At Vontobel, AI is moving beyond pilots., We are building production-grade, regulated, and scalable AI systems — and we are looking for the architecture leader who sets the technical direction behind them., As Senior AI Architect, you own the AI architecture across the firm: from LLM- and agent-based solutions to the enterprise platforms, guardrails, and standards that make them work in production

What would your role be?

• Define, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise AI architecture and lead hands-on delivery of production-grade AI solutions end-to-end
• Design and build LLM- and agent-based AI systems
• Establish and apply hands-on best practices for LLM and RAG architectures
• Architect scalable, secure, and resilient AI platforms, leveraging distributed and event-driven architectures
• Act as a hands-on architecture leader, mentoring senior engineers, leading architecture and design reviews, and delivering production-ready prototypes and reference implementations
• Work closely with Product, Security, Risk, Legal/Compliance, and IT, ensuring AI solutions meet regulatory, governance, and model-risk requirements, while leading the AI Developer Guild to raise engineering standards and capability across the organization

What are we looking for?

• A hands-on senior AI architecture leader, not a purely strategic person with deep engineering experience (8+ years in software engineering), including several years in architecture or technical leadership roles delivering production-grade AI / LLM solutions
• Strong backend and systems engineering expertise, with deep hands-on experience in Python and modern API/service development
• Practical experience engineering LLM-powered applications, including LLMs, RAG, and agent-based patterns
• Solid MLOps and AI platform engineering background, covering model and prompt lifecycle management, offline and online evaluation, drift detection, reproducibility, and auditability of AI systems
• Proven DevOps and cloud architecture experience, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift), observability, and secure cloud-native architectures (preferably Azure)
• Comfort working in regulated, enterprise environments, balancing speed, quality, and risk while collaborating closely with Security, Risk, Compliance, and IT stakeholders
• A pragmatic, communicative leader and mentor, comfortable owning decisions, navigating ambiguity, influencing multiple teams, and continuously raising the technical bar; fluent in English, with German as a strong plus

What do we offer?

• Top Zurich location with collaboration spaces and free lunch
• Agile environment in how we think, the way we work and our trust for each other
• Flat hierarchy with collaboration at all levels
• Campus feeling and a collaborative spirit
• We are looking for talented people, not just a CV that ticks all the boxes. Even if you do not have absolutely everything we have asked for, if this role sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply

Why Vontobel?

• At Vontobel, you are building better futures for our clients and society, as well as for yourself. As a family-owned and publicly listed company with over 2,000 professionals based in 28 locations globally and headquartered in Zurich, we’re committed to long-term thinking and sustainability
• Our diverse team values unique perspectives, and we hire individuals determined to deliver in a dynamic and changing world. Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply if you’re enthusiastic about the role
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