Senior Enterprise Architect (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Enterprise Architect (AI): Defining the Group's AI architecture strategy and reusable patterns, focusing on areas like ML, LLMOps, RAG, and agentic orchestration. Focus on shaping AI-enabled journeys by partnering with engineering, data, security, and risk teams, while ensuring technical controls and automation are included.

Location: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site in Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds or Manchester

Salary: £92,701 - £109,060

Company

hirify.global is accelerating its AI transformation to enhance customer experience, colleague productivity and operational excellence.

What you will do

• Define the Group’s AI Architecture Strategy and target-state architecture.
• Define reusable logical patterns across AI (e.g., ML, LLMOps, RAG, vector search, Agentic orchestration, guardrails, observability.)
• Create transition roadmaps to scale safe, compliant AI solutions across the bank.
• Partner with engineering platforms, data, security and risk teams to shape AI-enabled journeys.
• Support areas like Responsible AI and Model risk by ensuring the right technical controls and automation are included.
• Provide architectural guidance and oversight across federated delivery teams.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect in a large organisation
• Expertise across all areas of AI (e.g., ML, generative AI, agentic AI, vector stores, prompt engineering)
• Strong understanding of data sourcing, data pipelines, cloud-native AI services and enterprise integration
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to produce clear patterns, standards and technical strategies

Culture & Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies