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We’re building an AI intelligence infrastructure embedded inside a B2B platform used by consumer brands to manage creative work, assets, and workflows.

This infrastructure is designed to support a wide range of intelligent and intuitive product features, including (but not limited to) conversational interfaces, image generation, contextual recommendations, automation, analysis, and decision support.

This is not a chatbot project.

This is not a ChatGPT wrapper.

Senior AI Systems Architect

We’re looking for a senior AI Systems Architect to design the foundational intelligence layer that powers these capabilities in a way that is reliable, evolvable, and cost‑controlled.

Responsibilities

You will own the design of the AI intelligence layer and this includes:

- Designing a clear intelligence architecture that supports multiple AI‑driven features
- Defining a robust memory taxonomy (short‑term, long‑term, client‑level, org‑level, and meta memory)
- Designing RAG‑based retrieval systems that serve different product use cases
- Defining retrieval + reasoning flows that adapt to intent, context, and confidence
- Establishing failure handling and guardrail strategies for production AI systems
- Designing idempotent AI workflows for actions, updates, and automation
- Establishing cost controls, usage boundaries,



and observability
- Designing evaluation and feedback loops so intelligence improves through use

Deliverables

- Memory schemas and retrieval strategies
- Interface contracts and reference patterns for implementation
- A Phase‑2 build plan outlining how intelligence evolves post‑MVP

What You'll Not Do

- Building UI or frontend features
- Acting as a generalist full‑stack developer
- Shipping one‑off demos or prototypes
- Writing large amounts of production code
- Optimizing prompts in isolation from system design

Desired Profile

- Have designed AI intelligence systems inside real products
- Think in terms of systems, state, and failure modes
- Are fluent in RAG, memory design, and retrieval strategies
- Care deeply about idempotency, reliability, and cost control
- Can guide engineers through explicit abstractions and contracts
- Fractional / Contract
- 10–20 hours per week
- Opportunity for full‑time employment

How to Apply

- Examples of production AI systems you’ve architected
- How you think about memory, retrieval, and reasoning
- Any diagrams, writing, or artifacts that show your system‑level thinking

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Design Services

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