AI Architect

Infosys; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus PTO

Job summary

Infosys’s Strategic Technology Group seeks a Senior Technologist to design scalable architectures for GenAI and agent ecosystems. You will lead cross-functional efforts, mentor teams, and deliver reusable components and PoCs for emerging technologies.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, architectural governance, and collaboration with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in core development with hands-on AI/LLM architectures.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate project requirements and deliver high-quality, production-ready code.

Skills

LLM-powered apps

AI agents

Multi-agent systems

Agent orchestration

MCP integrations

RAG solutions

Python

FastAPI

LangChain

Azure AI Services

Education

Master's degree in CS

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

LangGraph

LangChain

AutoGen

Semantic Kernel

Job description

Overview

The Strategic Technology Group (STG) unit at Infosys is designed for power programmers and senior technologists who want to go beyond traditional development roles and take on complex, large-scale technology challenges.

Overview

The Strategic Technology Group (STG) unit at Infosys is designed for power programmers and senior technologists who want to go beyond traditional development roles and take on complex, large-scale technology challenges.

The STG unit brings together Specialist Programmers, Senior Technologists, and Technical Leaders who possess deep expertise across software design and development, cloud-native architectures, enterprise platforms, data engineering, and emerging technologies, including generative AI and agentic AI.

Members of the STG unit play a strategic role in shaping technology direction, solving complex business challenges, and delivering resilient, high-quality outcomes. They are expected to demonstrate strong technical depth, sound architectural judgment, and hands-on leadership, while mentoring teams and influencing best practices across programs.

The STG unit emphasizes software development excellence, innovation, and continuous upskilling. It offers experienced talent the opportunity to work on transformational initiatives, engage closely with stakeholders, and grow as trusted technology leaders within Infosys' global delivery ecosystem.

In the assigned Job Role of Senior Technologist, your Area Of Responsibility will be as below:

• Evaluate project requirements and use cases to deliver high-quality, design, frameworks, and production-ready code work products.
• Design technology frameworks for complex scenarios, develop design patterns and reference implementations. Design reusable assets and conduct design reviews.
• Deliver high-quality code across applications, databases, and integrations.
• Optimize code, debug complex routines, and develop code generators and pilot implementations for reusable components, ensuring defect-free production-ready code.
• Work closely with other teams to ensure alignment on project goals and technology implementations.
• Provide technical guidance to peers and help maintain delivery consistency and code quality
• Identify proof of concepts (PoCs) for emerging programming independently develop PoCs for new technologies and complex modules ensuring timely delivery.
• Provide inputs for multi-technology and multi-language high risk deployments.
• Evaluate and implement technical services to meet high-quality service (QoS) requirements, ensuring alignment with business and IT key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Create reusable assets and deliver defect-free, impactful code to achieve quality benchmarks and Zero-Defect Delivery.
• Support complex projects by resolving technical challenges and reducing risk exposure.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends to inform decision-making and enhance project outcomes.
• Support test automation and execute test strategies to drive quality improvements.

Your Contribution To The Team

The ability to apply expertise in designing scalable architectures and frameworks for complex technology challenges. Bring a strategic mindset to building reusable components and ensuring high-quality, defect-free delivery. Share knowledge and passion for mentoring by guiding peers and fostering technical excellence across projects. The ability to assess and adopt emerging technologies, translate them into PoCs and deployment ready solutions. Drive performance improvements through advanced engineering practices, meeting demanding service benchmarks. A knack for anticipating risks and resolving technical challenges, ensuring resilience and long-term project success.

Required Skill And Experience

Experience in core development, with strong architecture and engineering knowledge with hands-on experience designing LLM-powered applications, AI agents, multi-agent systems, agent orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, reusable AI Skills, Managed Agents, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.

Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, LangChain and working experience AI Cloud Services like Azure AI Services, OpenAI.

Define the end-to-end architecture for enterprise GenAI and Agentic AI solutions

Design single-agent and multi-agent architectures, including orchestration, routing, delegation, handoffs, collaboration, and human-in-the-loop patterns

Design Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration architectures that securely expose enterprise data, APIs, tools, and capabilities to AI agents.

Define reusable Skills, tools, prompts, and agent capabilities that can be shared across multiple agents and business use cases.

Design solutions using Managed Agents / hosted agents and enterprise AI platform

Evaluate and recommend frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent agent orchestration frameworks.

Establish architectural controls for guardrails, security, observability, logging, tracing, governance, auditability, and responsible AI

Take ownership of individual stages of the AI development lifecycle (data pre-processing, model training, evaluation, optimization, or deployment) and understand how they connect end to end.

Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to understand project requirements, and flag technical feasibility concerns early.

Stay curious about advancements in generative AI research and share learnings with the team.

Follow and promote responsible AI practices, with awareness of bias mitigation, fairness, and traceability.

Participate in code reviews, both receiving feedback and reviewing peers’ code, to help maintain quality standards.

Support POCs for new technologies, taking responsibility for defined parts of the work.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced and agile environment.

Good collaboration and communication skills.

Preferred Skill And Experience

Master's degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Experience in cloud-based platforms like Azure & Microsoft / Azure AI services

Experience in Fine tuning Open-Source AI Models

Strong understanding of one or more Domain expertise and associated Industry standards

Industry-acclaimed External Certifications, if applicable

Active participation in Technology forums

Contribution to Open-Source Community.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location.
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role now or in the future.

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness , Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

About Us

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

EEO

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