AI Architect Lead

About Nation Mind LLC:
Nation Mind LLC is a technology consulting firm focused on software development and QA testing services. We help clients build reliable, scalable applications with a strong emphasis on automation, performance, and quality. Our team works across industries, delivering solutions that drive innovation and operational efficiency. We are currently hiring skilled professionals for AI Architect Lead to join our growing team.

Role: AI Architect Lead

Location:

Houston TX or US Remote

Duration: 6 months

Skills Required:

AI and Automation AI Agents

Experience

Required:

10+ years

• Strong experience in enterprise solution architecture, backend engineering, and distributed systems design.
• Expertise in Python, Type Script, Node.js, Java, Go, or similar backend technologies.
• Strong experience designing APIs, integration platforms, event-driven architectures, and workflow orchestration systems.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI applications, AI agents, RAG workflows, tool-calling systems, and enterprise chatbot platforms.
• Strong understanding of LLM ecosystems including OpenAI, Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Databricks, or similar AI platforms.
• Experience designing orchestration frameworks, agent runtimes, workflow engines, and stateful task execution systems.
• Strong understanding of prompt engineering, structured outputs, guardrails, function calling, and AI safety controls.
• Experience integrating enterprise collaboration and workflow platforms including Slack, Jira, Zendesk, Service Now, and Confluence.
• Strong understanding of enterprise identity and access management including Okta, SCIM, SSO, RBAC, ABAC, secrets management, and governance controls.
• Experience with observability platforms, Open Telemetry, monitoring frameworks, logging, tracing, metrics, and operational dashboards.
• Strong knowledge of secure architecture practices, enterprise governance, data privacy, compliance, and operational reliability.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Dev Ops practices, deployment automation, rollback strategies, and operational lifecycle management.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills across architecture, engineering, AI Ops, governance, security, and business teams.

• AI & Automation
• AI Agents
• GenAI Applications
• RAG Workflows
• LLM Platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex AI)
• Python, Type Script, Node.js, Java, Go
• API & Integration Architecture
• Workflow Orchestration
• Prompt Engineering
• Enterprise Security & IAM
• Dev Ops / CI-CD
• Observability & Monitoring
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management

This role is essentially a Senior/Lead AI Solutions Architect focused on designing and governing enterprise-scale AI agent and GenAI platforms.

This is a remote position.