Senior AI-Driven Software Architect: Agentic

VAULT Strategies; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 153,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

VAULT seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and ship production software powering agentic AI workflows and member-facing operations. The role emphasizes hands-on development with a technical lead component to ensure reliability and security of critical business processes.

Based in Phoenix, AZ, this in-person position collaborates with product and operations to translate business needs into robust software, applying modern AI techniques to healthcare and benefits administration

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems — LLM orchestration, function/tool calling, multi-agent or autonomous workflows, RAG, prompt engineering, and vector databases.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), RESTful APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, data modeling, and secure coding practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy high-quality, production-grade software across the stack
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code and contribute to shared engineering standards
• Build and consume APIs and integrations across internal platforms and third-party systems
• Design and implement agentic AI systems, including LLM orchestration, tool/function calling, and multi-agent workflows
• Build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, including embeddings, vector stores, and prompt strategies
• Develop guardrails, evaluation, and monitoring for safe, reliable AI-driven automation
• Identify opportunities to apply AI agents to automate operational and member-service workflows
• Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making for new and existing services
• Mentor other engineers through code review, pairing, and knowledge sharing
• Help define engineering best practices, patterns, and standards
• Build automated tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance, security, and reliability
• Participate in incident response and continuous improvement of system stability
• Partner with the Product Owner and stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver value iteratively
• Participate in agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and estimation
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Skills

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Agentic AI systems

LLM orchestration

Tool/function calling

RAG pipelines

Vector databases

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

RESTful APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Software architecture

Secure coding practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Zoho

Job description

VAULT seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and ship production software powering agentic AI workflows and member-facing operations. The role emphasizes hands-on development with a technical lead component to ensure reliability and security of critical business processes.

Based in Phoenix, AZ, this in-person position collaborates with product and operations to translate business needs into robust software, applying modern AI techniques to healthcare and benefits administration