Job title: Lead Agentic AI Architect
Rate: £710 per day Inside ir35
Location: London, Birmingham, or Sheffield (Whichever is closest)
Hybrid (3 days per week on site)
Contract: 6-month rolling
On behalf of a leading digital transformation consultancy, we're seeking a Lead Agentic AI Architect to join a major enterprise AI transformation programme with a leading UK bank.
This is a genuinely senior opportunity to define the architecture, engineering standards and delivery of next-generation Agentic AI and Generative AI solutions within a complex, highly regulated environment. You'll operate at the intersection of AI strategy, enterprise architecture and hands‑on engineering, taking ambitious AI initiatives from concept and roadmap through to secure, scalable production.
Responsibilities:
- You’ll take ownership of the architecture for enterprise AI capabilities, including:
- Agentic AI platforms, AI assistants, copilots and autonomous workflows
- Multi-agent systems incorporating reasoning, planning, memory, orchestration and tool integration
- Production-grade LLM and RAG architectures
- Intelligent search, knowledge assistants, workflow automation and decision-support systems
- Enterprise LLMOps, MLOps, observability and AI governance
- AI security, guardrails, evaluation and Responsible AI
- Cloud AI platforms and hybrid/multi-cloud architecture
You’ll also provide technical leadership across architects, engineers and data scientists while working with senior stakeholders to shape AI strategy, roadmaps, investment priorities and transformation programmes.
Expereince Required:
We're looking for an established AI architecture or engineering leader with:
- 15+ years of software engineering, architecture or platform leadership
- 8+ years delivering AI/ML platforms into production
- Proven experience architecting and deploying Agentic AI, LLM and Generative AI solutions at enterprise scale
- Strong experience with RAG and LLM application architectures
- A background within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment
- Experience leading large engineering teams and complex technology transformations
- A track record of taking AI platforms from strategy and architecture through to production and operationalisation
- Strong executive stakeholder engagement and the ability to translate AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes
Technology:
Agentic AI & GenAI
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Agentic AI Architecture
- RAG
- LLM Applications
- Prompt Engineering
- Responsible AI
- AI Evaluation
Frameworks
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- Semantic Kernel
- AutoGen
Cloud & AI Platforms
- Azure AI Foundry
- Azure OpenAI
- AWS Bedrock
- SageMaker
- Google Vertex AI
- Hybrid/Multi-Cloud
Engineering & Platform
- Python
- Java
- Scala
- TypeScript
- SQL
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Bicep
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure as Code
AI Governance & Observability
- LLMOps
- MLOps
- Model Governance
- AI Security & Guardrails
- LangSmith
- Arize
- Monitoring & Evaluation Frameworks
Qualifications
Relevant qualifications may include:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science or related discipline
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional
- AWS AI/ML Specialty
- Microsoft Azure AI Engineer
- Google Professional ML Engineer
- Executive AI / Machine Learning qualifications
If you're an AI Architect, Lead AI Architect, Head of AI Engineering, AI Platform Lead, Director of AI Engineering or senior AI technology leader with genuine production-scale experience,
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Lead Agentic AI Architect employer: CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
As a Compliance Team Leader in Newcastle, you will join a dynamic and supportive work environment that prioritises employee development and teamwork. The company fosters a culture of collaboration and inclusivity, offering opportunities for personal growth and career advancement while ensuring a customer-oriented approach. With competitive pay and the potential for a permanent position, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the financial services sector.
Contact Details:
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Recruitment Team
