AI CoE Architect

Version 1; United States; Híbrido; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Profit sharing

Career development

Flexible/remote work

Pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Gym discounts

Educational assistance

Resumo da vaga

Version 1 is expanding its AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) with an AI CoE Architect role. You will translate business needs into technical designs, stay hands-on with proofs of concept, and mentor engineers while shaping governance and standards across AI initiatives.

You will collaborate with business and delivery leaders to drive production-ready AI solutions, balancing model choice, data, security and cost considerations in a fast-moving environment.

Qualificações

• Experienced in designing production-ready systems.
• Strong grasp of LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation and agentic workflows.
• Cloud, data platforms and integration patterns knowledge.
• Ability to prototype in Python and review others' work.

Responsabilidades

• Understand business needs with leaders to map processes and define AI use cases with clear value.
• Architect end-to-end AI solutions covering model choice, data, integration, security and cost.
• Build proofs of concept to test feasibility and guide delivery.
• Guide CoE engineers through build, review designs and resolve trade-offs.
• Create reusable reference architectures and governance patterns for CoE.
• Coach CoE engineers and interns and run AI skills training across the business.
• Stay current with new models and tools and test them for potential adoption.

Conhecimentos

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

AI CoE experience

Python coding

Ferramentas

AWS Bedrock

Anthropic

OpenAI

Descrição da vaga

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexperteseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’rean award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heartof whatwe do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’rea corevalues drivencompany, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them,it’sdeeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us andwe’llinvest in you!.

Job Description

About the role

Version 1 has 98% AI adoption across the business, live agentic deployments, and a governance framework that routes each use case to self-service AI or CoE-led transformation. The AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) takes the complex, high-value use cases and turns them into production systems. Demand is growing and the CoE is taking on more production work. We are adding an AI CoE Architect, alongside an AI CoE Engineer, to give the team stable, senior capability.

You will be the CoE's link between business need and technical design. You will work with business and delivery leaders to understand how their processes work and where AI can change them, then design solutions the engineering team can build. You will stay hands-on: you will build proofs of concept to test your designs, review the team's work, and help others grow. This is an architecture role for someone who still builds.

Key responsibilities

• Understand the business. Work with business and delivery leaders to map processes, challenges and goals, and shape them into well-scoped AI use cases with clear value.
• Architect solutions. Design agentic and generative AI solutions end to end, covering model choice, data, integration, security, cost and operations.
• Prove the design. Build proofs of concept to test feasibility and show stakeholders what is possible, then hand strong candidates into delivery.
• Guide delivery. Work with CoE engineers through build and release, review designs and code, and resolve technical trade-offs.
• Set standards. Create reusable reference architectures, patterns and guidance, and feed lessons back into the CoE's governance model.
• Develop others. Coach CoE engineers and interns, and run training that raises AI skills across the business.
• Stay current. Track new models, tools and techniques, test them, and bring forward those that earn a place in our work.

Qualifications

What we are looking for

Technical skills

• Solution or enterprise architecture experience, with a record of designing systems that reached production.
• Practical understanding of large language models (AWS Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI), retrieval-augmented generation, tool use and agentic workflows.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), data platforms and integration patterns.
• Able to code well enough in Python or similar to build prototypes and review others' work.

How you work

• Strong business sense: you ask why before you design, and can link technical choices to outcomes.
• A doer who takes a problem and runs with it. Startup or fast-moving product experience is a strong advantage.
• Naturally curious and quick to learn as the technology changes.
• Clear communicator who can move between executives, business teams and engineers.
• Patient, practical mentor who enjoys helping others improve.

Experience

• Typically 5 to 8 years in software, data or solution architecture roles, with recent AI work. Evidence of what you have designed and delivered matters more than years served. Consulting or client‑facing experience is a plus.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectivelybenefitfrom a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiativesincluding;Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financialadviceand an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educationalassistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call‑Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering your diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse,inclusiveand respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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