AI Tech Lead

Title: AI Tech Lead

Duration: Long Term

Location: Washington, DC 20433

Hybrid Onsite: 4 days per week from Day 1, with a full transition to 100% onsite anticipated soon
Visa: H1Transfer, USC

Rate: $50-55/hr on W2
Must have- Minimum 8 years of USA experience required.

The client is looking for an AI Tech Lead with 10+ years of software engineering experience and a strong background in both AI and application development. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade AI/Generative AI solutions while also being capable of leading technical teams.

Must-Have Skills:

• 10+ years of software engineering/application development experience.
• Strong development background in .NET/C#/Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• 5+ years of Azure/AWS Cloud and modern application architecture.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Azure OpenAI).
• Experience building Agentic AI and RAG solutions.
• Hands-on with LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, MCP, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, AKS, Containers, Cosmos DB, SQL, REST APIs, and Microservices.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering projects using Agile/Scrum.