Senior AI Solution Architect

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Senior AI Solution Architect – GenAI & Azure Focus

Salary: $160,000 – $170,000

Location: Calgary, AB

Our client is seeking a Senior AI Solution Architect with a strong focus on Azure and Generative AI (GenAI) to join their expanding AI transformation program.

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing, well-funded, and forward-thinking team driving enterprise-level AI initiatives across multiple business areas.

You will be at the forefront of designing and delivering production-grade GenAI solutions using modern AI architectures, frameworks, and tools.

This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise, leadership, and stakeholder engagement to shape and implement innovative AI strategies and applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of end-to-end AI and GenAI-powered solutions

• Evaluate, recommend, and implement modern LLM models and orchestration frameworks

• Architect cloud-native solutions using Azure, leveraging Azure AI Services and Azure Machine Learning

• Integrate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases (e.g., Azure AI Search, Qdrant) into scalable solutions

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business challenges and craft appropriate AI-based solutions

• Participate in estimating, planning, and executing solution delivery while overseeing technical implementation

• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams, coaching developers, and ensuring engineering best practices

• Work within Agile environments, leveraging DevOps, CI/CD, and containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• 7+ years of experience in solution architecture (10+ years overall in software/AI engineering roles)

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Services and GenAI platforms (e.g., Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI)

• Deep knowledge of LLMs (e.g., GPT-4/5, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama)

• Familiarity with orchestration frameworks like LangChain, Semantic Kernel

• Experience in event-driven, microservices-based architectures

• Strong programming background (e.g., Python) with ability to code when required

• Experience in software lifecycle tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub, JIRA

• Knowledge of modern data architectures, including RDBMS and NoSQL (e.g., MS SQL, MongoDB)

• Experience working with UX principles (personas, user stories, prototyping)

• Azure or Microsoft certifications are advantageous

• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead technical conversations with stakeholders

What’s in it for you?

• Join a well-funded AI division within a respected organization

• Early involvement in projects – shape solutions from inception, not just delivery

• Access to cutting-edge AI tools and frameworks in a production environment

• Competitive compensation package and hybrid/flexible working options

• Be part of an organization committed to digital and AI transformation at scale