Metyis AG

AI Architect

Metyis AG
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2 months ago
Porto, PortugalMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Ensure technical consistency, portability, and adherence to architectural standards across AI solutions.
  • Establish scalable, reliable, secure, and trustworthy data and technology foundations with data, IT, and business stakeholders.
  • Advise on AI solution design and target architecture, including build-versus-buy decisions, models, vector stores, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Embed security, data privacy, GDPR, and EU AI Act requirements into reference architectures.
  • Draft technical specifications, track development progress, and oversee acceptance testing.
  • Oversee the integration, management, and scaling of AI systems across data, IT, and business functions.
  • Define production monitoring, cost control, reliability, model update, and dependency-management standards.
  • Participate in or lead technical governance forums, document architectural decisions, and identify technical risks with mitigation strategies.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of professional experience in software engineering, data/ML engineering, cloud engineering, or IT architecture.
  • Hands-on experience designing cloud-based systems that run in production.
  • Experience building or contributing to an LLM-based solution involving RAG, agents, or orchestration frameworks.
  • Understanding of model serving, data pipelines, and vector databases.
  • Daily use of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor.
  • Experience contributing to architectural standards and reference architectures and reviewing or challenging technical decisions.
  • Experience with at least one major cloud provider: Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Solid software development skills, with Python preferred, and the ability to read and review code.
  • Fluent English communication skills and the ability to explain technical constraints and risks to business and project stakeholders.
  • Preferred experience with Azure, Databricks, Terraform, Bicep, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
  • Preferred experience in data warehousing, data lakes, lakehouses, data governance, data frameworks, LLMOps, evaluation, guardrails, prompt and model versioning, monitoring, security principles, AI governance, GDPR, and the EU AI Act.
  • Experience in international, consulting, or scale-up environments is preferred.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to design and build the technical backbone of a large-scale enterprise AI transformation.
  • Regular collaboration with senior technical and business stakeholders in an international organization.
  • Exposure to a wide range of AI tools, platforms, and frameworks.
  • Collaborative, diverse team environment with peer learning and knowledge sharing.
  • Location: Porto.
Metyis AG

About Metyis AG

501-1,000 employees

Metyis AG is a privately held consulting firm that delivers AI and data analytics, digital commerce, marketing/design, and advisory services to enterprises. It partners with B2B and B2C clients to build data platforms, e‑commerce capabilities, and operating models, typically through long-term engagements. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Baar, Zug, the company operates from 14 offices across Europe, India, and the Middle East.

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