Role: AI Architect -- Agentic Systems Specialist
Details
* Rate: Inside IR35
* Location: 2 days a week onsite in Northampton
* Duration: 6 months initially
Experience
* 12-15 years in AI/ML engineering, enterprise software, or cloud architecture.
* 1-2 years hands-on with LLMs and agentic systems (LangGraph, DSPy, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel).
* 3-5 years in AI/ML workflows (traditional ML, data engineering, orchestration).
* 5-7 years in cloud-native AI solutions (AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, Vertex AI with Gemini, GCP Pub/Sub).
* Track record of designing enterprise-scale architectures with security, compliance, and observability.
Core Technical Skills
* Agentic Systems: Design of A2A communication patterns, ANP (Agent Network Protocols), and MCP integration.
* LLMs: Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), evaluation frameworks.
* Frameworks: LangGraph, DSPy (reasoning & orchestration), AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel.
* Cloud AI:
o AWS: Bedrock, SageMaker, Neptune, EventBridge.
o GCP: Vertex AI, Gemini family models, Pub/Sub, BigQuery.
* Architecture & Ops: Multi-agent planning, memory layers, orchestration pipelines, Kubernetes, observability.
* AI Safety & Governance: Guardrails, audit trails, compliance-grade monitoring.
Soft Skills
* Communication & Presentation: Clear, well-spoken communicator; can present to C-level executives, technical teams, and clients. Skilled at storytelling with architecture diagrams, simplifying A2A/ANP/MCP concepts. Engaging conference speaker, workshop leader, and trainer.
* Leadership: Comfortable leading cross-functional teams of data scientists, engineers, and product managers. Experienced in client consulting and stakeholder management. Acts as a mentor/coach for emerging AI engineers and architects.
* Strategic Consulting: Translates agentic AI into business value propositions (digital twins, copilots, smart city orchestration, enterprise automation). Balances innovation with compliance, cost, and operational stability.
Additional Information
LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work. LA International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.
Award-winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company, and overall Gold Award winner, has secured the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
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