This role involves leading the technical direction for an AI platform, designing integration strategies, and collaborating with stakeholders while guiding a team of engineers.
Location: 100% Remote. Working hours based on US EASTERN TIME ZONE-
(Full overlapping, from 9 AM - 6 PM)
About the Company:
Abstra is a fast-growing, Nearshore Tech Talent services company, providing top Latin American tech talent to U.S. companies and beyond. Founded by U.S.-bred engineers with over 15 years of experience, Abstra specializes in sourcing skilled professionals across a wide range of technologies to meet our clients’ needs, driving innovation and efficiency.
Job Description:
Role summary:
- Owns end-to-end technical direction and client alignment for the agentic AI platform.
- Primary technical interface with the client, translating business requirements into architecture spanning RAG pipelines, MCP connectors, and hybrid orchestration across Appian, ERP, DealCloud, Backstop CRM, Snowflake, and Graph DB.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead architecture across all AI layers: RAG, MCP connectors (action/data), agent orchestration.
- Define integration strategy leveraging existing client APIs, minimising custom build.
- Drive MCP connector design for Appian, ERP, DealCloud, Backstop, Snowflake, Graph DB.
- Own RAG pipeline decisions: chunking strategy, embedding model, Pinecone retrieval, re-ranking.
- Collaborate with client stakeholders (business + IT) to validate use cases.
- Guide the offshore team (AI/ML engineers, data engineers).
Skills Required
- 8-10+ years software/AI engineering; 1-2+ years enterprise AI or agentic system design.
- Hands-on RAG: LlamaIndex or LangChain, Pinecone, Azure OpenAI.
- Strong API integration: REST, OAuth.
- MCP / tool-layer design for LLM agents; FASTMCP is a strong plus.
- Financial services platforms (DealCloud, Backstop, or similar) are advantageous
What We Offer:
- Flexible working hours and remote work options.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- The chance to work on impactful projects with a talented team.
- Excellent compensation in USD.
- Hardware and software setup (mandatory).
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