Microsoft AI Architect

Salt Digital Recruitment; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Azure AI Architect to join a major AI transformation programme. You will design and deliver enterprise-scale Azure AI, Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions, combining hands-on LLM work with secure cloud architecture.

You will shape context, memory and state-management for AI agents, design RAG solutions, and ensure production-ready deployments across cloud, edge and on‑prem environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across software engineering, data or AI systems.
• 2+ years of hands-on Generative AI / LLM experience.
• 4+ years designing enterprise-scale platforms or distributed systems.
• Strong experience designing production-grade AI architectures.
• Experience taking AI solutions from architecture through to enterprise deployment.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable Azure AI, Generative AI and Agentic AI platforms.
• Design multi-agent orchestration frameworks for complex automated workflows.
• Define context, memory and state-management architectures for AI agents.
• Design and optimise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.
• Build AI solutions using Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph and Azure services.
• Architect enterprise AI solutions using Azure and cloud services.
• Design model inference pipelines across cloud, edge and on-premise environments.
• Develop strategies for LLM/SLM fine-tuning and domain-specific model optimisation.
• Ensure AI solutions meet enterprise security, scalability and governance standards.

Skills

Azure AI

Generative AI

LLMs

Cloud architecture

Security & governance

Tools

Semantic Kernel

LangChain

LangGraph

Azure AI platform

Job description

Only Immediate Joiners that are already based in the UAE can be considered.

Our Consultancy client is looking for an experienced Azure AI Architect to join a major AI transformation programme in Abu Dhabi. This is a senior technical architecture position focused on designing and delivering enterprise-scale Azure AI, Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. You will combine deep hands-on knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs), AI platforms and modern cloud architecture with the ability to design secure, scalable and production-ready AI solutions.

Experience Required

• 8+ years of experience across software engineering, data or AI systems
• 2+ years of hands-on Generative AI / LLM experience
• 4+ years designing enterprise-scale platforms or distributed systems
• Strong experience designing production-grade AI architectures
• Experience taking AI solutions from architecture through to enterprise deployment

Key Responsibilities

• Architect scalable Azure AI, Generative AI and Agentic AI platforms
• Design multi-agent orchestration frameworks for complex automated workflows
• Define context, memory and state-management architectures for AI agents
• Design and optimise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions
• Build AI solutions using technologies including Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph and Agno
• Architect enterprise AI solutions using Azure and cloud-based AI services
• Design model inference pipelines across cloud, edge and on-premise environments
• Develop strategies for LLM/SLM fine-tuning and domain-specific model optimisation
• Ensure AI solutions meet enterprise standards around security, scalability, performance and governance