AI Architect (with Python)

About the role

We are looking for an experienced AI Architect who combines strong software engineering skills with practical experience designing and delivering AI-powered solutions. This is a hands-on role where you will define solution architecture while actively contributing to implementation using Python.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end AI solution architectures for enterprise environments
• Lead the technical design of Generative AI and Machine Learning solutions
• Build production-ready AI services using Python
• Define AI platform architecture, integration patterns and deployment strategies
• Design scalable RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) solutions
• Select appropriate LLMs, vector databases and AI frameworks
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists and business stakeholders
• Define security, governance and responsible AI best practices
• Review solution designs and mentor engineering teams
• Drive AI engineering standards and best practices across projects

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of commercial experience delivering AI or Generative AI solutions
• Expert-level Python programming skills
• Strong experience with LLM-based applications
• Experience with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex or similar
• Experience designing RAG architectures
• Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Chroma, Azure AI Search or similar)
• Experience integrating AI services through APIs
• Knowledge of prompt engineering techniques
• Experience deploying AI solutions to cloud environments (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD and software architecture best practices
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent English - C1

Nice to have

• Experience with AI Agents and multi-agent systems
• Experience with MLOps or LLMOps
• Knowledge of Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex AI
• Experience with evaluation and monitoring of LLM applications
• Relevant cloud or AI certifications