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You will be making architecture decisions across modern and emerging AI domains, often in environments where there is no existing playbook.\nWhat you will do\nLead architecture and development of full-stack AI systems end-to-end \nLead technical discovery with customers, translating complex and ambiguous problems into clear engineering solutions\nMake technology selection and architecture decisions across modern AI domains\nWork directly with customer stakeholders to align on technical direction, surface risks early, and maintain confidence in delivery\nGuide and mentor senior and junior engineers on the team\nOwn the end-to-end quality of technical delivery on your customer accounts, from architecture through to production\nDefine engineering standards, review code and systems design decisions\nStay close to emerging AI research and tooling and determine what is production-ready and relevant for the problems we are solving.\nDrive team performance by identifying strengths, addressing challenges, and promoting a culture of continuous learning and innovation.\nAdhere to Rootcodes established information security policies and procedures, including but not limited to data protection, access controls, encryption standards, and secure coding practices.\nWhat we expect\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field\n6+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade software, with at least 2+ years building AI solutions\nStrong foundation in full-stack AI development across languages and frameworks such as Python, Java, C#, TypeScript, Langchain, DSPy and React . 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