Solution lead With Enterprise Java, GenAI & AI-Powered tools
Location: Plano, TX
Experience: 12 15 Years
AI/GenAI Experience: 2 3+ Years (Hands-on)
Work Model: Hybrid/ 3 days a week
Employment Type: 12 Months
This is the client expectation from the role:
Solution Lead with strong experience in commerce applications and delivering highly scalable, enterprise-grade solutions. Brings proven expertise in AI-assisted development, modern engineering practices, and driving delivery with speed and quality. A strong communicator who collaborates effectively with business and technical stakeholders and motivates teams to deliver high-quality outcomes with strong ownership and accountability.
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Solution Lead with strong expertise in Enterprise Java, GenAI, Agentic AI, and AI-powered software engineering. This is a hands-on onsite role, requiring close collaboration with customers, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to drive AI-led transformation initiatives.
The ideal candidate will combine deep experience in Java enterprise architecture with practical knowledge of LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and GenAI frameworks, while leveraging AI-powered engineering tools such as Windsurf, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or equivalent to accelerate software development and modernization.
The role demands active participation in customer workshops, architecture discussions, solution design, PoCs, technical reviews, and mentoring teams, with regular onsite interaction to understand business challenges and deliver practical AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities
AI & GenAI Architecture
- Design and implement enterprise-scale GenAI, RAG, and Agentic AI solutions.
- Lead engagements from discovery and architecture through PoC, MVP, and production rollout.
- Evaluate LLMs, AI frameworks, vector databases, and cloud AI services.
- Integrate AI capabilities into enterprise applications and business processes.
Enterprise Java Architecture
- Provide technical leadership for Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Support modernization of legacy applications using cloud-native and AI-assisted approaches.
- Review code, establish architecture standards, and guide engineering teams.
AI-Powered Engineering
- Demonstrate practical use of AI development tools including Windsurf, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code.
- Drive AI adoption across the SDLC: requirements, development, testing, code review, documentation, and modernization.
- Measure and improve engineering productivity using AI-enabled practices.
Customer Engagement
- Conduct onsite customer workshops, discovery sessions, and architecture discussions.
- Translate business requirements into scalable AI and technology solutions.
- Support proposals, solutioning, estimations, and executive presentations.
Innovation & Leadership
- Mentor architects and engineering teams on Java, GenAI, and AI-assisted development.
- Participate in hackathons and innovation initiatives.
- Build reusable accelerators, frameworks, and AI assets.
Mandatory Skills
Enterprise Java
- 12 15 years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
- Strong hands-on expertise in:
- Java 11/17+
- Spring Boot
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- Distributed Systems
- Event-Driven Architecture
- SQL Databases
GenAI & Agentic AI
- 2 3+ years of hands-on experience with:
- LLMs
- RAG
- Prompt Engineering
- Embeddings & Vector Databases
- AI Agents / Agentic AI
- Function Calling
AI Frameworks
Experience with one or more:
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- Semantic Kernel
- LlamaIndex
- CrewAI
- AutoGen
AI Development Tools
Hands-on experience with:
- Windsurf
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
- Claude Code
- OpenAI Codex
- Equivalent Agentic IDEs
Cloud & Platforms
- Azure / AWS / GCP
- Docker & Kubernetes
- CI/CD & DevOps
- AI Security, Responsible AI, LLMOps, Guardrails, and Observability
Preferred Profile
- Senior Java Architect with GenAI experience
- Principal Engineer with Java + AI background
- Enterprise Architect with hands-on coding expertise
- AI Architect with strong enterprise application development experience
Key Selection Criteria
The ideal candidate should be:
- Strong in Enterprise Java Architecture
- Hands-on with RAG, LLMs, and Agentic AI
- Experienced in AI-assisted software engineering
- Customer-facing and consultative
- Innovation-driven and hackathon-oriented
- Comfortable working in an onsite customer environment
Note: This role requiring regular interaction with customer teams, architects, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to drive successful AI transformation initiatives.