Senior AI, Cloud-Native Software Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the software and cloud-native architecture for AI-driven applications and retrieval systems, overseeing the process from design to production.

• Develop scalable, secure, and resilient architectures while defining service boundaries, data flows, APIs, and integration patterns.

• Establish cloud-native methodologies across microservices, containers, serverless functions, and event-driven architectures.

• Design and implement GenAI and RAG solutions, encompassing model selection and routing, retrieval strategies, evaluations, guardrails, and optimization of costs and latency.

• Construct backend services using TypeScript/Node.js and/or Python.

• Create event-driven workflows utilizing queues, workers, and webhooks.

• Specify non-functional requirements, assess trade-offs, and document decisions in Architectural Decision Records (ADRs).

• Convert business use cases into technical designs, evaluations, and executive summaries.

• Manage the architecture from discovery through to go-live, guiding engineers during architecture and code reviews.

• Implement observability and secure CI/CD pipelines.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of software engineering experience.

• Demonstrated experience in owning the architecture of production distributed systems, including microservices, domain-driven design, REST, and asynchronous APIs.

• Practical delivery of production GenAI or LLM applications, including evaluation and AI safety measures.

• Familiarity with RAG, embeddings, and vector databases such as pgvector or OpenSearch.

• Strong engineering skills in TypeScript/Node.js or Python.

• Comprehensive understanding of cloud-native patterns, including containers and Kubernetes, serverless architecture, event-driven messaging, and resilience strategies.

• Solid grasp of security considerations in cloud-native systems, encompassing identity, authorization, secrets management, and data protection.

• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch.

• Knowledge of AWS services, including Bedrock, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, EventBridge, Step Functions, ECS/EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB.

• Familiarity with conversational and contact-center technologies like WhatsApp Business API, Amazon Connect, Amazon Lex, Twilio, or voice bots.

• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or equivalent certification is a plus.

• Customer-facing consulting experience and comfort in presenting to executive stakeholders is advantageous.

• Advanced proficiency in English (C1/C2) is a requirement indicated in the application process.

🏝️ Benefits

• Engagement as a part-time contractor.

• Hourly compensation (specific amount not mentioned).

• Opportunity to work remotely from Brazil.