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Our client is a forward‑thinking financial services institution headquartered in Zurich, known for combining modern technology with a highly collaborative culture. The company operates with lean structures, short decision‑making paths, and a strong commitment to innovation in banking operations. Employees benefit from an environment that values expertise, initiative, and continuous learning while maintaining a stable and well‑established market presence.
Description du poste
Role Overview
As Senior AI Architect, you will define and drive the architectural vision for enterprise‑wide AI systems. You will lead the design and implementation of production‑grade LLM solutions, agent‑based applications, and the underlying platforms and guardrails that enable responsible and compliant AI adoption. This role combines deep technical leadership with hands‑on engineering, working closely with cross‑functional partners to ensure that AI systems meet enterprise, regulatory, and operational requirements.
Key Responsibilities
You will shape the end‑to‑end AI architecture and guide teams in building enterprise‑ready AI solutions. Your work spans LLM engineering, platform design, architectural governance, and hands‑on prototyping.
Your responsibilities include
- Defining and evolving the company’s enterprise AI architecture and driving delivery of production-grade AI systems.
- Designing and implementing LLM‑based and agent‑oriented AI applications.
- Establishing best practices for LLM and RAG architectures across teams.
- Engineering scalable, secure, and resilient AI platforms using distributed and event‑driven designs.
- Providing hands‑on architectural leadership, mentoring engineers, and delivering reference implementations while collaborating with Product, Security, Risk, Compliance, and IT functions.
Profil attendu
Your Profile
To succeed in this role, you offer a strong engineering background combined with extensive experience in designing and delivering AI/LLM systems in complex environments. You are comfortable navigating technical ambiguity, influencing engineering practices, and building solutions that meet regulatory and operational standards. Candidates must hold a valid Swiss work permit or be citizens of an EU/EFTA country.
Additionally
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including several years in architecture or technical leadership.
- Strong backend and systems engineering skills, with deep experience in Python and modern service/API development.
- Practical expertise with LLM‑powered applications, including RAG and agent‑based patterns.
- Hands‑on MLOps and AI platform engineering experience (model lifecycle management, evaluation, drift detection, reproducibility, auditability).
- Solid DevOps and cloud architecture background (CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes/OpenShift, cloud-native security; Azure experience is an advantage).
- Ability to work in regulated enterprise environments and collaborate with Security, Risk, Compliance, and IT stakeholders.
- Pragmatic leadership style with excellent communication skills; fluency in English is required, German is a strong advantage.
Benefits
The company offers a modern work environment and attractive conditions designed to support both personal development and work‑life balance.
- Opportunities for continuous learning through internal and external training programs.
- Flexible working models, including hybrid work options.
- A central Zurich office with modern collaboration spaces.
- Competitive compensation package with performance‑based incentives.
- Additional leave options to support personal needs and work‑life balance.
- A culture that promotes teamwork, knowledge‑sharing, and cross‑functional collaboration.
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