ti&m AG
Zürich
AI Platform Architect
- 29 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
Job summary
Join our innovative AI platform team, working on exciting projects. Enjoy a collaborative work environment with continual learning opportunities.
Tasks
- Design and implement holistic AI platforms using cloud and open-source.
- Define technical architecture and create actionable work packages.
- Collaborate closely with AI engineers and developers for project success.
Skills
- Several years of experience in creating AI platforms; Master’s in relevant fields.
- Strong technical skills in AI platform integration and architecture.
- Proficient in Python, software engineering best practices, and communication.
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About the job
What to expect
- Exciting and innovative AI platform projects for our clients: from creative workshops to proofs of concept to joint implementation of productive solutions
- Conceptualisation and design of holistic AI platforms based on cloud or open-source components, from reference architecture to selection and integration of components
- Definition of the technical target architecture and derivation of concrete, actionable work packages
- Hands-on implementation: development of central platform components, code reviews and deployment across cloud and on-premises environments
- Establishment of engineering standards and best practices for the platform, for example regarding evaluation, observability and deployment
- Technical sparring partner for stakeholders: you translate requirements into viable architectural decisions and weigh technical options thoroughly
- Close collaboration with our ML and AI engineers as well as software developers
- Professional mentoring and coaching of junior colleagues
- Technical lead in proposals including coordination of the involved experts
- Continuous learning and ongoing professional development as well as insights into the various industries of our clients
- Variety and exciting collaboration in internal project teams as well as on-site with our clients
What you bring
- Several years of experience in the conception and implementation of AI platforms, ideally in productive use for clients or own products
- A completed master’s degree in computer science, data science or a related field
- Technical intuition for how holistic AI platforms can be composed from open-source components
- Ability to clarify technical requirements with stakeholders and translate them into viable architectural decisions
- Experience with agentic systems and AI workflows, RAG systems as well as the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Careful approach to solution evaluation, familiar with Evaluation Driven Development (EDD) and AI evaluation and observability platforms (AEOPs)
- Experience with model runtimes and LLM proxies or gateways
- Experience with blob storage (S3) and relational databases (SQL)
- Familiar with modern vector databases, as well as understanding of open-weight large language models, including multimodal models
- Experience with deployments both in the cloud and on-premises, platform- and vendor-independent
- Confident use of Python and software engineering best practices
- Strong communication skills and enjoyment of collaboration with team and clients
- Fluent German and English, both spoken and written
We are looking for you – become part of our team