Senior AI Architect

Senior AI Architect at CI&T
\[Job-00025\] Senior AI Architect, Portugal
Team: Prod\_Lumiere
Location: Lisboa
Workplace Type: hybrid
We are tech transformation specialists, uniting human expertise with AI to create scalable tech solutions.
With over 8,000 CI&Ters around the world, we’ve built partnerships with more than 1,000 clients during our 30 years of history. Artificial Intelligence is our reality.
We are looking for an AI Architect to join our global CI&T team. In this strategic leadership role, you will shape and lead the technology vision across large-scale programs and key client relationships. You’ll be responsible for designing modern, scalable, secure, and high-impact AI architectures while enabling teams to implement those solutions with technical excellence and agility.
Main Responsibilities
● Define and lead end-to-end AI architecture for complex ecosystems, balancing technical depth with business outcomes.
● Translate business strategy into scalable AI technology solutions through discovery workshops, assessments, and roadmaps.
● Act as a technical sponsor for CI&T’s most strategic accounts, working closely with C-level clients and non-technical stakeholders.
● Lead architectural design, technology selection, and proof-of-concepts for critical AI platforms and innovation programs.
● Govern technical quality across delivery squads, driving adherence to security, performance, scalability, and privacy standards.
● Support pre-sales, proposal development, RFPs, and technical visioning with account teams and clients.
● Coach and mentor senior architects and technical leads, shaping technical career development paths.
Requirements
● Experience in AI architecture and technical leadership, including strategic consulting and system design.
● Strong technical breadth across AI engineering, data science, and modeling.
● Strong experience with GenAI
● Proficiency in AI frameworks and tools (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
● Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
● Solid understanding of non-functional requirements: performance, resilience, security, and scalability.
● Advanced English (spoken and written), with strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to Have
● Familiarity with consultancy practices.
● Knowledge of frameworks: Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), TOGAF, SAFe.
● Experience hiring, growing, and managing architect-level talent.
● Public speaking or thought leadership in AI/engineering/architecture forums.
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Why join us?
\- Competitive Salary
\- Generous paid vacation days
\- Generous sick time
\- 100% paid health & dental benefits starting day one
\- Annual profit-sharing distribution
\- Paid parental leave
\- Dedicated career advisor
And so much more…
Collaboration is our superpower, diversity unites us, and excellence is our standard.
We value diverse identities and life experiences, fostering a diverse, inclusive, and safe work environment. We encourage applications from diverse and underrepresented groups to our job positions.