Job Description What is the opportunity? Capital Markets Quantitative & Technology Services - Data AI and Research Technology (DART) team is looking to hire a Data & AI Solution Architect to lead the design secure, scalable and cost-effective data & AI solutions for building Data Products, Signals and AI Agents for Investment Banking, Global Markets, and Investment Research. What will you do? Work directly with the product teams to capture detailed requirements and develop end-to end detailed solution architecture specifications covering both functional and non-functional aspects of the product. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data & AI governance teams to ensure full alignment of solution architecture with enterprise data strategy, AI governance frameworks, security policies, compliance and architecture standards. Partner with engineering teams to validate that the delivered solution is as per the prescribed architecture specification. Present architecture artifacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. What do you need to succeed? Must Have 5+ years’ industry experience, including 2 years as a Solutions Architect focused on large scale Data and AI projects and 3 Years experience as a Software Engineer. Proven experience in architecting hybrid cloud solutions that leverage both on-premises and cloud services for compute and storage, aligned with performance, compliance and scalability goals. Solid experience collaborating with Engineering teams, Product and Program management, Data and AI governance groups. Strong Proficiency in Python, SQL, Identity and Access management solutions. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Nice to Have Experience with Agentic Architectures Hands on experience in Data Engineering and applied Machine Learning. Degree in Computer Science or Engineering Experience with Azure Databricks, Kubernetes What’s in it for you? 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