AI Expert/Architect

Trident Consulting•Dallas, TX

17h•Remote

About The Position

Trident Consulting is seeking an AI Expert/Architect for one of our clients in a REMOTE position. This is a 1-year contract role with the possibility of extension, paying $80/hr on W2. The role involves architecting and building enterprise-grade Generative AI applications, designing agentic systems, building fault-tolerant orchestration, driving reference architectures, establishing LLM/agent evaluation frameworks, and owning full feature development. The ideal candidate will write and review clean, high-quality code, set best practices for AI tooling, mentor engineers, and use AI tools in their daily workflow.

Requirements

15+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, platforms, or enterprise applications.
Proven track record shipping production AI/LLM-powered applications — agentic workflows, RAG systems, or intelligent automation.
Deep expertise in Generative AI: LLMs (OpenAI), Prompt Engineering, RAG, vector search, and AI agent orchestration.
Hands-on experience with agent frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or equivalent.
Frontend and backend background to integrate AI solutions end-to-end into existing applications.
Strong software engineering fundamentals: system design, algorithms, testing, debugging, and code review.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction and mentor engineers.
Comfort in ambiguous, fast-moving problem spaces where best practices are still emerging.
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

UI Architect (ReactJS)
Agentic AI (Lang graph , Lang chain)
NodeJS

Responsibilities

Architect and build enterprise-grade Generative AI applications combining LLMs, retrieval, structured data, orchestration, and workflow automation.
Design agentic systems and multi-step reasoning workflows using LangGraph or equivalent — with clear control over state, memory, tool invocation, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints.
Build fault-tolerant orchestration for long-running AI workflows using Temporal or similar platforms.
Drive reference architectures for model routing, prompt versioning, observability, experimentation, and safe production rollout.
Establish LLM/agent evaluation frameworks — offline evals, regression suites, trace diagnostics, and quality metrics tied to business outcomes.
Own full feature development across design, implementation, testing, shipping, and servicing.
Write and review clean, high-quality code with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Set best practices for AI tooling, service observability, alerting, and incident response.
Mentor engineers across the team and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
Use AI tools in your daily workflow and advocate evolving best practices to the broader team.