Senior AI Architect to lead

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Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior AI Architect to lead the design development and governance of cutting edge AI solutions This role requires both hands on technical expertise and strategic leadershi driving innovation while ensuring compliance security and scalability across our AI ecosystem

Key Responsibilities

AI Leadership Strategy

Lead our end to end AI development balancing hands on model design and implementation with guiding and mentoring the broader AI engineering and research teams

Architecture Design and Deployment

Design build and deploy production grade machine learning models including LLMs on the Google Cloud Platform Vertex AI using Python and related frameworks

Collaboration Ecosystem Management

Partner closely with internal AI teams Google and other technology vendors to sustain momentum drive innovation and align with evolving best practices

Governance Security and AIRB Compliance

Own and execute AI governance processes including AI Risk Board AIRB reviews data security compliance and ethical AI considerations across all AI initiatives

Model Development Evaluation

Design and implement models for Conversational AI leveraging Google CCAI CES components Lead model evaluation using robust Eval frameworks and metrics to ensure reliability accuracy and fairness

Advanced Architectures

Apply agentic architectures and Retrieval Augmented Generation RAG to build intelligent context aware AI systems Experience with Parameter Efficient Fine Tuning PEFT is a plus

Performance Scalability

Optimize and fine tune models for performance efficiency scalability and accuracy across production workloads

Cross Functional Collaboration

Work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate complex business problems into scalable and efficient AI driven solutions

Continuous Innovation

Stay ahead of emerging trends in AI ML LLMs and MLOps to continuously enhance solution quality and team capability

Customer Partner Engagement

Collaborate directly with customer technical experts and partners eg Google to design solutions that meet business goals and compliance requirements demonstrating technical and business maturity

Qualifications Advanced hands on experience in Machine Learning LLMs and MLOps

Proven expertise in Google Vertex AI Python and Google CCAI CES platforms

Deep understanding of AI governance AIRB security and responsible AI principles

Experience in model evaluation frameworks agentic architectures and RAG pipelines

Strong communication and collaboration skills for engaging with cross functional teams vendors and stakeholders

Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with operational rigor in production grade AI environments