Senior AI Platform Architect - Cloud, Data & GenAI

Talanto; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO & holidays

Job summary

Talanto is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead client engagements on data and AI architectures, spanning cloud, data pipelines, and generative AI. You will partner with CIOs, CISOs, and engineering leaders to define technical vision, drive delivery, and ensure security and cost efficiency.

This staff‑level role offers part‑time client embedding with a clear path to engineering management, contributing to pre‑sales efforts and internal IP development.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of experience in solution architecture, cloud architecture, or a senior engineering role with significant design responsibilities.
• Deep expertise in at least two of: AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA.
• Strong command of cloud architecture patterns — networking, security, compute, storage, and managed AI/ML services.
• Solid understanding of the data and AI landscape: ML, deep learning, generative AI, autonomous agents, and data engineering.
• Proven ability to engage with senior client stakeholders and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills — able to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to make sound architectural trade‑offs under uncertainty.
• Fluent in French; professional proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end‑to‑end technical architecture for data and AI projects — covering cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, ML/DL model serving, generative AI applications, and agent‑based systems.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders, aligning architectural decisions with business objectives, security policies, and regulatory requirements (GDPR, EU AI Act).
• Lead architecture reviews, design sessions, and technical governance forums to ensure quality and coherence across workstreams.
• Remove technical impediments for engineering teams and provide hands‑on guidance when needed.
• Oversee the full project lifecycle: from advisory and assessments through prototyping (POC/MVP) to full‑scale production deployment.
• Ensure solutions are designed for production readiness — addressing scalability, reliability, observability, and cost optimization.
• Support business development by contributing to technical scoping, architecture proposals, and effort estimations during the sales cycle.
• Participate in client presentations and workshops to demonstrate •••• ’s technical capabilities and build trust.
• Identify expansion opportunities within existing accounts by surfacing new use cases and technical needs.
• Mentor junior consultants and engineers, helping them grow their architectural thinking and client‑facing skills.
• Contribute to building internal IP, accelerators, and reference architectures that leverage frontier technological developments.
• Stay current on the evolving landscape of cloud services, AI frameworks, and industry best practices.

Skills

French

English

Education

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Python

Terraform/IaC

Job description

Talanto is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead client engagements on data and AI architectures, spanning cloud, data pipelines, and generative AI. You will partner with CIOs, CISOs, and engineering leaders to define technical vision, drive delivery, and ensure security and cost efficiency.

This staff‑level role offers part‑time client embedding with a clear path to engineering management, contributing to pre‑sales efforts and internal IP development.