Enterprise AI Architect & Strategy Lead

Vaisala; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaisala seeks a Principal AI Architect to lead the enterprise AI and agent‑based architecture from the headquarters in Vantaa, Finland, with locations negotiable. You will set the architectural direction, drive hands-on design, and transform experiments into an enterprise capability used across Vaisala.

You will collaborate with AI, Data, Platform, Security teams and report to the Head of Architecture. You will lead a broad set of responsibilities, from model selection to security budgets,

Qualifications

• Shipped production AI systems and still write code (Python).
• Depth in retrieval-grounded and agentic systems (RAG, embeddings, tool calls).
• Model selection, eval design and AI Ops (CI/CD, monitoring).
• Cloud platform experience (ideally AWS Bedrock) and integrating SaaS-embedded AI into enterprise data.
• Architecture leadership with ability to guide patterns and make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set the direction for Vaisala’s AI and agentic architecture.
• Build and scale reference implementations, evaluation harnesses, and patterns.
• Own model and vendor selection — benchmark LLMs, embeddings, agents.
• Define grounding and agentic system patterns — vector search, orchestration, memory, evaluation.
• Design AI Ops interfaces and governance — MCP, tool-calling, CI/CD, versioning, monitoring.
• Lead the AI architecture community — mentor architects and teams.

Skills

Python programming

LLM architectures

Agent frameworks

RAG and embeddings

Cloud platforms

Architecture leadership

English communication

Education

M.Sc. in a technical field

Tools

AWS Bedrock

Claude

Microsoft Copilot

GitHub Copilot

Salesforce Agentforce

SAP Joule

Job description

Vaisala seeks a Principal AI Architect to lead the enterprise AI and agent‑based architecture from the headquarters in Vantaa, Finland, with locations negotiable. You will set the architectural direction, drive hands-on design, and transform experiments into an enterprise capability used across Vaisala.

You will collaborate with AI, Data, Platform, Security teams and report to the Head of Architecture. You will lead a broad set of responsibilities, from model selection to security budgets,