Principal Agentic AI Architect

Job Title: Principal Agentic AI Architect

Location: Charlott NC

Please prioritize local candidates only. Candidates must be willing to attend an in-person interview and should be able to work onsite from Day 1 without exception. Please screen and confirm these requirements before submitting profiles.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership & Architecture

·         Define and drive the long-term technology strategy for Financial Crime modernization initiatives.

·         Lead architecture and implementation of AI-powered investigation platforms, decisioning engines, and agentic workflows.

·         Establish engineering standards, design patterns, and reference architectures across Financial Crime platforms.

·         Serve as the highest-level technical reviewer for architecture, security, scalability, resiliency, and performance decisions.

·         Lead technical design reviews and influence enterprise architecture direction.

AI & Agentic Engineering

·         Design and implement GenAI and Agentic AI solutions for:

o    Investigator copilots

o    Alert triage and disposition

o    Risk assessment

o    Entity resolution

o    SAR narrative generation

o    Customer screening

o    Knowledge retrieval and decisioning

·         Evaluate and implement modern AI frameworks including LLM orchestration, agent frameworks, vector databases, RAG architectures, model routing, guardrails, and observability.

·         Partner with Data Science teams to operationalize AI/ML models into scalable production platforms.

Engineering Excellence

·         Write and review high-quality production code when necessary.

·         Lead proof-of-concepts, rapid prototyping, and technical spikes.

·         Mentor senior engineers and establish best practices for software engineering.

·         Drive automation, CI/CD, DevSecOps, testing, and operational excellence.

·         Resolve complex technical challenges across multiple platforms and teams.

Platform Modernization

·         Lead migration from legacy Financial Crime applications to cloud-native architectures.

·         Architect scalable microservices, event-driven systems, and API-first platforms.

·         Design enterprise capabilities for:

o    Real-time risk assessment

o    Customer screening

o    Case management

o    Regulatory reporting

o    AI orchestration

o    Data ingestion and processing

·         Drive modernization using cloud technologies and enterprise platforms.

Stakeholder Partnerships

·         Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Data Science, and Engineering leadership.

·         Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

·         Present architecture strategies and modernization roadmaps to senior technology executives.

Required Qualifications:

·         7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

·         7+ years architecting, designing and leading the delivery of large-scale solutions

·         4+ years’ experience presenting technology strategy and concepts to C-level executives and large audiences

·         5+ years’ experience delivering cloud ready and cloud native solutions

Desired Qualifications:

·         2+ years of experience developing or deploying AI‑powered tools, chatbots, LLM‑based automation, or agentic workflows, including understanding of AI risks, observability needs, and stakeholder communication

·         4+ years of Financial Services industry

·         Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

·         Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure.

Strong analytical skills and ability to solve complex technical problems.