AI Architect (Azure)

TL;DR

AI Architect (Azure): Designing and building the technical backbone for large-scale enterprise AI transformation with an accent on cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and applied AI. Focus on establishing architectural standards, optimizing AI system scalability, and integrating complex data foundations.

Location: Porto

Company

hirify.global is a global firm providing AI & Data, Digital Commerce, and Advisory services.

What you will do

• Ensure technical consistency and portability of AI solutions across target environments.
• Establish robust data and technology foundations to guarantee scalability, reliability, and security.
• Advise on solution design and target architecture for AI applications.
• Draft technical specifications and oversee acceptance testing to ensure quality standards.
• Coordinate the seamless integration and scaling of AI systems across data and IT teams.
• Monitor AI infrastructure performance and manage operational costs and dependencies.

Requirements

• 2 to 5 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or IT architecture.
• Hands-on exposure to AI tooling, model serving, data pipelines, and vector databases.
• Proven experience setting architectural standards across multiple teams or projects.
• Proficiency with major cloud providers, with a strong preference for Azure and Databricks.
• Expertise in IaC, CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and monitoring tooling.
• Fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience in international, consulting, or scale-up environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity for real architectural ownership in a fast-growing team.
• Collaborative environment with highly skilled multidisciplinary experts.
• Exposure to a wide variety of AI tools, platforms, and frameworks.
• Strong peer learning and knowledge-sharing culture.
• Inclusive work environment valuing diversity and inclusion.