AI Architect - AI SDLC & Agentic Engineer

Intone Inc; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Intone Inc. seeks an AI Architect to design and implement an AI-driven SDLC using AI agents, specification-driven development, and reverse/forward engineering.

This contract role is based in Troy, Michigan, with a duration of 6+ months and responsibilities spanning requirements through deployment. The candidate will implement AI-driven pipelines, governance, and tool integrations (Claude Code, Copilot, Azure AI, OpenAI) to enable production-ready components, with emphasis on security and

Qualifications

• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs and RAG.
• Knowledge of AI agents and agentic AI concepts.
• Experience enabling SDLC automation using AI tools.
• Ability to perform reverse and forward engineering.
• Experience with Specification-Driven Development (SDD).
• Knowledge of enterprise application architecture.
• Experience with .NET or Java ecosystems.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (Angular/React).
• API design and SQL proficiency.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Familiarity with Azure/Cloud platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Experience with automated testing and QA workflows.
• Experience with prompt and context engineering and LLM evaluation.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and security.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement an end-to-end AI SDLC framework.
• Build AI-driven reverse engineering processes for existing apps and data.
• Establish Specification-Driven Development directing architecture, code, tests, docs.
• Design AI agent workflows for architecture, coding, data modeling, APIs, UI, tests, reviews.
• Implement AI-assisted forward engineering from requirements to production components.
• Establish automated specification-to-code/test and traceability mechanisms.
• Define governance, security and human-in-the-loop controls for AI artifacts.
• Evaluate integration of Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Azure AI, OpenAI, or similar tools.

Skills

Generative AI, LLMs, and RAG

AI Agents and Agentic AI

AI-assisted software engineering andSD

Job description

We are seeking 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. This is a contract position based in Troy, Michigan, with a duration of 6+ months.

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, databases, APIs, UI, and business rules and convert them into structured specifications.
• Establish Specification-Driven Development (SDD) where approved requirements and specifications drive architecture, code, test cases, and documentation.
• Design AI agent workflows for architecture, coding, SQL/data modeling, API development, UI, testing, code review, and validation.
• Implement AI-assisted forward engineering from business requirements documents, functional requirements documents, and 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.

Qualifications

• Required
• Generative AI, LLMs, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
• AI Agents and Agentic AI
• AI-assisted software engineering and SDLC automation
• Reverse and forward engineering
• Specification-Driven Development
• Enterprise application architecture
• .NET or Java
• Angular or React
• APIs and SQL
• Python
• Azure or Cloud platforms
• CI/CD and DevOps
• Automated testing
• Prompt and context engineering and LLM evaluation
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and enterprise security
• Preferred
• Experience building an AI SDLC or Agentic Engineering framework from proof of concept to enterprise adoption.
• Experience with legacy modernization and AI-based transformation.