Lead AI Systems Architect - Hybrid 12-Month Contract

3Core Systems, Inc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

3Core Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer in Chicago (Hybrid – 2 days onsite) to architect and deliver state-of-the-art AI-driven software. You will guide multiple teams, design multi-agent workflows, and integrate large language models via secure APIs, balancing performance, cost, and security.

The role emphasizes cloud-native architecture, API design, and scalable AI platforms with governance and mentoring responsibilities. A Bachelor’s degree is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in professional software engineering with leadership exposure.
• Experience designing large-scale distributed systems and APIs.
• Strong architecture, cloud-native practices and governance.
• Proven ability to mentor teams and drive technical initiatives.
• Hands-on with Generative AI, AI agents, LLM-powered apps.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-agent workflows and stateful AI systems using modern frameworks.
• Integrate foundation models via secure API gateways with cost controls.
• Architect data models combining relational and vector stores for RAG.
• Lead security, testing, and continuous improvement across teams.
• Coach developers on responsible AI use and governance.

Skills

AI

API

Java

LLMs

Microservices

RAG

AWS

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

AutoGen

CrewAI

Docker

Kubernetes

Windsurf

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Job description

3Core Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer in Chicago (Hybrid – 2 days onsite) to architect and deliver state-of-the-art AI-driven software. You will guide multiple teams, design multi-agent workflows, and integrate large language models via secure APIs, balancing performance, cost, and security.

The role emphasizes cloud-native architecture, API design, and scalable AI platforms with governance and mentoring responsibilities. A Bachelor’s degree is required.