Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Principal Architect

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP • $120K — $160K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 7+ years professional software engineering experience with strong SDLC and version control expertise.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python and hands-on AWS/Azure/GCP deployment.
  • Proven experience integrating large language models (LLMs) into production applications.
  • Practical experience with Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code for cloud resource management.
  • Deep expertise in digital and broadcast production operations and workflows.
  • Demonstrated mastery of the C4 model and traditional design artifacts.
  • Strong commitment to clean and well-tested code with agile practices.

Responsibilities

  • Apply extensive knowledge of theories and design matters.
  • Address issues impacting program success and future product concepts.
  • Determine objectives and methods for critical assignments.
  • Lead the development of company objectives and principles.
  • Conduct feasibility reviews for potential new projects.
  • Build and maintain scalable backend microservices using Python and FastAPI.
  • Implement distributed workflows for high-volume job orchestration.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with advanced cloud services and AI technologies.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge digital and broadcast production environments.
  • Collaboration with talented engineering and QA teams.
  • Focus on long-term strategic goals and innovative product development.
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Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Applies extensive knowledge of theories, practices and design matters.
  • Works on issues that impact program success or addresses future concepts and products. Implementation of solutions requires a longer-term view which impacts strategic goals and objectives spanning several functions.
  • Exercise a wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.
  • Knowledge with broadcast production or video content management systems
  • Knowledge of media management strategies and distribution workflows
  • Lead and contributes to development of company objectives across and principles to achieve goals
  • Deep understanding of AWS/Azure services and products
  • Provide feasibility reviews for potential new projects, including development effort estimates
  • Strong understanding of the C4 model and traditional design artifacts
  • Work with Engineering and Quality Assurance to identify and address reported issues quickly and effectively
  • Build and maintain scalable backend microservices using Python and FastAPI, deployed as varying serverless infrastructure.
  • Develop tools, constraints (guardrails), and deterministic functions that our AI agents use to edit visual assets. Integrate models on owned infrastructure for inference and integrate third-party AI endpoints.
  • Implement complex distributed workflows for high-volume job orchestration and dispatching (e.g. EventBridge, queues, DynamoDB streams).
  • Terraform contributions to provision and mange cloud resources safely and effectively across multiple environments.
  • Contribute to our modern backend orchestration or modern web frontends.
  • Write robust unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the stability of both standard APIs and AI agent outputs, ensuring smooth deployments.


Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong SDLC and version control expertise
  • Advanced Python proficiency with hands-on AWS/Azure/GCP deployment and operations experience
  • Proven experience integrating LLMs into production applications, including inferencing endpoints, context management, and AI output parsing
  • Practical Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code experience for cloud resource management
  • Deep expertise in digital and broadcast production operations and workflows
  • Demonstrated mastery of C4 model and traditional design artifacts
  • Strong commitment to clean, maintainable, well-tested code with agile and code-review discipline
  • Current knowledge of AI industry trends and best practices
  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent professional experience


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONs
  • 5+ years of AWS cloud experience
  • 1+ years of Azure cloud experience
  • Experience with Java, Golang, or JavaScript in addition to Python
  • Continuous integration and deployment pipeline experience


Additional Information

About Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is a law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1924 and has grown to become one of the largest law firms in the United States, with over 500 attorneys in offices across the country. Sutherland provides a wide range of legal services to clients in various industries, including energy, financial services, healthcare, and technology. The firm is known for its expertise in tax law, and has been recognized as a leading tax practice by various legal publications.
Learn more about Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Size
500 employees
Industry
Legal & Accounting
Founded
1986
* Ladders Estimates

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