Gen AI Architect

About VLink:

Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.

10+ years in ML/Engineering.

At least 5 years in architecture roles.

Hands-on ownership of end-to-end application lifecycle—from design to deployment.

Lead architecture and development of enterprise web applications with integrated Generative AI.

Define scalable, secure architectural patterns and implementation standards.

Work closely with product, AI/ML, Dev Ops, security, and network teams to align business and technical goals.

Drive full-stack development best practices across backend, frontend, and infrastructure.

Architect and integrate LLMs, embeddings, RAG pipelines, and vector databases into production systems.

Ensure production readiness security, networking, monitoring, performance, and compliance.

Deep experience designing cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures.

Expertise with Azure App Services, AKS, Functions, API Management, Event Grid, Service Bus, Storage, and Key Vault.

Strong understanding of subscription design, resource hierarchy, and environment isolation.

Hands-on experience with:

VNETs, subnets, private endpoints, service endpoints.

NSGs, ASGs, routing, firewalls, and VPN/Express Route connectivity.

Whitelisting, IP restrictions, certificates, TLS, and enterprise-grade authentication flows.

Experience implementing Zero Trust, RBAC, managed identities, and secure secrets handling.

Expertise in caching (Redis/CDN), async processing (RabbitMQ/Kafka), load balancing, auto-scaling, and performance tuning.

Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, RAG patterns, embeddings, prompt engineering, vector search (Azure AI Search, PostgreSQL extensions).

Experience orchestrating LLM pipelines in real-world production environments.

Strong REST API design (versioning, throttling, API gateways).

Expert in PostgreSQL/MongoDB, data modeling, query optimization.

Experience with OAuth2, SSO, and secure coding aligned to GDPR/SOC
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Deep experience with React/Next.js, component libraries, and enterprise UI patterns.

Strong proficiency with:

Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions CI/CD.

Terraform or Bicep for infrastructure automation.

Experience managing production roll-outs, blue-green deployments, and canary releases.

Knowledge of Web Sockets/SSE, state management, and high-performance UI rendering.

Experience with automated unit/E2E testing.

Strong knowledge of logging, tracing, monitoring (App Insights, Log Analytics), and alerting.

EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy.