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You will architect core platform services, establish engineering standards, and build scalable AI solutions that enable teams to rapidly develop, deploy, and govern AI-powered applications and agents.\nIn this role, you will:\nDesign and build the core architecture, frameworks, and shared services that power enterprise AI platforms and agent ecosystems.\nDevelop scalable AI capabilities including model orchestration, lifecycle management, governance, observability, and memory services.\nCreate reusable tools, patterns, and automation that accelerate AI agent development and deployment.\nEstablish best practices for cloud-native engineering, security, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and platform reliability.\nMentor engineers and provide technical leadership through architecture reviews and engineering excellence.\nWork model\nWe believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. 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