Remote Data & AI Architect - Lead Data Platforms

1002 Zühlke Engineering AG; Schlieren; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance

Profit sharing

Global community

Professional development

Career growth

Job summary

Zühlke Engineering AG seeks a Lead Data & AI Architect to design data and AI platforms that empower advanced analytics, GenAI, and agentic systems. You will articulate architecture to stakeholders and guide teams through production-ready implementations in cloud and on-prem environments.

With expertise across AWS, Azure, GCP, and modern data tooling, you’ll shape scalable, secure solutions, contribute to pre-sales, and mentor junior colleagues while advancing Zühlke’s data & AI competencies

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing data & AI platforms and governance.
• Strong knowledge of security, scalability, and compliance.
• Ability to explain architectural decisions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design sophisticated data & AI architectures for client projects.
• Lead teams to implement data products and ML/GenAI systems.
• Ensure transparent, reproducible, and high-quality deployments.

Skills

Data & AI design

Cloud platforms

Data governance

DevOps mindset

Python

Spark

GenAI tooling

Communication skills

Education

Technical degree in CS/Math or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Foundry

Fabric

SageMaker

Kafka

dbt

Delta Lake

Iceberg

Job description

Zühlke Engineering AG seeks a Lead Data & AI Architect to design data and AI platforms that empower advanced analytics, GenAI, and agentic systems. You will articulate architecture to stakeholders and guide teams through production-ready implementations in cloud and on-prem environments.

With expertise across AWS, Azure, GCP, and modern data tooling, you’ll shape scalable, secure solutions, contribute to pre-sales, and mentor junior colleagues while advancing Zühlke’s data & AI competencies