Technical AI Architect

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned Technical/AI Architect to lead the design and evolution of our technology landscape at Syngenta. You will be the bridge between business needs and technical execution working across our Legal M&A VC and Global Communications teams. You will guide a team of enthusiastic young developers define the modernization roadmap for our existing application portfolio and drive our expanding AI/ML and Gen AI agenda.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Own end-to-end solution architecture across all business verticals (Legal M&A VC Global Comms)
• Design scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS leveraging services across compute storage data and AI/ML
• Define the modernization roadmap for existing applications transitioning them toward robust maintainable and scalable technology stacks
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies frameworks and platforms aligned with business goals
• Define and enforce architectural standards patterns and best practices across the team

AI & Innovation

• Lead the architecture of Gen AI ML and AI-powered use cases from ideation through to production
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify prioritize and architect AI opportunities in legal and financial workflows (contract analysis M&A due diligence document intelligence compliance automation etc.)
• Design AI pipelines covering data ingestion model serving RAG architectures and evaluation frameworks
• Ensure responsible AI practices model governance explainability auditability and data privacy

Application Modernization

• Architect the migration path for existing applications toward modern API-first cloud-native alternatives
• Introduce scalable backend architectures microservices patterns and integration layers
• Establish integration standards across internal systems and third-party platforms
• Guide the team in adopting modern development practices without disrupting existing operations

Team Enablement

• Mentor and upskill a team of junior/mid-level developers acting as a technical guide and thought leader
• Conduct architecture reviews design sessions and technical spikes
• Create reusable frameworks reference architectures and documentation to accelerate delivery

Stakeholder Engagement

• Translate complex technical concepts for non-technical legal and business stakeholders
• Partner with Legal M&A VC and Global Comms teams to gather requirements and shape solutions
• Present architecture proposals and technology roadmaps to leadership

Qualifications :

Must-Have Skills

• 812 years of experience in software solution or technical architecture roles
• Deep expertise in AWS architecture across services such as Lambda ECS/EKS API Gateway S3 RDS Glue SageMaker and Bedrock
• Strong background in modern application architecture microservices event-driven systems API-first design containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of AI/ML fundamentals model lifecycle MLOps data pipelines and model deployment
• Practical exposure to Gen AI technologies LLMs RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) prompt engineering and AI orchestration frameworks (e.g. LangChain LlamaIndex)
• Strong grasp of data architecture structured/unstructured data data lakes document stores vector databases
• Experience with security compliance and access control in enterprise environments critical given the legal and financial context
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python Java etc.)

Good to Have

• Experience working with or for legal financial services or professional services firms
• Familiarity with legal tech platforms (contract lifecycle management eDiscovery document automation)
• Experience with vector databases and semantic search (e.g. Pinecone OpenSearch pgvector)
• Background in DevOps/MLOps CI/CD pipelines infrastructure as code (Terraform CDK)
• Multi-cloud awareness (Azure GCP) in addition to primary AWS expertise
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 integrations (SharePoint Teams Copilot)

Soft Skills That Matter

• Strong communicator who can engage both developers and C-suite stakeholders with equal confidence
• Comfortable with ambiguity able to bring structure to loosely defined problems
• Collaborative and empowering leader who elevates those around them
• Pragmatic problem-solver who balances architectural ideals with delivery realities

Additional Information :

What Makes This Role Exciting

• Architect AI solutions for high-stakes legal and financial workflows complex meaningful problems with real business impact
• Full ownership of the technology direction strategy not just execution
• A young energetic team eager to learn and grow under your guidance
• Greenfield opportunity to modernize an application portfolio while building net-new AI capabilities

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time