AI Systems Architect - Associate Director
Shape the future of AI at Kubrick as AI Systems Architect - lead agentic systems design, mentor teams, and drive real outcomes for leading clients.
The opportunity
We're looking for an AI Systems Architect who will lead agentic systems design, mentor teams, and drive real outcomes for leading clients.
About Kubrick
Kubrick is an award-winning consultancy that helps organizations design, build and scale data and AI solutions that deliver lasting impact.
We work with organizations across industries including financial services, healthcare, retail, energy, aviation, and the public sector, and partner with leading technology providers such as Microsoft, Snowflake, Databricks, and Collibra.
What sets us apart is how we build capabilities and careers. Through continuous learning, real-world experience, and a collaborative culture, we help our people develop the skills, confidence, and experience to build rewarding careers.
What you'll be doing
As an AI Systems Architect you will join our Core Engineering Practice to act as the technical authority of an emerging specialism in designing and delivering AI systems, as well as developing internal IP and establishing Kubrick as a thought leader in this fast-moving space.
You will support the Platform Engineering Capability Lead in incubating this specialism with a view to establishing it as a Core Capability and be an advocate for agentic systems more broadly within the business to ensure their potential and commercial applications are well understood.
The AI Systems Architect will be Kubrick’s subject matter expert for agentic systems and provide support and guidance to junior team members as necessary to ensure they are successful on their client engagements.
Key to the role will be supporting our Solution Leads and client team in solution design and pre-sales activities, in addition to working with our partner team to build credibility in relation to agentic systems development with partners.
What we're looking for
Strong understanding of agentic AI systems including LLM orchestration, tool use, memory patterns, planning and reasoning loops, and multi-agent coordination
Proven experience in designing and developing agentic systems for production environments, including autonomous agents, multi-agent coordination, and decision-making frameworks.
Detailed knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle & best practices
Familiarity with agentic platforms and frameworks (Foundry, LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom orchestration stacks)
Systems Thinking: Ability to architect complex, distributed systems that integrate AI components with enterprise data platforms and APIs, ensuring compliance with scalability, reliability, security, cost and ethical AI design considerations
Ability to code in Python and (Desirable) utilise Infrastructure as Code to deploy cloud-based infrastructure
(Desirable) Proven experience developing and deploying MS Copilot Agents as part of the delivery of business-facing solutions
Demonstrable experience providing technical leadership for engineering teams on AI-oriented projects, ideally in a consultancy environment
Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and influence decision-making at senior levels
Strong understanding of regulatory, ethical, accuracy and security considerations for developing autonomous agentic systems
(Desirable): Degree, Masters or Doctorate in Software Engineering, Computer Science or ML/AI related subject
We don’t expect you to tick every box. If you’re excited about the role and believe you have the potential to succeed, we’d still love to hear from you.
Benefits
33 days annual leave (25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays)
Pension matching up to 5%
Unlimited mental health support through Help@Hand
Enhanced paid family leave
Additional family leave support, including fertility treatment leave and dependent care leave
Financial wellbeing support
Cycle to Work scheme
Specsavers eye care vouchers
Flexible working options
Internal mobility and career development opportunities
Recognition and reward programs
Learning and development opportunities, including professional certifications
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Mental health, diversity and inclusion support
Diversity & inclusion
We're committed to building a more diverse and inclusive tech industry and encourage applications from people currently underrepresented in data and AI, including women, people from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and people who are neurodivergent.
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- Division
- AI & Data
- Department
- Applied Data Intelligence
- Role
- Associate Director - Applied Data Intelligence
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time