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Our services extend beyond data recruitment; we offer end-to-end talent management solutions, including workforce planning, talent mapping, salary benchmarking, and ongoing support to ensure the retention and success of your AI Architect hires.
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AI Architect
$70 - $80
+ Data Science & AI
ContractNew York
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AI Architect (Contract)
Harnham, the leading recruitment specialist in Data & AI, is currently partnering with a well-established financial technology business with a strong focus on data, analytics, and product innovation. The organization is investing in next-generation AI-enabled decision-making and is seeking an expert consultant to help define and build the architecture that will support this vision.
- Role: AI Architect
- Location: remote, anywhere in the US
- Pay: $70-80 per hour
- Length: Extendable 6-month initial contract
- Utilization: 40 hours/week
- Benefits: W2 employees are eligible for health, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
As an AI Architect, you will play a key role in shaping the foundations of AI-powered analytics within a data-driven organization. You will work closely with internal data and engineering teams to design a scalable AI context layer, build a proof of concept, and establish the evaluation frameworks required to deliver trusted, high-quality AI-generated insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Design a target-state architecture for an AI context and semantic layer.
- Create a working proof of concept alongside internal data and engineering stakeholders.
- Define how governed business context, metadata, and metric definitions should be authored, maintained, and version controlled.
- Develop an evaluation framework that measures the quality, reliability, and accuracy of AI-generated answers.
- Advise on integrating AI assistants with enterprise data and contextual knowledge sources.
- Establish approaches for monitoring performance, detecting drift, and continuously improving answer quality.
- Help create a scalable, maintainable solution that supports future AI and analytics initiatives.
- Produce documentation and recommendations that enable successful handover and long-term adoption.
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience designing semantic layers, metrics layers, or governed data platforms.
- Expertise working with modern cloud data environments and analytics architectures.
- Experience building AI, LLM, agentic AI, MCP, or retrieval-based solutions that interact with structured business data.
- Strong knowledge of dbt and data transformation best practices.
- Experience defining evaluation methodologies for AI systems and measuring answer accuracy.
- Ability to communicate architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience delivering proof of concepts, frameworks, or platform designs in collaborative environments.
- Familiarity with technologies such as Snowflake, modern ELT tooling, analytics platforms, and AI assistants.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced AI and Data Architecture professional to shape a high-impact AI initiative from the ground up. You will work alongside senior data and engineering stakeholders, influence the future direction of AI-powered analytics, and help build scalable foundations for long-term success.
Interested? Apply today through Harnham.
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AI Architect
Remote
$70 - $80
+ Data Science & AI
ContractNew York
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AI Architect
Harnham, the leading recruitment specialist in Data & AI, is partnering with an innovative technology company seeking an experienced AI Architect to help shape the future of AI-powered analytics and decision-making.
- Role: AI Data Architecture Consultant
- Location: Fully Remote (US)
- Pay: $70 – $80 per hour
- Length: 6 month initial contract with extension potential
- Utilisation: 40 hours per week
- Benefits: Health, dental, vision, and 401(k) available for eligible W2 employees
The Role
You will work closely with data and engineering teams to design the architectural foundations for AI-powered analytics. This role combines strategy and hands-on delivery, including building a proof of concept and defining frameworks that ensure trusted, high-quality AI outputs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design an AI context and semantic layer architecture
- Build a proof of concept with internal stakeholders
- Define governance for business metadata, metrics, and contextual data
- Develop frameworks to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated insights
- Advise on integrating AI assistants with enterprise data platforms
- Establish monitoring and continuous improvement processes for AI solutions
- Deliver documentation and recommendations to support long-term adoption
Requirements
- Experience designing semantic layers, metrics layers, or governed data platforms
- Strong understanding of modern cloud data and analytics environments
- Experience with LLMs, agentic AI, MCP, RAG, or similar AI technologies
- Strong knowledge of dbt and data transformation best practices
- Experience evaluating AI system performance and accuracy
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills
- Exposure to Snowflake, ELT tools, and modern analytics platforms
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high-impact AI initiative, influence AI strategy from the ground up, and work with senior technical stakeholders on cutting-edge data and AI challenges so if interested apply below or contact Ciarán for more information
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Head of AI Architecture
London
£900 - £1000
+ Data Science & AI
ContractLondon
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Head of AI Architecture
London
3 Days In Office
Outside IR35
£900 – £1000 Per Day
3 – 6 Months Duration
The Company
They are an established, globally operating organisation within a complex, asset-heavy industry. With a strong focus on innovation, safety, and operational excellence, they are investing in technology and data to modernise how the business operates. The organisation manages large-scale international operations and is now entering a key phase of digital and AI-led transformation. This role will play a critical part in shaping that journey.
The Role and Deliverables
- Assess the current AI, data, and technology landscape to establish a clear baseline
- Define and deliver an enterprise-wide AI strategy aligned to business objectives
- Identify and prioritise high-value AI use cases across multiple business functions
- Advise senior stakeholders on AI opportunities, risks, governance, and best practices
- Deliver pilot initiatives and proof-of-concepts to demonstrate impact
- Establish the frameworks, policies, and operating model required for responsible AI adoption
Your Skills & Experience
- Proven experience leading AI, data, or digital transformation initiatives in complex environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work closely with executive leadership
- Knowledge of AI technologies including generative AI, automation, and data platforms
- Experience defining AI strategy, governance, and implementation roadmaps
- Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, commercially focused outcomes
- Experience in sectors such as logistics, transportation, or other operationally intensive industries is advantageous
How to Apply
If you are interested in leading a high-profile AI transformation initiative, please apply with your latest CV.
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AI Architect
London
£90000 - £95000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLondon
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Lead AI Engineer
London (Hybrid, 2 days in Soho)
This is a rare opportunity to step into a genuinely business-critical AI leadership role within a large, complex organisation at an early stage of its AI journey. You will have the mandate to shape how AI is built, governed and scaled across the business, with a clear focus on real operational impact rather than experimentation.
The Role
- Take ownership of the end-to-end AI strategy across the organisation, from architecture and tooling through to governance and delivery
- Design, build and productionise LLM-powered workflows and AI-enabled systems used internally across operations
- Identify, scope and deliver new AI use cases that solve tangible business problems
- Build and evolve AI infrastructure without predefined blueprints, making informed architectural decisions
- Partner closely with non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable AI solutions
- Establish best practices across MLOps, DevOps and responsible AI at enterprise scale
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong software engineering foundations with deep backend experience
- Commercial experience building and deploying AI or LLM-based systems into production environments
- Excellent data fundamentals with the ability to bridge data science and applied AI engineering
- Hands-on expertise across cloud platforms, MLOps, DevOps and modern software engineering principles
- Proven ability to operate at enterprise scale, balancing speed, quality and governance
- Confident communicator who can engage senior stakeholders and operate in ambiguous environments
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