AI Architect – AI SDLC & Agentic Engineer

Tech One IT; Troy (MI); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech One IT in Troy, MI is seeking an AI Architect to design and implement an AI-driven SDLC using AI agents, specification-driven development, reverse engineering, and forward engineering.

You will define end-to-end AI SDLC, governance, security, and integrate tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Azure AI, or OpenAI, with hybrid work and a contract arrangement.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing AI SDLC frameworks and agentic development.
• Strong background in software architecture and enterprise security.
• Experience with AI-assisted development and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement an end-to-end AI SDLC framework from requirements through deployment.
• Build AI-driven reverse engineering processes to convert apps into specs.
• Establish Specification-Driven Development driving architecture, code, tests, docs.
• Design AI agent workflows for architecture, coding, APIs, UI, testing, and review.
• Enable automated specification-to-code and specification-to-test with traceability.
• Define governance, security, quality gates, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Evaluate tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Azure AI, or OpenAI.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG

AI Agents

AI SDLC automation

Enterprise application architecture

CI/CD

DevOps

Prompt engineering

Tools

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Azure AI

OpenAI

Job description

Role: AI Architect - AI SDLC & Agentic Engineer

Location: Troy Michigan(Hybrid 2days onsite and 3 days Remote)

Duration: Contract

14+ years overall, with strong hands-on experience in software architecture & AI.

Description

We are looking for an AI Architect to design and implement an AI-driven Software Development Life Cycle (AI SDLC) using AI agents, specification-driven development, reverse engineering, and forward engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement an end-to-end AI SDLC framework from requirements through development, testing, validation, and deployment.
• Build AI-driven reverse engineering processes to analyze existing applications, code, database, APIs, UI, and business rules and convert them into structured specifications.
• Establish Specification-Driven Development (SDD) where approved requirements/specifications drive architecture, code, test cases, and documentation.
• Design AI agent workflows for architecture, coding, SQL/data model, API, UI, testing, code review, and validation.
• Implement AI-assisted forward engineering from BRD/FRD/specifications to production-ready application components.
• Establish automated specification-to-code, specification-to-test, and traceability/validation mechanisms.
• Define governance, security, quality gates, and human-in-the-loop controls for AI-generated artifacts.
• Evaluate and integrate tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Azure AI, OpenAI, or similar agentic development platforms.

Required Skills

• Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents / Agentic AI
• AI-assisted software engineering and SDLC automation
• Enterprise application architecture
• .NET/Java, Angular/React, APIs, SQL, Python, Azure/Cloud
• CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing
• Prompt/context engineering and LLM evaluation
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and enterprise security

Preferred

• Experience building an AI SDLC / Agentic Engineering framework from PoC to enterprise adoption.
• Experience with legacy modernization and AI-based