agent platforms on AWS. This role will own critical workstreams across agent registry, gateway, evaluation, harness engineering, automated onboarding, lifecycle management, security, and platform delivery. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands‑on expertise in AWS Bedrock AgentCore, Python, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, API security, policy-based authorization frameworks, AWS Identity and Access Management, and cloud security governance. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, guide agent migration initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and help establish a secure, scalable, and production-ready enterprise agent ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of agent Registry, Gateway, Evaluation, and Harness workstreams.
• Drive automated agent onboarding and end-to-end agent lifecycle management.
• Design and implement policy-based authorization using frameworks such as: Cedar/ Open Policy Agent (OPA/Rego)/ OpenFGA/Auth0 FGA/ Keycloak Authorization Services, or similar enterprise authorization solutions.
• Design and enforce AWS Identity and Access Management controls, Service Control Policies, cloud security governance, and enterprise security guardrails.
• Lead the migration of Semantic Kernel and LangChain-based agents to AWS Bedrock AgentCore.
• Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code deployments using Terraform, AWS Cloud Development Kit, and AWS CloudFormation.
• Build and integrate secure REST APIs and Model Context Protocol interfaces.
• Implement authentication and authorization patterns using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, platform, and engineering stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable platform delivery.
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance, mentor engineering teams, and resolve complex architecture, integration, security, and delivery blockers.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices across code quality, automation, observability, security, deployment governance, and operational readiness.

Mandatory Skills Required

• 8 to 10 years of software engineering experience, including experience leading complex technical workstreams.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS Bedrock AgentCore.
• Strong experience with policy-based authorization frameworks such as: Cedar/ Open Policy Agent (OPA/Rego)/ OpenFGA/Auth0 FGA/ Keycloak Authorization Services and similar enterprise authorization solutions.
• Experience with AWS Identity and Access Management and cloud security governance.
• Knowledge of Service Control Policies and enterprise security guardrails.
• Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies, including: Terraform, AWS Cloud Development Kit and AWS CloudFormation.
• Proficiency and coding experience in Python and in advance level.
• Experience designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of REST API design, development, security, and integration.
• Experience working with Model Context Protocol.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization standards, including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Proven ability to provide engineering direction across architecture, integration, security, and platform delivery.
• Ability to mentor development teams, resolve complex technical challenges, and drive engineering best practices.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with AWS Strands.
• Hands‑on knowledge of LangChain.
• Exposure to enterprise agent platforms and large-scale agent lifecycle management.
• Experience with Gemini Enterprise integrations.
• Knowledge of Amazon Neptune and Amazon OpenSearch.
• Experience working in Life Sciences environments.
• Understanding of GxP and DSDLC compliance requirements.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Did you know that Apexon has been Certified by Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, in each of the four regions in which it operates: USA for the seventh time in 2026, India for the tenth consecutive time in 2026, the UK for the fourth time in 2026, and Mexico for the second time in 2026. Apexon is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and promoting diversity in the workplace. We take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity for all qualified individuals. Apexon strictly prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to gender, race, color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. You can read about our Job Applicant Privacy policy here: Job Applicant Privacy Policy on apexon.com.

Our Commitment to Environment

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Our Perks and Benefits

Our benefits and rewards program has been thoughtfully designed to recognize your skills and contributions, elevate your learning/upskilling experience, and provide care and support for you and your loved ones.

We also offer:

• Group Health Insurance covering family of 4