Senior AI Architect

Job Description

Job Title: Senior AI Architect

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Experience Required

• 8–10+ years of experience in Software Engineering or Data Architecture.
• Minimum 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying AI/ML systems in production environments.

Enterprise AI Strategy

• Lead the transition of AI initiatives from Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to scalable enterprise production systems.
• Define AI architecture strategies aligned with business objectives.

AI Technology Selection

• Evaluate and recommend appropriate AI technologies including:
• Deep Learning
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Computer Vision
• Generative AI
• Select technologies based on business requirements, cost, latency, scalability, and data privacy considerations.

AI Architecture Design

• Design end-to-end AI solutions including:
• Data ingestion
• Model training and fine-tuning
• Model deployment
• Monitoring and optimization

MLOps & Infrastructure

• Design and implement MLOps frameworks.
• Develop CI/CD and Continuous Training (CT) pipelines for AI models.
• Monitor model performance and prevent model drift.

Data Architecture & Integration

• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to design scalable AI data architectures.
• Build and integrate vector databases.
• Design Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows.
• Strong understanding of SQL and modern Data Warehousing platforms such as Snowflake and BigQuery.

AI Governance & Security

• Establish AI governance frameworks and guardrails.
• Ensure AI models are:
• Fair and transparent
• Secure against adversarial attacks
• Compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy regulations

Cost Management

• Optimize infrastructure costs associated with AI workloads.
• Experience managing:
• GPU utilization
• Token optimization
• Large-scale AI compute resources

Communication & Leadership

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to present complex AI concepts and technical solutions to executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across cross-functional teams.

Salary: Depends on Experience

Location: Remote