AI/GenAI Solutions Lead/Architect

Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a AI/GenAI Solutions Lead/Architect for their Charlotte, NC location.

Responsibilities:

• Assemble architecture designs - produce clear, end-to-end architecture artifacts: solution designs, reference architectures, diagrams, patterns, and architecture decision records.
• Apply AI capabilities - design and integrate AI / GenAI / machine-learning components into solutions, and advise on appropriate patterns, tooling, and trade-offs.
• Drive rapid prototypes - build quick proofs of concept and working prototypes to validate architecture decisions, de-risk options, and accelerate stakeholder alignment.
• Partner across teams - work with engineering, product, and business partners to align architecture with delivery goals and non-functional requirements (security, scalability, resilience, cost).
• Document and communicate - present designs and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, and keep architecture documentation current and usable.
• Uphold standards - apply enterprise architecture standards, controls, and best practices throughout design and prototyping.

Requirements:

• Demonstrable hands-on AI experience - practical work building, integrating, or architecting AI / GenAI / ML solutions.
• Proven ability to put architecture details together - a track record of producing clear, complete architecture designs and documentation.
• Ability to drive quick prototypes - rapidly stand up POCs and working prototypes to test and demonstrate ideas.
• Senior, hands-on technical background operating at a Lead Architect level, with strong design fundamentals across modern application, integration, and cloud patterns.
• Strong communication skills - able to explain architecture and trade-offs to technical teams and business stakeholders alike.
• Self-directed and comfortable working across ambiguity to deliver tangible outcomes quickly.
• Representative technical skills for these roles. Candidates should bring strong depth across several of these areas - tailor to our stack as needed:
• AI & Machine Learning - GenAI and large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic and prompt-engineering patterns, model APIs and integration, embeddings and vector stores; familiarity with common ML frameworks.
• Cloud & Platform - hands-on experience with at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP); containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes); serverless services.
• Architecture & Integration - microservices, event-driven and API-led design, REST / GraphQL APIs, messaging and streaming (e.g., Kafka), and enterprise integration patterns.
• Data & Information Architecture - data modeling, relational and NoSQL databases (strong SQL), data lakes / warehouses, ETL / ELT pipelines, and data governance / metadata.
• Languages & Prototyping - proficiency in Python and/or Java (or comparable); rapid prototyping, scripting, and notebook-based experimentation.
• Engineering Practices - CI/CD, infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform), Git-based version control, and automated testing.
• Architecture Tooling - modeling and diagramming (C4, UML, or ArchiMate) and architecture decision records (ADRs).
• The following are strong pluses and will differentiate candidates, but are not strict requirements:
• Depth in data / information architecture - experience designing data models, information flows, data platforms, or enterprise information architecture.
• Finance domain experience - prior work in Finance functions, especially Controllers / financial control and related processes.
• Architecture artifacts and prototypes are delivered quickly and are clear enough to drive decisions.
• AI options are evaluated and applied pragmatically, with sound trade-off analysis.
• Stakeholders trust the designs and can act on them with minimal rework.
• Years of Experience: 9.00 Years of Experience

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities