Artificial Intelligence Architecture & Engineering Technical Lead

Standard Bank Group; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bank of South Africa is seeking an Artificial Intelligence Architecture & Engineering Technical Lead in Roodepoort to drive strategic AI initiatives. You will shape AI thinking, deliver governance-compliant solutions and advance AI across the bank.

You will own reference architectures across cloud platforms, oversee PoC to production, and coach engineers to raise the overall AI capability within the organization.

Qualifications

• Post graduate degree in Information Technology.
• 5–7 years of experience in AI/ML.
• Experience in Software Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of priority AI initiatives.
• Define and own SBIB AI reference architecture across AWS, Azure and Power Platform.
• Drive production from PoC through to monitored production with CI/CD pipelines and model monitoring.
• Ensure all solutions meet governance and Responsible AI requirements.
• Coach junior AI engineers and contribute to SBIB AI CoP.

Skills

AI Architecture

Cloud Transformation

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Post Graduate Degree in Information Technology

Tools

AWS Bedrock

AWS Lambda

AWS S3

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Foundry

Document Intelligence

AI Builder

Power Platform

Job description

Artificial Intelligence Architecture & Engineering Technical Lead

Job Overview

Company: Standard Bank of South Africa

Location: ZA, GP, Roodepoort, 4 Ellis Street

Business Segment: Insurance & Asset Management

To work with business stakeholders to identify and deliver on new AI initiatives. To apply deep domain expertise to shape/influence the AI-thinking in the organisation through thought leadership; enabling the successful adoption and acceleration of AI and ML across Standard Bank Group (SBG), ensuring the needs of stakeholders are correctly understood and addressed.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology
Experience Required
Software Engineering
Technology
5-7 years
Experience in the AI and ML area.

AI Portfolio Delivery & Architecture

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of all priority AI initiatives -Project Aqua (Call AI), SALT Fraud Detection, Email Triage Agent and Hyper-personalisation -ensuring quality, velocity and governance standards are met.
• Define and own the SBIB AI reference architecture across AWS (Bedrock, Lambda, S3), Azure (OpenAI, AI Foundry, Document Intelligence, AI Search) and Power Platform.
• Drive production from PoC through to monitored, governed production with CI/CD pipelines, model cards, drift monitoring and release management.
• Ensure all solutions meet AITC, MAC and Responsible AI requirements and maintain a live solution architecture register.

Platform, Cloud & Data

• Establish and maintain a shared AI sandbox environment, define the AWS-to-Power Platform interoperability pattern, and manage ADLS, vector stores and embedding pipelines.
• Architect the managed data tier to replace SharePoint as the AI storage layer, enabling retrieval-augmented generation, pipeline monitoring and self-service data consumption.

Process Analyst Capability Uplift -AI Engineering Transition

• Design and execute the structured AI upskilling programme for the three process analysts transitioning into AI engineering roles, covering AI fundamentals, prompt engineering, Power Platform AI Builder, cloud-native patterns and live delivery pairing.
• Define individual learning pathways, assess competency progress and produce a team competency roadmap with milestone gates tied to the 18–24 month delivery plan.

Governance, Standards & Coaching

• Establish AI engineering standards: coding standards, testing protocols, model evaluation frameworks and deployment checklists across the function.
• Coach junior AI engineers and transitioning process analysts; contribute to the SBIB AI CoP and Group-wide reuse initiatives.

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Data Analysis
• IT Design Driven Development
• Knowledge of Banking & Financial Service
• Systems Design
• Trouble Shooting
• Use of Libraries and Frameworks

Additional Information

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Standard Bank Group is committed to fair and inclusive employment practices. We aim to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities. We strive to create an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute and grow.