AI Solution Architect - Financial Services Consulting

Datatech
Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Last month
Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
20 May 2026 (Last month)

AI Solution Architects & Technical AI Leaders

Scotland | Hybrid

We're supporting a major consulting and technology organisation delivering enterprise AI and data transformation programmes across Financial Services.

The focus is designing scalable AI architectures that move beyond proof of concept into secure, production-grade deployment across banking environments.

Hiring across multiple levels, from Solution Architects through to senior technical leadership.

What you'll be doing

• Designing AI and GenAI architecture strategies and roadmaps

• Building scalable AI/ML and Agentic AI platforms

• Working across LLMs, RAG, embeddings and semantic search

• Supporting AI deployment, governance and integration patterns

• Collaborating with engineering, data, DevOps and business teams

• Advising clients on AI platform capability and implementation strategy

Environment

Python

LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG

LangChain, LangGraph, Agent frameworks

Vector databases and semantic search

MLOps and LLMOps

AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks

Containerisation, Kubernetes and GPU infrastructure

Requirements

• Experience designing enterprise AI or ML architectures

• Strong understanding of cloud and modern data platforms

• Exposure to scalable AI deployment and integration patterns

• Financial Services or regulated industry experience essential

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Open to candidates from Manager through to Associate Director level.

If you're open to a confidential conversation about the AI architecture market, please message me directly.

#AI #GenAI #AISolutions #SolutionArchitect #LLM #RAG #AgenticAI #MLOps #LLMOps #CloudArchitecture #Banking #FinancialServices #LondonTech #ManchesterTech #ScotlandTech

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