AI Architect
Kforce Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
- Architect and develop systems that connect agents to trusted enterprise data, APIs, and business services
- Develop architectural patterns for safe, governed agent execution aligned with Responsible AI principles
- Architect scalable, fault-tolerant AI agent platforms across hybrid cloud environments (Azure & GCP)
- Establish architecture standards ensuring low latency, high availability, resiliency, and observability
- Partner with cloud and platform engineering teams to deliver containerized, API-driven, secure infrastructure for agent workloads
- Define platform lifecycle patterns including versioning, release gating, rollback strategies, and performance benchmarking
- Enable cost-efficient scaling of AI workloads across millions of enterprises and customer interactions
Requirements:
- Designing enterprise AI/ML systems; 1+ years of hands-on with GenAI, agentic workflows, RAG, LLM-based integrations, or multi-agent systems
- Experience in cloud and distributed systems architecture focused on scalability, reliability, observability, and performance
- Strong expertise with agentic frameworks and tooling (MCP, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, autogen, crewai, Agent sdk, OpenAI SDK, etc.)
- Hands-on experience in modern software development and engineering practices
- Proven experience integrating APIs and enterprise systems into agentic platforms and workflows
- Ability to rapidly build AI-driven prototypes, proofs of concept, and demo-ready product experiences
- Experience defining and governing enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and reference architectures
- Deep understanding of MCP servers, tool calling, registries, eval pipelines, agent observability, and multi-agent orchestration
- Hands-on experience with Azure and GCP, including Kubernetes, containerization, identity, networking, CI/CD, and API platforms
- Familiarity with AIOps/MLOps stacks (MLflow, model registries, vector DBs, semantic layers, feature stores, monitoring)
- Strong knowledge of security, compliance, risk, and Responsible AI (RAI) considerations for enterprise agent systems
- Demonstrated ability to partner across engineering, data science, product, and security teams to deliver complex AI platform architectures
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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About the Company
Kforce Inc.
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. Our KNOWLEDGEforce® empowers top companies to achieve their digital transformation goals. We curate teams of technical experts who deliver solutions custom-tailored to each client’s needs. These scalable, flexible outcomes are shaped by deep market knowledge, thought leadership and our multi-industry expertise.
Our integrated approach is rooted in 60 years of proven success deploying highly skilled professionals on a temporary and direct-hire basis. Each year, approximately 18,000 talented experts work with the Fortune 500 and other leading companies. Together, we deliver Great Results Through Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Sharing®.