Principal Data & AI Architect — Lead Scalable AI Solutions

Kainos; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos seeks a Principal Architect for Data & AI to lead the delivery of advanced data/AI solutions across multiple customers. You will influence senior stakeholders, guide architectural direction and mentor other architects and engineers to drive innovative, scalable outcomes.

You will shape policies, standards and customer strategies, while advising on new technologies and approaches to enable growth and success across projects.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of current and emerging data/AI tech and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Experience designing, building and productionising modern data/AI applications.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP including IaaS, PaaS or SaaS offerings.
• Proven ability to handle data integration methods such as messaging and data virtualization.
• Ability to balance customer concerns with non-functional requirements in design.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of data/AI solutions across multiple customers.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to set principles and directional design.
• Manage other architects and engineers, guiding career paths.
• Provide assurance to agile teams on outcomes, complexity and decisions.
• Shape policy, standards, and customer relationships; mentor teams.
• Advise on new technologies and approaches to drive growth.

Skills

Data/AI technologies

Architectural leadership

Public cloud platforms

Data integration

Non-functional requirements

Commercial impact

People leadership

Job description

Kainos seeks a Principal Architect for Data & AI to lead the delivery of advanced data/AI solutions across multiple customers. You will influence senior stakeholders, guide architectural direction and mentor other architects and engineers to drive innovative, scalable outcomes.

You will shape policies, standards and customer strategies, while advising on new technologies and approaches to enable growth and success across projects.