Job Description
AI Solution Architect - Senior Manager/Associate Director | Capital MarketsLocation: ManchesterWorking pattern: HybridSalary: Compensation aligned to experience and seniorityRef: J13119Senior AI Solution Architects are required to support the design, implementation and scaling of advanced AI solutions within financial services and capital markets environments.This role would suit an experienced professional with a strong background in AI, cloud and data architecture, with experience designing enterprise AI solutions and translating business requirements into scalable technical architectures. You will play a key role in shaping AI architecture strategy, leading technical teams and supporting organisations as they move from strategy and experimentation through to enterprise deployment.You will work closely with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, Enterprise Architects, MLOps teams, business stakeholders and senior leadership to design, deliver and scale AI solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.Key responsibilities:Translating business objectives into AI architecture strategies, roadmaps and scalable solution designsDesigning and implementing end to end AI and ML architectures across enterprise environmentsDefining scalable, performant and cost optimised deployment patterns across cloud, containerised and GPU enabled environmentsSupporting AI implementation programmes from proof of concept through to enterprise deployment and optimisationEvaluating and selecting technologies across open source and commercial platformsDesigning and integrating AI solutions into existing enterprise systems and applicationsWorking with AI Engineers, Data Scientists and technical teams to support AI delivery and scaling initiativesSupporting AI governance, security, risk and regulatory considerations throughout the delivery lifecycleSupporting architecture governance, technical review boards and design authoritiesBuilding relationships with technical and business stakeholders across large scale transformation programmesProducing solution design documentation, implementation plans and technical proposalsProviding technical leadership and mentoring within multidisciplinary teamsExperience Required:Experience designing AI, ML or modern data architectures within enterprise environmentsStrong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks or similar technologiesExperience architecting scalable AI and ML solutions across serverless, containerised or GPU enabled environmentsExperience with LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, semantic search and RAG patternsExposure to vector databases and agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph or similar technologiesUnderstanding of MLOps, LLMOps and model lifecycle management principlesExperience designing APIs and integrating AI solutions into enterprise environmentsStrong understanding of modern data architectures and platform design principlesExperience presenting architectural designs to technical and business stakeholdersFinancial services experience within capital markets or broader banking environmentsThis is a strong opportunity for an AI architecture professional who wants to work on high impact AI and data transformation programmes within complex financial services environments.For more information make an application today!Alternatively, you can refer a friend or colleague by taking part in our fantastic referral schemes! If you have a friend or colleague who would be interested in this role, please refer them to us.
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