Elite AI Systems Architect — Enterprise & Edge ML

Dark Wolf; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf is seeking an elite AI Software Architect (SME) to drive enterprise AI architectures and deployment strategies for mission-critical systems. You will bridge high-assurance engineering with cutting-edge AI models across air-gapped and multi-cloud environments.

As a technical authority, you will define top-level roadmaps, ensure safety standards, and lead R&D initiatives with executive stakeholders in a highly secure setting.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering and systems architecture experience in enterprise AI/ML.
• US citizenship with an active TS/SCI security clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph.
• Advanced mastery of AI frameworks and LLMOps, including model governance and deployment platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end distributed AI platforms and high-throughput inference pipelines.
• Design multi-agent orchestration engines and RAG platforms for real-time semantic routing.
• Lead optimization across heterogeneous hardware, compute, and edge environments.
• Establish zero-trust security postures and automated DevSecOps pipelines.

Skills

Enterprise AI Architecture

Distributed AI systems

Java

Rust

Python

Kubernetes

Security & DevSecOps

Air-gapped multi-cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

PyTorch

TensorRT-LLM

vLLM

DeepSpeed

Ray

LangGraph

AutoGen

LlamaIndex

CUDA

Triton

Job description

Dark Wolf is seeking an elite AI Software Architect (SME) to drive enterprise AI architectures and deployment strategies for mission-critical systems. You will bridge high-assurance engineering with cutting-edge AI models across air-gapped and multi-cloud environments.

As a technical authority, you will define top-level roadmaps, ensure safety standards, and lead R&D initiatives with executive stakeholders in a highly secure setting.