AI Solution Architect/ Engineer - Senior Manager

PwC UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Virtual GP access

Volunteer days

Flexible working

Hybrid office/home/client site

Job summary

PwC UK is seeking an experienced AI Solution Engineer to bridge PwC’s industry architects with development teams, shaping AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.

The role combines technical excellence with business acumen, focusing on cloud prototypes, feasibility assessments, and communicating complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A strong track record in enterprise AI is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience shaping software solutions with sales teams for enterprise customers.
• Expertise in LLMs/SLMs, model performance, training requirements and deployment.
• Hands-on cloud experience with AWS, Google, OpenAI or Azure ML.
• Solid understanding of statistics, ML, data engineering and big data concepts.
• Knowledge of security, landing zones and AI cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders to articulate AI value.
• Support sales by demonstrating how AI/ML solutions address business problems.
• Assist in early engagement by designing and prototyping cloud AI solutions.
• Communicate technical requirements and dependencies to clients.

Skills

AI Architecture

Cloud/Hyperscalers

Sales alignment

AI cost optimization

Data science basics

Security & FinOps

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced AI Solution Engineer to act as the link between PwC’s industry architects, who identify AI business cases, and the firm’s development capabilities. This role shapes AI solutions, meets client needs, and delivers measurable business value and technically feasible solutions. The AI Solution Engineer is a key technical resource responsible for selecting, designing, demonstrating, and delivering prototype solutions that align with customer needs and business goals during early engagement. As a trusted advisor, the Solution Engineer has a strong mix of technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and business acumen to effectively create cloud prototypes to demonstrate and communicate the value of solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. They provide experience in identifying viable and feasible AI solutions to address specific client issues and demonstrate PwC’s technical capability as part of proposals. They demonstrate extensive knowledge of hyperscaler AI offerings, understanding all of the technical requirements and dependencies of a product/solution and explaining them to potential clients.

We are looking for an experienced AI Solution Engineer to act as the link between PwC’s industry architects, who identify AI business cases, and the firm’s development capabilities. This role shapes AI solutions, meets client needs, and delivers measurable business value and technically feasible solutions. The AI Solution Engineer is a key technical resource responsible for selecting, designing, demonstrating, and delivering prototype solutions that align with customer needs and business goals during early engagement. As a trusted advisor, the Solution Engineer has a strong mix of technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and business acumen to effectively create cloud prototypes to demonstrate and communicate the value of solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. They provide experience in identifying viable and feasible AI solutions to address specific client issues and demonstrate PwC’s technical capability as part of proposals. They demonstrate extensive knowledge of hyperscaler AI offerings, understanding all of the technical requirements and dependencies of a product/solution and explaining them to potential clients.

What your days will look like;

Primarily sales-oriented, this role is focused on supporting the sales process by bridging the gap between technical teams and non-technical salespeople. The role helps sales teams select and prospects understand the AI/ML solution, demonstrates how it solves their business problems, and assists in demonstrating AI technical excellence to the client in the early sales process.

This role is for you if you have;

• Extensive experience working with sales teams and shaping viable and feasible software solutions as part of process change for enterprise customers
• AI Model Architecture – Evidenced expertise in LLMs, SLMs, (Large Language Models/Small Language Models) performance, suitability, training requirements, and deployment
• Cloud & Hyperscalers – Practical experience with at least two of the following is required: AWS Bedrock/Sagemaker, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI and Azure ML is required
• An understanding of underlying statistics, machine learning and data science, data engineering and big data concepts is required
• An understanding of the process and data complexities and prerequisites, and success criteria needed to deliver a solution that meets user and business needs
• Cloud Security & FinOps – Knowledge of landing zones, security, and AI cost optimisation

What you’ll receive from us:

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.