Head of AI & Agentic Engineering

Artefact; New York, Los Angeles (NY, CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Artefact, a data and AI consulting firm with 2000+ employees and offices in NYC and LA, is seeking a Senior AI Architect to join our founding team in New York.

You will lead a team of AI/ML engineers, shape production-grade AI solutions from traditional ML to LLM-powered applications, and collaborate with clients and stakeholders to craft scalable, business-ready architectures.

This role offers high impact at scale, exposure to GenAI strategy, and a start-up vibe within a global firm.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering and AI with 2–3 years in LLM architecture and context engineering.
• Strong expertise in generative AI/LLM engineering and cloud-native software architecture with production deployments.
• Master’s degree in CS, software engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI & ML solution architecture across production systems.
• Oversee context engineering, agent harnesses, and RAG architectures.
• Partner with clients and stakeholders; pre-sales demos and proposals.
• Define strategy for GenAI architecture and platform roadmap.

Skills

AI/ML architecture

Team leadership

Pre-sales involvement

Cloud-native architecture

LLM harness & context engineering

Education

Master's degree in CS or related

Tools

LangChain

Google Gemini Enterprise

Vertex AI

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Artefact, a data and AI consulting firm with 2000+ employees and offices in NYC and LA, is seeking a Senior AI Architect to join our founding team in New York.

You will lead a team of AI/ML engineers, shape production-grade AI solutions from traditional ML to LLM-powered applications, and collaborate with clients and stakeholders to craft scalable, business-ready architectures.

This role offers high impact at scale, exposure to GenAI strategy, and a start-up vibe within a global firm.