TL;DR
Lead Software Engineer (AI): Architecting, designing, and delivering an enterprise-scale servicing and workflow automation platform with an accent on AI-driven workflows and distributed systems. Focus on building scalable APIs, services, and agentic AI systems for financial services domains.
Location: Charlotte, NC. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days in office. Candidates must be willing to work on W2 ONLY.
Company
Strategic Staffing Solutions is looking for a Lead Software Engineer for one of their largest clients to develop an enterprise servicing and workflow automation platform.
What you will do
- Lead end-to-end architecture, design, and development of platform components.
- Review designs, code, integration patterns, and quality practices.
- Build scalable APIs, services, and workflow-driven solutions.
- Implement workflow orchestration and task-based processing models.
- Collaborate closely with product, operations, and architecture teams.
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and provide technical direction.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in backend engineering and distributed system design.
- Advanced proficiency in Python, LangChain, and LangGraph.
- Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems, with at least one production-grade project delivered.
- Strong experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases.
- Practical experience with MCP, Kafka/queueing systems, and workflow engines.
- Experience designing and deploying microservices architectures.
- Demonstrated leadership in Agile delivery environments.
- US work authorization for W2 contract only (NO C2C/1099).
Nice to have
- Experience with Google ADK (Agent Developer Kit).
- Broader experience across AI system patterns, LLM orchestration, and workflow automation platforms.
- Familiarity with banking/financial services domains (KYC, onboarding, servicing, etc.).