Lead AI Architect
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Date posted
October 28, 2026
Hiring location
Dubai
Career level
Mid-Senior level
Qualification
Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience
Experience
including 3+ years with AI/ML Indicatively 8+ years in engineering or architecture
Quantity
1 person
Gender
Any
Description
The Lead AI Architect shapes enterprise-ready AI products and establishes technical patterns that help teams move from experimentation to reliable production systems. The role evaluates whether a problem needs AI, conventional software or analytics, then develops an architecture that fits user needs, operating constraints and measurable business outcomes. Close collaboration with product owners, enterprise architects, engineering, data, security and operations is central to delivering systems that are secure, cost-aware, testable and maintainable.
Job Details
- Employer: Landmark Digital
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Experience: Indicatively 8+ years in engineering or architecture, including 3+ years with AI/ML
- Qualification: Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Key Responsibilities
- Define AI opportunities with product teams and agree on feasibility, user journeys, outcomes and measurable acceptance criteria.
- Design solutions across model, retrieval, data, application, integration and infrastructure layers, documenting trade-offs and dependencies.
- Choose appropriate approaches such as predictive ML, generative models, RAG, multimodal systems or agentic workflows.
- Evaluate build-versus-buy options through prototypes and structured tests covering accuracy, security, cost and operational fit.
- Lead design and code reviews, mentor engineers, and support integration, deployment and production-readiness activities.
- Establish safeguards for privacy, access, prompt injection, tool use, audit trails, evaluation, monitoring and rollback.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Experience designing and operating enterprise-grade software or AI products beyond demonstrations or proofs of concept.
- Strong architecture and coding capability, preferably with Python, APIs, distributed systems and data pipelines.
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform and managed or container-based deployment.
- Understanding of testing, observability, CI/CD, MLOps/LLMOps and responsible AI practices.
Required Skills
Relevant skills include AI architecture, model selection, retrieval systems, evaluation, data security, integration design and technical communication. Experience with open-weight deployment, knowledge graphs, tool-integration patterns or regulated environments can be useful.
Employment Details
Full-time role associated with Landmark Digital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Salary and benefits should be confirmed during recruitment.
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