GenAI Platform Architect & Engineering Lead

Luxoft; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a hands-on GenAI Platform Engineering Team Lead to drive delivery of the platform roadmap, ensure technical quality, and oversee production operations for enterprise GenAI workloads. You will mentor SE II/SE III engineers and contractors while contributing to the hardest problems in a regulated setting.

The role reports to the GenAI Services Director and collaborates with governance, architecture, and enablement teams to align platform enforcement with governance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years’ technology experience with hands-on platform, cloud, or application engineering, with prior team leadership.
• Hands-on Azure platform depth: API Management, Entra ID, Key Vault, Azure AI services including Azure AI Foundry, monitoring, and IaC.
• Hands-on GenAI experience: model integration, RAG patterns, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
• Experience operating production platforms in a regulated, controlled-change environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead while contributing—a working manager, not an administrator.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of the platform roadmap: gateway hardening and enforcement, model provider integrations, retrieval services, environment tiers, and observability hooks.
• Remain hands-on: design authority on platform architecture, code and design review, and direct contribution on critical-path components.
• Direct and review contractor buildout work; enforce documentation, testing, and capability-transfer discipline so knowledge lands in the team.
• Own production operation under a regulated change model, including AI production support rotation and incident management.
• Lead, coach, and develop the platform engineering team (SE II/SE III); set the technical bar and grow engineers into ownership.

Skills

Azure platform engineering

GenAI experience

Production-grade platforms

Team leadership / working manager

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform/Bicep

Entra ID

Key Vault

Azure AI services

Job description

Luxoft is seeking a hands-on GenAI Platform Engineering Team Lead to drive delivery of the platform roadmap, ensure technical quality, and oversee production operations for enterprise GenAI workloads. You will mentor SE II/SE III engineers and contractors while contributing to the hardest problems in a regulated setting.

The role reports to the GenAI Services Director and collaborates with governance, architecture, and enablement teams to align platform enforcement with governance requirements.