AI Lead - Agentic AI Consultant

Qode•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a visionary AI Lead to spearhead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade Agentic AI solutions. In this role you will combine deep technical expertise in large language models (LLMs), autonomous agent orchestration, and multi-agent frameworks with a sharp consulting mindset to drive measurable business value for Fortune 500 clients across financial services, healthcare, and retail verticals. As the practice lead you will own the end-to-end agentic AI delivery lifecycle — from opportunity identification and solution architecture through implementation, change management, and post-deployment optimization — while simultaneously growing a high-performing team and shaping internal AI methodology.

Requirements

8+ years of overall technology experience with at least 3 years focused on AI / ML systems in a consulting, product, or enterprise engineering capacity.
Proven hands-on experience designing and deploying LLM-based applications and autonomous agent systems in production environments.
Proficiency in Python and relevant AI/ML libraries (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face Transformers, PyTorch / TensorFlow).
Deep familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), semantic search, and knowledge graph integration.
Experience with cloud AI platforms: Azure OpenAI Service, AWS Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI.
Strong understanding of prompt engineering, fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, RLHF), and model evaluation methodologies.
Exceptional executive communication skills — ability to present complex AI concepts to non-technical senior leadership.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, Engineering, or a closely related field.

Nice To Haves

Industry certifications: AWS Certified ML Specialty, Google Professional ML Engineer, Azure AI Engineer Associate.
Experience with agentic frameworks at scale: LangGraph, Microsoft Semantic Kernel, Autogen, or similar.
Background in financial services, healthcare, or retail — understanding of sector-specific regulatory and compliance constraints.
Published research, patents, open-source contributions, or conference speaking on AI/ML topics.
Prior consulting experience at a Big-4, boutique AI firm, or hyperscaler professional services division.
Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns, API management, and MLOps tooling (MLflow, Weights & Biases, SageMaker Pipelines).

Responsibilities

Architect and lead delivery of Agentic AI systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom orchestration layers on Azure / AWS / GCP.
Design multi-agent pipelines incorporating reasoning, planning, tool-use, memory, and feedback loops tailored to enterprise workflows.
Partner with C-suite and senior stakeholders to translate ambiguous business challenges into well-scoped AI roadmaps and delivery plans.
Conduct AI readiness assessments, data audits, and opportunity prioritization workshops for prospective clients.
Define reference architectures for RAG, tool-augmented agents, AI gateways, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
Drive responsible AI governance — including bias audits, hallucination mitigation, prompt-injection hardening, and model risk frameworks.
Establish engineering best practices: CI/CD for ML, LLMOps, evaluation harnesses, and performance benchmarking.
Stay at the cutting edge — evaluate emerging models (GPT-o3, Claude 3.x, Gemini Ultra, open-source LLMs) and tooling for fit-for-purpose applicability.
Originate and expand client relationships; contribute to proposals, RFP responses, and Statements of Work.
Build and scale the agentic AI practice — create reusable accelerators, IP assets, and delivery playbooks.
Mentor and develop a team of AI engineers, ML scientists, and business analysts; conduct performance reviews and career development planning.
Represent the firm at conferences, publish thought-leadership content, and contribute to the external AI community.