Data and AI Architect

Valtech; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valtech seeks an Enterprise Data & AI Architect to shape its data and AI landscape. This crucial role involves designing innovative solutions, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with governance standards. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in data architecture and cloud-native AI services, alongside a strong communication ability to lead initiatives across departments.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 vacation days

Premium health insurance

Training policy for skill development

Personal career development roadmap

Co-subsidized transportation

Self-care program

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing large-scale data or ML platforms.
• 3+ years building cloud-first AI platforms.
• Experience productizing Gen-AI in multi-national environments.

Responsibilities

• Define data & AI architecture roadmap and ensure alignment with business needs.
• Collaborate to vet AI vendors for compliance and fit.
• Document patterns and best practices for rapid delivery.

Skills

Hands-on experience with data modeling

ETL/ELT orchestration

MLOps automation

Deep expertise in cloud-native AI services

Strong grasp of RBAC and compliance frameworks

Skilled communicator

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Data Lake

Synapse

Fabric

ADF

Databricks

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Why Valtech? We’re advisors, visionaries, creative and techies. We embrace all things digital. We talk to each other. We have fun. We love our clients. We’re looking ahead • We are global

Valtech is the experience innovation company, combining the uncommon to unlock a better way for people to experience the world. We work at the intersection of diverse disciplines, cultures, and perspectives to create solutions that achieve the exceptional, helping brands make the leap beyond the competition and become leaders in a digital world.

Valtech is looking for an Enterprise Data & AI Architect to shape our end-to-end data and AI landscape. You will own the technical strategy, design and technical roll-out of a secure, governed, and future-proof AI eco-system, that creates automation of workflows in our services across the business. By working at the intersection of our business, legal, compliance, cyber security, and IT, you’ll convert ideas into scalable solutions, and thereby raise AI literacy company-wide.

The Ideal Candidate

• 7 + years in designing larger-scale data, ML, or enterprise platforms.
• 3 + years building cloud-first AI platforms.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native AI and data services (Data Lake, Synapse, Fabric, ADF, Databricks) or similar AWS/GCP stacks.
• Experience productizing Gen-AI copilots or RAG systems in large, multi-national environments.
• Strong grasp of RBAC, encryption, and compliance frameworks; proven record meeting GDPR/HIPAA.
• Hands-on experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT orchestration, and MLOps automation.
• Skilled communicator who simplifies complex topics and influences without direct authority.
• Strategic thinker who balances long-term vision with near-term delivery.

Optional:

• Contributions to open-source AI or infra projects.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot, Fabric, or OpenAI services.
• Exposure to Power Platform, Langchain, N8N or other no-to-low-code tools.

The Role

As a Data and AI Architect within our organization, you will:

• Define a data & AI architecture, around a Microsoft core, that covers ingestion, metadata and cataloging, orchestration, and AIOps.
• Define and own the technical data & AI architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with business needs, security, governance, and ethical-AI standards.
• Ensure data strategies and requirements are clear for innovations; establish data classification requirements, RBAC, quality, and compliance guardrails in partnership with Data Protection and Legal (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, etc.).
• Architect storage, infrastructure and observability, to cater for out-of-perimeter data sharing.
• Collaborate with procurement and security to vet AI vendors and ensure contractual and architectural fit.
• Technical lead from proofs of concept to scaled AI solutions. This covers both connecting and consolidating existing innovations and designing/architecting net-new ones.
• Document patterns and best practices to enable rapid, repeatable delivery from proof of concept to scaled AI solutions.

What we offer in return

• This is a full-time position that comes with an excellent salary and an opportunity to grow within the company based on demonstrated merit.
• Flexible working hours and 25 vacation days for healthy work-life balance.
• Premium health insurance for fast and easy access to top healthcare services.
• Training policy for technical and other skills-related events, courses and certifications.
• Personal career development roadmap guided by performance evaluations.
• Co-subsidized transportation & Multisport cards.
• Self-care program offering psychological consultations & discussions for you and the team.
• Cozy office space designed for comfort and productivity.
• Exciting team events and company gatherings.
  
  

Diversity and inclusion at Valtech

At Valtech, we’re here to engineer experiences that work and reach every single person. To do this, we are proactive about creating workplaces that work for every person at Valtech. Our goal is to create an equitable workplace that gives people from all backgrounds the support they need to thrive, grow, and meet their goals (whatever they may be). You can find out more about what we’re doing to create a Valtech for everyonehere.

Our company values

We SHARE our knowledge with our clients and colleagues all over the world. We value different opinions and embrace open discussions. We DARE to go into unknown territories. We dare to speak up and be totally honest. We CARE about the end-user experience, about our client's businesses, and about the quality of the things we make.

We want to make the world a better place through the work we do.