Senior AI Solution Architect (Ref: 197699)

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career development

Impactful projects

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy seeks an experienced AI Architect to lead the architectural design and delivery of AI-driven solutions for enterprise clients in regulated industries. You will define blueprints, select models and tooling, and drive cloud integrations to ensure reliability and compliance.

You will partner with product managers, engineering teams and data scientists to prioritise work, de-risk delivery and accelerate value realization, while raising observability and model lifecycle

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering production AI/ML solutions in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and services for compute, storage and deployment of ML models.
• Demonstrable skills in system design, APIs, data engineering patterns and scalable inference architectures.
• Experience working with product, security, legal and operations in regulated industries.
• Excellent communication, modelling and documentation with influencing technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for AI initiatives from requirements to deployment and handover.
• Define model integration patterns, data pipelines and inference infrastructure for performance and cost.
• Lead cross-functional design workshops to align stakeholders on scope and success criteria.
• Produce architecture artefacts including diagrams, interfaces and non-functional requirements.
• Evaluate cloud services, frameworks and tooling to meet security, compliance and scalability needs.
• Establish practices for model governance, monitoring and retraining triggers.
• Conduct technical reviews, code and design reviews, and mentor teams.
• Support PoC work to validate approaches and iterate on promising directions.

Skills

AI/ML architecture

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder collaboration

Model governance

Documentation & communication

Tools

Cloud services

APIs

MLOps tooling

Vector search

Job description

About Us

Our client builds advanced enterprise software products used by large organisations across finance, healthcare and logistics, solving high-impact data and automation problems at scale. Operating at the intersection of machine learning, cloud platforms and business process integration, the organisation delivers platforms that turn complex data into reliable operational outcomes for customers with demanding security and regulatory constraints.

Job Description

Lead the architectural design and delivery of AI-driven solutions that translate business problems into production-ready systems. You will define solution blueprints, select appropriate models and tooling, and drive integrations with cloud services and enterprise applications to ensure reliability and compliance. Partner with product managers, engineering teams and data scientists to prioritise work, de-risk delivery and accelerate time to value, while improving operational observability and model lifecycle management. Influence technical standards, review designs and mentor engineers to raise implementation quality across multiple initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for AI initiatives, from requirements through to deployment and operational handover.
• Define model integration patterns, data pipelines, and inference infrastructure tuned for performance and cost.
• Drive cross-functional design workshops to align stakeholders on scope, constraints, and success criteria.
• Produce architecture artefacts including diagrams, interfaces, and non-functional requirement specifications.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services, frameworks, and tooling to meet security, compliance and scalability needs.
• Establish practices for model governance, monitoring, retraining triggers and observability.
• Conduct technical reviews, code and design reviews, and mentor engineering and data science teams.
• Support proof-of-concept work to validate approaches and rapidly iterate on promising directions.

Requirements

• Essential: proven experience designing and delivering production AI or ML solutions in enterprise environments.
• Essential: strong knowledge of cloud platforms and experience choosing services for compute, storage, and deployment of ML models.
• Essential: demonstrable skills in system design, APIs, data engineering patterns and scalable inference architectures.
• Essential: experience working with stakeholders across product, security, legal and operations teams in regulated industries.
• Essential: excellent communication, modelling and documentation skills with a track record of influencing technical decisions.
• Preferred: hands-on experience with MLOps, model monitoring tools, feature stores or model registries.
• Preferred: practical exposure to large language models, prompt engineering or vector search technologies.
• Preferred: relevant certifications in cloud platforms or architecture frameworks.

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package appropriate to the role.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• The opportunity to work on meaningful projects with visible organisational impact.
• Access to the tools, systems, and resources needed to perform the role effectively.