AI Architect

NTT DATA North America; India; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA North America seeks an AI Architect to lead the design of enterprise-scale AI platforms in Noida/ Gurgaon area. You will architect LLM-based applications, AI agents, and data-intensive systems across cloud platforms, tying together APIs, microservices, and governance. A strong background in Python, C#, and DevOps is essential.

The role emphasizes building scalable, secure solutions with modern AI frameworks and tools, supporting cross-functional teams in a dynamic enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering or senior technical leadership.
• Deep knowledge across AI/ML, LLMs, APIs, cloud platforms, and data architecture.
• Hands-on Python for AI engineering and automation.
• Strong C#, .NET in enterprise backend architecture.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale platforms in data-intensive environments.
• Experience with LangChain, vector databases, and AI governance.

Skills

AI/ML

LLMs

agentic systems

cloud platforms

distributed systems

data architecture

APIs

DevOps

security

Python for AI engineering

C# / .NET

SQL & relational databases

data modeling

production operations

microservices

CI/CD

infrastructure-as-code

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

Google ADK

Job description

We are currently seeking a AI Architect to join our team in Noida / Gurgaon, Delhi (IN-DL), India (IN).

AI Architect

Required skills

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, platform architecture, or senior technical leadership roles.
• Strong cumulative technical knowledge across AI/ML, LLMs, agentic systems, software engineering, cloud platforms, distributed systems, data architecture, APIs, DevOps, and security.
• Strong hands-on understanding of Python for AI engineering, automation, orchestration, and AI service development.
• Strong hands-on understanding of C#, .NET and enterprise backend application architecture.
• Strong SQL expertise and understanding of relational databases, data modeling, query optimization, and enterprise data access patterns.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale platforms or applications in complex, data-intensive environments.
• Experience architecting LLM-based applications, AI agents, RAG systems, workflow automation, and intelligent decision-support solutions.
• Experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Google ADK or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of MCP server architecture and how AI systems integrate with enterprise APIs, tools, repositories, and data platforms.
• Experience with cloud-native architecture on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and production operations.

Preferred skills:

• Experience in financial services, capital markets, ratings, risk analytics, commodities, fintech, or regulated enterprise environments.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, API Gateway, SageMaker, Bedrock, CloudFormation, CDK, or comparable cloud services.
• Experience with vector databases such as OpenSearch, FAISS, Pinecone, or pgvector.
• Experience with AI governance, model lifecycle management, responsible AI, model risk controls, data privacy, and auditability.
• Experience supporting SaaS modernization, platform transformation, operating model transformation, or enterprise architecture governance.

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