Lead - AI/ML Engineer (Generative AI Agent Systems)

Job Description We are seeking a Principal Consultant & AI/ML Lead to head our Generative AI initiatives and serve as the core Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our enterprise service and consulting practice. In this strategic, client-facing role, you will lead the architectural design, advisory, and execution of high-impact AI agent ecosystems for our enterprise clients. Key Responsibilities 1. Strategic AI Leadership & SME Advisory - Act as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Generative AI, LLM reasoning patterns, and autonomous agent frameworks for Professional services and enterprise clients. - Translate complex business requirements from client stakeholders into rigorous technical blueprints, leading pre-sales technical discoveries and high-level architectural assessments. - Establish delivery playbooks and reusable patterns to standardize how our consulting firm deploys agentic workflows across different client industries. 2. Core Agent Reference Architecture & Framework Design - Own the technical vision for the core Go harness pattern, leveraging the Vertex AI Agent Development Kit (ADK) to build a robust, production-ready framework for agents. 3. Per-Agent Specification & Delivery Oversight - Lead the detailed design specifications for agents, establishing structural tool definitions (Function Calling), systemic prompt engineering, and input-context data models. - Define clear graduated-autonomy criteria , ensuring a balance between autonomous agent execution and human-in-the-loop (HITL) exception handling. - Establish robust distributed systems patterns, ensuring strict idempotency strategies and canonical event envelopes across bounded contexts. 4. Evaluation, Safety, & Governance - Design and implement a continuous shadow-mode evaluation harness to validate agent performance against live production data without triggering real-world side effects. - Set precision/recall thresholds and safety-critical misclassification test suites required for production graduation. - Partner with the client’s Agent Governance Board to advise on SOA tier classifications, model-version-pinning strategies, and continuous model/drift monitoring. - O versee or directly build the initial shadow-mode Proof of Concept (PoC) for the first designated agent to accelerate project kickoff.