Senior AI Architect

Senior AI Architect - Contract Role Driving Autonomous AI on Azure (mostly remote)

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 role (inside IR35). You'll lead the design and development of AI applications using state-of-the-art LLMs (eg 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 Back End, Front End, 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 Back End AI services.

Nice to have:

• Experience guiding multidisciplinary teams in a regulated or enterprise setting.