Your new company A leading global financial organisation is seeking a Principal AWS Solutions Architect (AI) to support the design and delivery of a next‑generation cloud‑native research and data science platform. This is a senior, hands‑on consulting role at the heart of a major cloud and AI transformation. You'll work closely with engineering, architecture, and quantitative research teams to shape scalable AWS‑native platforms that power advanced analytics, financial modelling, and emerging AI capabilities. Your new role Design scalable AWS‑native and AI‑enabled architectures. Build and enhance research platforms (Jupyter, SageMaker, Bedrock). Create secure, efficient data access patterns for large financial datasets. Integrate search and discovery tools (e.g., OpenSearch). Lead architectural decisions, documentation, and platform modernisation. Advise senior stakeholders and mentor engineering teams.What you'll need to succeed Deep expertise in AWS and large‑scale, cloud‑native system design. Strong background building data science platforms or research environments (Jupyter, SageMaker, etc.). Solid data modelling and data architecture capability. Understanding of data engineering, pipelines, governance, and connectivity. Experience architecting AI/ML solutions, including exposure to Amazon Bedrock or similar. Knowledge of modern engineering platforms includ...