AI Architecture Consultant

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City Washington DC

Company IDB

Posting End Date 6 September 2026

We improve lives

The IDB Group is a community of diverse versatile and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive collaborative agile and rewarding environment.

About this position

We are looking for an experienced professional to join the Technology & Data Assurance Division TTDTDA as an AI & Emerging Technologies Architecture Consultant. The successful candidate will contribute to the evolution of the Banks Enterprise AI capabilities by designing reusable architecture patterns evaluating emerging technologies developing technical standards and enabling the implementation of secure and scalable AI solutions across business and corporate initiatives.

The ideal candidate combines experience in AI cloud-native architectures software engineering and enterprise architecture with the ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into reusable enterprise capabilities. Working closely with Product Teams Security Data Governance Cloud Engineering and Solution Architects the consultant will accelerate AI adoption while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles governance processes and technology standards.

What youll do

You will report to the Enterprise Architecture Team Leader in the Technology & Data Assurance Division. The key activities include

Develop the Banks AI reference architecture through reusable patterns reference implementations standards architecture decision records implementation guidance roadmaps and executive recommendations.

Assess and accredit AI platforms AI services cloud-native technologies and emerging technologies such as Generative AI AI Agents Retrieval-Augmented Generation RAG orchestration frameworks and enterprise AI platforms.

Develop proof-of-concepts technical prototypes and reference implementations to evaluate scalability operational readiness cost and enterprise applicability.

Enable the implementation of enterprise AI capabilities by collaborating with Product Teams Technical Leads Security Data Governance and Cloud Engineering.

Participate in Architecture Review Boards ARB technical design reviews and architecture governance activities.

Promote Responsible AI governance and responsible technology adoption.

What youll need

• Education Masters degree from an accredited university in Information Technology Computer Science Business Analytics or another relevant field is required.

• Experience Successful candidates should clearly demonstrate at least 5 years of experience including Azure and applied AI experience across most of the following areas Cloud & AI Platforms Applied Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Enterprise Architecture

• Languages Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages Spanish French or Portuguese is required.

Additional Expertise

Design Enterprise Solutions.

Cloud-native solution design using Azure andor AWS.

Enterprise AI platforms including Azure AI Foundry Azure OpenAI or Amazon Bedrock.

Production implementation of LLMs RAG prompt engineering semantic search AI agents and orchestration frameworks.

Python C or other modern programming languages.

REST APIs microservices event-driven architectures and containerization.

Identity and access integration including OAuth2OIDC and role-based access control.

Infrastructure as Code and CICD pipelines.

Solution architecture enterprise integration and technology architecture.

Architecture governance Architecture Review Boards and technical design reviews.

Requirements

• Citizenship You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries. We may offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your eligible dependents.

• Consanguinity You have no family members up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity including spouse working at the IDB IDB Invest or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration International consultant Full-Time 12 months up to 48 months subject to eligibility.

What we offer

The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employees life. These benefits include

Acompetitive compensation packages.

Leaves and vacations 2 days per month of contract gender- neutral parental leave.

Health Insurance the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.

Savings plan ​​​​​​​The IDB Group cares about your future depending on the length of the contract you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.

We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.

On-site position with the occasional flexibility of teleworking..

Development support We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars 11 professional counseling and much more.

Health and wellbeing Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.

Other perks Lactation Room Daycare Center Gym Bike Racks Parking and others.

Our culture

At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation we intentionally include all voices cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application please email us at accommodationsiadb.org.

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