AI Solution Architect - Senior Manager

eFinancialCareers; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid working

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking an experienced AI Solution Architect - Senior Manager to lead architecture and technical design of AI-enabled digital products and platforms in a hybrid London-based role. You will own end-to-end architecture lifecycle, from discovery to deployment, guide cross-functional teams, ensure secure, scalable production-ready solutions, and mentor engineers and architects.

Strong knowledge of LLMs, RAG, AI agents, cloud-native platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience designing AI-enabled enterprise solutions end-to-end.
• Strong architecture leadership across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of LLMs, RAG, AI agents and orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AI-enabled product/platform architecture from discovery to live operation.
• Design production-ready AI solutions with LLMs, RAG, and orchestration.
• Provide technical leadership and review designs across engineering teams.
• Define scalable, secure AI architectures and data/integration patterns.
• Develop AI evaluation/monitoring frameworks covering safety and explainability.
• Mentor and develop Solution Architects and Engineers.

Skills

AI architecture

Solution architecture

Enterprise AI

Cloud-native architectures

LLMs / Generative AI

RAG / AI agents

Architecture governance

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring / leadership

Security / privacy / compliance

Observability / resilience

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

£85,000 to 120,000 GBP

bonus

Hybrid WORKING

Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

AI Solution Architect - Senior Manager

Salary: £85,000-£120,000 + Bonus

Location: UK | Hybrid Working (Preferably London or Manchester based)

We are looking for an experiencedAI Solution Architect - Senior Manager to lead the architecture and technical design of innovative, AI-enabled digital products, platforms and services.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering enterprise AI solutions, working across business, product, data and engineering teams to turn complex business challenges into secure, scalable and production-ready applications.

You will take ownership of the end-to-end architecture lifecycle, from initial discovery and solution design through to engineering delivery, deployment and live operation. You will combine strong architectural expertise with a practical understanding of AI technologies, providing technical leadership while helping organisations adopt AI responsibly and effectively.

The Role

• Own the end-to-end architecture of AI-enabled products, platforms and services, from discovery and solution design through to engineering delivery and live operation.
• Design and architect production-ready AI solutions, incorporating large language models (LLMs), generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents and orchestration technologies.
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams, guiding architecture decisions, reviewing designs and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Define scalable, secure and resilient AI architectures, considering model selection, data pipelines, integrations, infrastructure and deployment approaches.
• Establish appropriate AI evaluation and monitoring frameworks, covering model performance, accuracy, safety, data quality, privacy, security and explainability.
• Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies, technical constraints and technical debt, ensuring solutions meet business and non-functional requirements.
• Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, Engineering and Platform teams to ensure effective integration and alignment with wider technology standards.
• Develop reusable AI architecture patterns, reference architectures and technical blueprints.
• Stay up to date with emerging AI models, agentic technologies, orchestration frameworks and cloud platforms, making informed decisions around technology selection and platform dependencies.
• Communicate architectural decisions and recommendations to senior stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Support solution shaping, client-facing discussions, proposals, RFPs and RFIs, providing senior technical expertise.
• Mentor and develop Solution Architects, Engineers and other technical practitioners, contributing to the growth of the wider AI architecture capability.

About You

You will be an experienced AI Architect, Solution Architect or senior technical leader with a strong background in designing and delivering complex technology solutions, ideally with a focus on AI and emerging technologies.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise technology solutions end-to-end, from discovery and architecture through to engineering delivery and production deployment.
• Strong experience architecting AI-enabled applications, platforms or services.
• Knowledge of generative AI, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents and agent orchestration.
• An understanding of AI evaluation, monitoring and responsible AI principles, including model performance, safety, explainability, governance and security.
• Experience with cloud-native architecture and engineering, ideally using Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
• A strong understanding of modern solution architecture, including APIs, integration, data architecture, identity and access management, DevSecOps, observability and resilience.
• Practical technology delivery experience across AI platforms, software engineering, cloud modernisation or distributed systems.
• The ability to assess architectural trade-offs, manage technical risks and design solutions that are scalable, secure and commercially viable.
• Experience providing technical leadership, influencing senior stakeholders and guiding multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience contributing to technical proposals, solution shaping, RFPs or RFIs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.

What's on Offer?

• £85,000-£120,000 basic salary, depending on experience.
• Performance-related bonus.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Please note:

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already have the unrestricted right to work in the UK.