Senior AI Architect - Intelligent Systems Leader

PwC Switzerland; Zürich; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Switzerland is seeking an exceptional AI professional to shape, design and build the next generation of intelligent enterprise systems. You will work at the intersection of agentic AI, knowledge systems, decision intelligence, conversational AI and enterprise architecture, translating complex business problems into scalable AI solutions.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, prototype rapidly, and advise senior leaders on how to rethink organisations with AI, communicating complex tech

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent exceptional experience.
• 7+ years' experience building, architecting or leading sophisticated AI/data solutions in complex environments.
• Deep understanding of LLMs, agentic systems, RAG, evaluation and modern AI architectures, with strong technical judgment about what works in production. Technically hands-on: fluent in Python and/or TypeScript and able to prototype, review code and challenge architectural decisions.
• Experience designing secure, production-grade AI systems, including enterprise integration, data privacy, access control and auditability.
• Strong interest in reasoning, knowledge representation and intelligent systems; experience with knowledge graphs, ontologies or semantic architectures is a plus.
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear concepts, architectures and working solutions, and communicate them to both engineers and senior executives.
• Product mindset: curiosity beyond the technology itself and the ambition to turn successful ideas into reusable solutions and IP.
• Fluent in English. German fluency is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify problems worth solving. Understand complex legal, tax and corporate environments and determine where AI can fundamentally improve how work and decisions happen.
• Shape the technical vision. Design intelligent systems across models, agents, knowledge, retrieval, enterprise integration and human interaction, making informed trade-offs across capability, cost, latency, security and reliability.
• Build and test new concepts. Work with engineers and domain experts to rapidly prototype, evaluate and turn the strongest ideas into production-grade systems.
• Create reusable IP. Turn what we learn into architectures, accelerators and capabilities that can scale across clients and domains.
• Advise senior leaders. Translate complex technology into clear choices and help executives rethink how their organisations operate with AI.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams of engineers, domain experts and consultants from ambiguous problem through to working solution.
• Stay close to the frontier. Evaluate emerging research, models and technologies and determine what is genuinely useful, bringing the best ideas into our work.

Skills

LLMs

Agentic systems

RAG

Knowledge representation

English fluency

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science / AI / Data Science / Engineering

Equivalent exceptional experience

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Code review

Job description

PwC Switzerland is seeking an exceptional AI professional to shape, design and build the next generation of intelligent enterprise systems. You will work at the intersection of agentic AI, knowledge systems, decision intelligence, conversational AI and enterprise architecture, translating complex business problems into scalable AI solutions.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, prototype rapidly, and advise senior leaders on how to rethink organisations with AI, communicating complex tech