Lead Agentic AI & Java Integration Consultant

• Agentic System Orchestration : Design and coordinate AI agents using LangChain and LangGraph to manage tool calling, memory, control flow, and multi-step reasoning.

• Java/Spring Boot Integration: Embed GenAI workflows into massive-scale enterprise applications leveraging Java, Spring Boot, APIs, and microservices.

• Advanced RAG Pipelines: Architect robust GenAI patterns including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, and the full embeddings/vector database lifecycle.

• Application-Level Guardrails : Collaborate with the platform team to enforce prompt injection defenses, data privacy constraints, explainability, and Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) approval flows within the business logic.

• Evaluation & Operationalization : Define automated evaluation pipelines using DeepEval (or equivalent) to monitor for accuracy, conceptual drift, and hallucinations at the application tier.

• Technical Leadership: Define GenAI engineering standards for application development and mentor teams on when to apply agent-based approaches versus conventional deterministic services.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, anchored in enterprise Java and Spring Boot.

• Deep, hands-on expertise in Agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph) and prompt engineering (structured outputs, function calling).

• Proven experience building and scaling RAG pipelines and vector database integrations.

• Experience integrating seamlessly with secure API gateways and optimized LLM endpoints.

• Must be onsite at client in Charlotte, NC at least 3 days/week

• Demonstrated ability to navigate enterprise security, regulatory constraints, and complex architectures

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