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Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Lead Software Engineer, a W2 contract opportunity with one of our largest clients!
This is a W2 contract opportunity, and the candidates should be willing to work on our W2 ONLY, NO C2C/No 1099.
Lead Software Engineer-AI developer
Location: Charlotte, NC
Type: W2 Contract 9 month contract with potential extension
Hybrid-3 days in office
Top Skills: Google ADK, Lang Chain / Lang Graph
Lead Software Engineer AI & Workflow Platforms (10+ Years Experience):This role requires a Lead AI Developer who has successfully delivered at least one production-grade agentic AI solution. Deep experience in Python, Lang Chain, and Lang Graph is critical.
Job Description:
Our client is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to architect, design, and deliver an enterprise scale servicing and workflow automation platform. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong architectural judgment, and a proven ability to drive engineering excellence across complex distributed systems and AI-driven workflows.
Leadership Expectations
- Mentor and develop junior and mid level engineers
- Uphold engineering discipline, architectural standards, and code quality
- Maintain an outcome driven, delivery focused mindset
Key Responsibilities
- 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
Required Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in backend engineering and distributed system design
- Advanced proficiency in Python, LangChain, and LangGraph
- Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems; at least one agentic AI project taken to production
- Strong experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
- Experience building and consuming asynchronous APIs
- Practical experience with MCP, Kafka/queueing systems, and workflow engines
- Familiarity with banking/financial services domains (KYC, onboarding, servicing, etc.)
- Experience designing and deploying microservices architectures
- Exposure to cloud-native environments (container orchestration, CI/CD, observability)
- Understanding of enterprise-grade security, compliance, and scalability requirements
Agile & Delivery Practices
- Demonstrated leadership in Agile delivery environments
- Strong experience with estimation, grooming, and sprint planning
- Ability to guide teams on delivery predictability, velocity, and execution
Preferred / Nice To Have
- Experience with Google ADK (Agent Developer Kit)
- Broader experience across AI system patterns, LLM orchestration, and workflow automation platforms
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