Remote Principal AI Solutions Architect, Cloud AI Strategy

Placements24; Richards Bay; Remote; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first organization

Health insurance

Retirement planning options

Training & certifications

Conference attendance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Principal AI Solutions Architect to design and implement scalable AI strategies for diverse clients. This senior role is remote with a regional focus on Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, and surrounding areas, requiring visionary leadership in AI, ML, and cloud technologies.

You will architect secure, cost-efficient AI solutions, develop PoCs, and mentor engineers while collaborating with sales to deliver compelling proposals.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related quantitative field.
• 10+ years in software architecture, cloud computing, and AI/ML development.
• Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale AI/ML solutions with several ML frameworks.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their AI/ML services.
• Strong data engineering, data warehousing, and big data knowledge.
• Excellent communication, presentation and client-facing skills.
• Experience with MLOps practices desirable and leadership in client-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture of complex AI/ML solutions on cloud platforms.
• Translate client business requirements into technical AI strategies and roadmaps.
• Provide expert guidance on AI/ML best practices, data architecture, and MLOps.
• Develop proofs-of-concept and prototypes to demonstrate feasibility.
• Collaborate with sales and engineering to create proposals and solutions.
• Mentor junior architects and engineers toward technical excellence.
• Stay ahead of emerging AI, cloud, and data science trends.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective.
• Present technical strategies to technical and executive audiences.

Skills

Client-facing

Cloud architecture

AI/ML strategy

MLOps

Leadership

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

AWS AI services

Azure AI / GCP AI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Principal AI Solutions Architect to design and implement scalable AI strategies for diverse clients. This senior role is remote with a regional focus on Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, and surrounding areas, requiring visionary leadership in AI, ML, and cloud technologies.

You will architect secure, cost-efficient AI solutions, develop PoCs, and mentor engineers while collaborating with sales to deliver compelling proposals.