Lead Engineer/AI Architect

Next Ventures; United States; Remote; USD 99,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures, in partnership with a US-based consultancy, seeks an AI Architect to lead a critical project on a W2 basis. The role requires 10+ years of hands-on development and 3+ years in technical leadership, with a focus on multi-agent architecture and governance of LLMs. This is a fully-remote US position paying USD 85 per hour.

You will mentor mid-level AI engineers and oversee integration across systems while ensuring compliance and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Advanced Python proficiency.
• Advanced GCP experience.
• Experience with multi-agent architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project and drive AI architecture decisions.
• Govern LLM governance and maintain guardrails for finance and compliance.
• Integrate systems across the stack and coordinate technical delivery.
• Mentor and lead mid-level AI engineers on the team.

Skills

Python

GCP

Multi-Agent Systems

Leadership

Tools

Vertex AI

Model Garden

Claude

Gemini

Job description

Next Ventures are partnered with a US based consultancy who are looking to hire an AI Architect for a crucial project on a W2 basis.

The role will require someone with 10+ years hands on Development experience with 3+ years experience in a technical leadership role:

Job Title: Lead AI Engineer/Architect

Location: US/ Fully-remote

Pay Rate/Per Hour (USD) - $85

Start Date: ASAP

In this role, you will lead the project and be responsible for;

• Multi-agent architecture
• Governance of LLM
• Guardrails of finance and compliance
• Integration of systems
• Technical Leadership of Mid-Level Ai Engineers

To carry out these responsibilities, you'll need experience with:

• Python
• FastMCP,
• GCP Workload Identity
• Vertex AI Model Garden (Claude and Gemini)
• Multi-agent AI systems
• Tokenomics
• Mentoring and leading Mid-Level AI engineers

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years in a technical leadership
• Advanced Python proficiency
• Advanced GCP experience