Senior AI Architect: Production-Grade Azure AI

Northern Ireland Water Limited; Belfast; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company is seeking a Senior AI Architect to design and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in financial services, delivering impactful AI solutions, and a strong understanding of document intelligence and workflow automation. This role offers end-to-end ownership across architecture and deployment, primarily focusing on regulated, large-scale environments. Exceptional skills in backend engineering and AI services are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services is essential.
• Proven track record in delivering operational AI solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft AI services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions.
• Work on custom AI solutions in large-scale environments.
• End-to-end ownership across architecture and deployment.

Skills

Financial Services experience delivering AI into production

Proven delivery of live, business-critical AI solutions on Azure

Hands-on design of custom AI architectures using Microsoft AI services

Strong backend engineering in .NET and/or Python within Azure

Experience building API-driven, service-oriented systems

Hands-on delivery of document intelligence solutions at scale

Experience integrating AI outputs into enterprise workflows

Job description

A leading water utility company is seeking a Senior AI Architect to design and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in financial services, delivering impactful AI solutions, and a strong understanding of document intelligence and workflow automation. This role offers end-to-end ownership across architecture and deployment, primarily focusing on regulated, large-scale environments. Exceptional skills in backend engineering and AI services are essential.