Senior AI Systems Architect - Production LLM & RAG

Harnham; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham in San Francisco is seeking a highly experienced AI Architect to lead the design and implementation of advanced AI systems. This role requires a strong background in AI and ML, making foundational decisions on production quality and technical direction.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, with proven skills in deploying LLM systems and a strong command of Python. You will work collaboratively with product teams to innovate and build scalable AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years on ML or AI systems.
• Proven experience owning and deploying production LLM systems.
• Strong Python skills and solid software engineering fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and own production AI systems end-to-end, including LLM pipelines.
• Build and scale RAG systems, reranking pipelines, and search infrastructure.
• Partner closely with product and domain teams to build scalable systems.

Skills

Software engineering experience

ML or AI systems

Python

Architectural decision making

Production systems reliability

Tools

Pinecone

FAISS

Chroma

Temporal

Airflow

Job description

Harnham in San Francisco is seeking a highly experienced AI Architect to lead the design and implementation of advanced AI systems. This role requires a strong background in AI and ML, making foundational decisions on production quality and technical direction.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, with proven skills in deploying LLM systems and a strong command of Python. You will work collaboratively with product teams to innovate and build scalable AI solutions.