AI Architect

UnitedLayer; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech solutions provider is seeking a Technical AI Architect to create scalable and secure distributed architectures for consumer-facing applications. The role involves collaborating with engineering teams, designing technology systems, and mentoring junior members. The ideal candidate should hold a degree in Computer Science and have proven experience in AI solutions and cloud technologies like AWS. This permanent opportunity is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Proven experience in software development, system design, or AI/ML solutions.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, DevOps and AI-powered solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design the structure of technology systems and manage implementation.
• Contribute to the backend codebase and technical architecture.
• Collaborate with the development team to build utilities and provide technical assistance.

Skills

Coding skills

AWS knowledge

AI-powered solutions

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

IDE (PyCharm, VS Code)

Draw.io or MS Paint

Job description

As a Technical AI Architect, you will be responsible for creating scalable, secure and performant distributed architectures for rich, high-end, consumer-facing applications. The Architect is responsible for coding, designing, deploying, and debugging development projects. In this role you’ll be working closely with a passionate and driven Engineering Team, Product Management team, Architects, Engineers, Leadership team and other stakeholders. You will be on‑call 24/7 and make yourself available to effectively manage the stakeholders, customer calls.

Permanent Opportunity (direct payroll)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure that the technology objectives are aligned with the business goals of the systems and programs designed.
• Create the optimum technical solution in the context of the customer’s environment, requirements, and financial resources. Ensure systems meet functional and non‑functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, maintainability, operational costs).
• Design the structure of technology systems and manage the implementation of programs.
• Coordinate with the software development team to ensure the system runs smoothly.
• Contribute to the backend codebase and Technical Architecture, including Database Schema, API & Code Design for the backend. Develop highly optimized and reusable code.
• Distinguish between “good code” and “bad code” through code reviews focusing on maintainability, readability, performance, documentation, and architecture compliance.
• Design and implement innovative solutions tailored to customer needs by identifying reusable patterns across multiple clients facing similar challenges.
• Explain architecture to commercial and management audiences.
• Evaluate architectural choices and decisions made by others, and formulate alternatives.
• Assess whether proposed architecture meets relevant business cases.
• Gauge the difficulty or ease of implementing proposed architecture, considering ease of maintenance.
• Assess performance characteristics of the proposed architecture.
• Evaluate security implications of the proposed architecture.
• Enforce technical design reviews, focusing on hard technical artifacts such as ER diagrams, time‑sequence diagrams, truth tables, pseudocode, etc.
• Create high‑level product specifications and design documents.
• Develop standards and technical documentation for existing theoretical software designs.
• Recommend tools and capabilities from various on‑premise, cloud‑based, and hybrid resources.
• Use the latest technologies to continuously improve current software capabilities.
• Apply skills in cloud services (AWS and Azure) and design DevSecOps practices.
• Work closely with customers to understand requirements and translate them into functional products.
• Translate requirements into functional documents.
• Create high‑level design documents and technical approach documents.
• Collaborate with the development team to build utilities and provide technical assistance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in both low‑level design (LLD) and high‑level design (HLD).
• Strong coding skills required; must be a hands‑on coder.
• Expertise in AI‑powered solutions.
• Strong knowledge of AWS or other cloud technologies.
• Proven experience in scaling systems effectively.
• Take ownership of new products and features.
• Mentor and assist junior team members and perform code reviews.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and designers to identify the best approach for building features.
• Ability to create simple architecture diagrams using tools like draw.io or MS Paint.
• Candidate should have an IDE (PyCharm, VS Code, or equivalent) open and available for hands‑on work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) or networking are a plus.
• Proven experience in software development, system design, or AI/ML solutions.
• Strong understanding of architecture design, coding best practices, and scalable systems.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, DevOps, and AI‑powered solutions.
• Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members effectively.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.