AI Agent Architect

We wanted to disrupt software consulting by providing the fairest and most transparent salary model on the market for senior professionals. Looking at where we are now, it’s clear we succeeded. We started in 2019, and today we have grown to approximately 60 consultants with offices in Helsinki and Oslo. We serve large and small clients across private and public sectors. Now, AI is reshaping how software is built and operated—and our clients need someone who can turn that shift into working systems.

Do you want to design and ship production-grade AI agents for clients who actually depend on them? We are looking for an AI Agent Architect to act as the technical authority on agentic systems for our clients. If you have shipped real agents into production and can translate the hype into measurable business outcomes, this is your home. A working demo is just the baseline. We are looking for architects who understand what breaks at scale: experts who build reliable, observable, cost-aware agent systems and can bridge the gap between rapidly evolving AI capabilities and real business value.

You will act as the technical backbone for our clients’ AI initiatives, often in a Lead role. Your responsibilities will include:

Designing multi-step, tool-using agents with the right model choices, memory strategy, retrieval, and orchestration for the actual problem.

Taking agents from notebook to production with evaluation, observability, guardrails, and cost controls that hold up under real traffic.

Guiding the client’s team by example—raising the bar on prompt engineering, tool design, eval discipline, and agent reliability.

Cutting through AI hype with the client’s stakeholders. Identifying where agents genuinely move the needle—and where a deterministic system is the right answer.

Helping clients integrate agents into existing systems, data, and workflows without breaking what already works.

Deep, hands-on experience with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, or comparable), agent frameworks (LangGraph, Claude Agent SDK, Pydantic AI, AutoGen, CrewAI or similar), RAG patterns, vector stores, and tool/function calling. Familiarity with MCP and multi-agent orchestration is a plus.

Strong full-stack background with particular depth on the backend—the languages and runtimes where AI tooling lives today (Python and/or TypeScript/Node.js, with Java, Go or .NET as a plus). Solid grasp of APIs, data layers, and Public Cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Agents live inside real systems, and you can build that surrounding system too.

You build evals before you build features. You think about latency, cost, failure modes, prompt injection, and guardrails as first-class concerns—not afterthoughts.

Prior consulting experience is a plus. You are fast to adapt, your CV is always up to date, and you thrive in the customer interface.

Fluent Finnish and English are absolute requirements. You need to be able to facilitate workshops and build trust in both languages.

You understand that trust is built face-to-face. You are willing to work onsite in the Helsinki metropolitan area approx. 2 days a week.

For the high-end Senior profile we are now hiring, we target projects that enable a monthly salary between €8,500 – €9,200/month (based on full-time hours).

If the project value increases or you work more, your salary reflects it immediately. No annual reviews needed. The path to becoming a Witted Maverick:

(if our recruitment hasn't already contacted you).

We'd love to have a coffee with you remotely or face-to-face.

We verify that your hard and soft skills match the Senior level.

Our team introduces projects that match your profile.

When the client gives the green light, the contract is signed. At Witted Mavericks, you get to be on the front-row seat. By joining, you get the best of both worlds: compensation of a software freelancer, and the security and benefits of an employment relationship. Sales, occupational healthcare, administration, tools – everything is taken care of for you, so that you can focus 100% on your assignment.