Senior AI Architect – Contract Role Driving Autonomous AI on Azure
Are you an AI specialist with a passion for large language models, cutting-edge agentic frameworks, and cloud-native architecture? Join a major programme shaping the future of intelligent systems within an enterprise environment.
We’re hiring a Senior AI Architect for an extendable contract role (inside IR35). You’ll lead the design and development of AI applications using state-of-the-art LLMs (e.g. OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral), advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, and AutoGen.
This is a high-impact opportunity to set architectural standards, collaborate across engineering and DevOps teams, and build production-grade AI systems at scale—particularly across the Azure cloud ecosystem.
What you’ll do
* Design & build AI-driven applications using LLMs for summarisation, generation, Q&A, and reasoning.
* Integrate agentic AI frameworks to create autonomous / semi-autonomous workflows.
* Lead architecture for scalable AI / ML service deployment, model orchestration, and monitoring.
* Deliver full-stack Azure-based solutions with secure backend, frontend, and data services.
* Collaborate with DevOps / MLOps teams to streamline CI / CD pipelines for AI workloads.
* Provide technical leadership and shape wider AI strategy across the programme.
Essential skills
* 8+ years in software architecture / enterprise solutions.
* 3+ years of hands-on AI / ML development experience.
* Strong Azure cloud architecture expertise.
* Proficiency with LLMs, RAG, agent-based systems, and data science techniques.
* Frontend experience (React, Angular or Vue) integrated with backend AI services.
Nice to have
* Experience guiding multidisciplinary teams in a regulated or enterprise setting.
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