Solutions Architect - AI Model Specialist
About the job
FriendliAI is seeking a Solution Architect specializing in open-source AI models, AI inference API integration, and agentic systems. You will work closely with our customers to integrate FriendliAI’s inference and agent frameworks into real-world products, enabling them to build and scale AI applications effectively.
You will work directly on our customers’ projects, collaborating with their engineering teams to solve challenges in integrating tools, environments, and models with AI agents. This is a hands-on, customer-embedded role.
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement AI-powered products using FriendliAI’s APIs
Guide customers on selecting, evaluating, and operating AI models across different domains
Integrate and extend open-source frameworks for FriendliAI integration
Build and deploy custom inference endpoints, chat flows, and multi-agent orchestration pipelines
Develop SDKs, example applications, and reference APIs for agentic and generative AI use cases
Provide deep technical guidance on prompt engineering, API composition, and workflow orchestration
Debug and optimize context and memory across long-running agent sessions
Gather customer feedback and translate it into product-level improvements
Lead technical demos, developer workshops, or webinars
Qualifications
3+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in backend or API development
Proficient in Python and modern web frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, or similar)
Strong experience deploying LLMs and integrating into generative AI APIs
Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, etc.)
Strong experience in integrating open-source generative AI models into applications
Excellent communication skills and a passion for improving developer experience
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in real-world environments
Preferred Experience
Contributions to open-source AI libraries or projects
Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration, memory systems, RAG, and workflow DAGs
Experience with serverless backends or API gateways
Benefits
A front-row seat to the generative AI infrastructure revolution
Competitive compensation and benefits package
Daily lunch and dinner provided; unlimited snacks and beverages
Health check-up and top-tier hardware support
Flexible working hours and a highly collaborative environment
About us
FriendliAI is building the next-generation AI inference platform that accelerates the deployment of large language and multimodal models with unmatched performance and efficiency. Our infrastructure powers high-throughput, low-latency workloads for global organizations and integrates directly with Hugging Face, providing instant access to over 600,000 open-source models. We are on a mission to deliver the world’s best platform for AI inference.