Alight is looking to solve complex, cross-domain problems by designing, building, and securing agentic AI solutions. The company aims to embed AI responsibly and efficiently across the organization by developing reusable tools, frameworks, and technical standards for an AI Center of Excellence.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript; strong computer science fundamentals.
- Experience designing and deploying cloud-native solutions using AWS services.
- Proven experience building microservices/APIs and delivering high-scale systems.
- Applied DevOps/SRE skills: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, GitOps, and production observability.
- Experience with agent frameworks (orchestration, tool-use), LLMs, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines (RAG).
- Hands-on with Kubernetes/ECS, Terraform/CloudFormation, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, and APM/logging tools.
- Experience with secure software design, performance profiling/tuning, and cost-aware architectural decisions.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and implementation of agentic AI systems, including multi-agent orchestration, tool-use, retrieval (RAG), planning, and self-evaluation loops.
- Develop reusable tools, frameworks, and technical standards that support the AI Center of Excellence’s mission to embed AI responsibly and efficiently across the organization.
- Implement security controls for AI systems, including access management, data protection, vulnerability scanning, and incident response protocols.
- Build and maintain microservices, APIs, and high-scale systems using Java, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Design and deploy cloud-native solutions using AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM) and AWS Bedrock Agents for generative AI and agentic workflows.
- Support CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps workflows.
- Help define and enforce agentic AI standards and guardrails for safety, compliance, and ethical use, including policy enforcement and observability.
Other
- Demonstrated curiosity by exploring new technologies and approaches.
- Tackle ambiguous and complex problems with persistence and creativity.
- Share knowledge and contribute to team learning.
- Requires US Citizenship.
- Flexible working arrangements wherever possible.
