AI Architect

About the role

We are looking for an AI Architect to join the cross‑functional architecture team driving a large‑scale AI acceleration program. The role sits at the heart of an ecosystem that spans the software development lifecycle, data and operations, and works closely with privacy, compliance and adoption‑metric teams.

Key responsibilities

• Define standards and blueprints for integrating AI across the SDLC, data and operations.
• Ensure interoperability between platforms while managing technical debt and legacy migration.
• Size infrastructure for AI/ML workloads and define deployment strategies.
• Participate in the Architecture Review Board to validate new initiatives.
• Contribute actively to the cross‑functional architecture community.

Required profile

• Solid foundation as a software developer with production experience in Java.NET or Python.
• Proven experience with AI‑native architectures such as agent orchestration, LLMs in production, RAG patterns, guardrails and MCP.
• Strong cloud architecture background focused on AI/ML workloads, cost management, rate limiting and inference caching.
• Comfortable with heterogeneous stacks including OutSystems, Salesforce (Agentforce), open‑source solutions, event‑driven architecture and microservices.
• Experience in regulated environments (telco, banking or insurance) with knowledge of GDPR and preferably the EU AI Act.
• Security‑by‑design mindset applied to AI, with CI/CD pipelines featuring AI‑powered quality gates and end‑to‑end observability.
• Available for hybrid work based in Lisbon and fluent in Portuguese.

Required skills

• Java
• .NET
• Python
• AI‑native architectures (agent orchestration, LLMs, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, guardrails, MCP)
• Cloud platforms for AI/ML workloads
• Cost management, rate limiting, inference caching
• OutSystems
• Salesforce (Agentforce)
• Event‑driven architecture
• Microservices
• CI/CD pipelines
• AI‑powered quality gates
• End‑to‑end observability

What we offer

• An informal culture of smart, hardworking and friendly colleagues.
• A mentorship program from day one.
• Opportunity to help shape the company’s AI strategy and architecture.