AI Architect – UK

AI Architect

Permanent

UK

LIFE AS A SATALIAN

As an organisation, we push the boundaries of data science, optimisation and artificial intelligence to solve the most complex problems in the industry. Satalia, a WPP company is a community of individuals devoted to working on diverse and challenging projects, allowing you to flex your technical skills whilst working with a tight‑knit team of high performing colleagues.

Led by our founder and WPP Chief AI Officer Daniel Hulme, Satalia’s ambition is to become a decentralised organisation of the future. Today, this involves developing tools and processes to liberate and automate manual repetitive tasks, with a focus on freedom, transparency and trust. At the core of our thinking is an approach to wellbeing and inclusivity. We unpack human behaviour and unpick prejudice to ensure a safe and inviting environment.

We offer truly flexible working and allow our employees to find the working practice that makes them most productive. At Satalia, your opinion matters and your achievements are celebrated.

THE ROLE:

As the AI Architect, you’ll design secure, scalable cloud solutions that bring advanced ML and data science into production – partnering closely with technical and business stakeholders across the organisation. You’ll combine hands‑on technical leadership with architectural ownership to ensure our solutions are future‑proof, observable, cost‑efficient and delivering maximum value.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Designing and delivering enterprise‑grade AI/ML and Data Science platforms within complex cloud ecosystems
• Building serverless and containerised execution environments for ML and data workloads
• Developing secure, scalable patterns for cloud Infrastructure‑as‑Code and deployments
• Defining API standards, observability strategies and architectural guardrails
• Establishing and evolving CI/CD pipelines with automation at the core
• Leading and mentoring cross‑functional engineering and data teams
• Translating business requirements into pragmatic architectural solutions
• Maintaining technical alignment with product, business and customer goals
• Selecting technology approaches that meet non‑functional requirements while optimising cost
• Continuously researching emerging technologies and best practices and applying them where beneficial

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Excellent knowledge of Python and/or Type Script (Java a strong plus)
• Hands‑on experience delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions in enterprise environments
• Strong IaC experience (Terraform preferred, Cloud Formation also valuable)
• Solid understanding of architectural design patterns and their application to AI systems
• Deep expertise in one or more of: GCP, AWS, Azure
• Advocacy for high‑quality engineering: automation, testing, IaC, pipeline maturity
• Excellent communication and documentation skills – written, verbal, diagrammatic
• Practical experience with serverless and containerised deployments
• Proven ability to design and operate robust CI/CD workflows

IF YOU KNOW THIS EVEN BETTER:

• Event‑driven architecture experience
• Advanced Terraform skills
• Strong Azure background
• Data engineering platform knowledge
• Familiarity with data science tooling and lifecycle
• Working knowledge of Rust

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Benefits – enhanced pension, life assurance, income protection, private healthcare;
• Remote working – café, bedroom, beach – wherever works;
• Truly flexible working hours – school pick up, volunteering, gym;
• Generous Leave – 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave;
• Annual bonus – when Satalia does well, we all do well;
• Impactful projects – focus on bringing meaningful social and environmental change;
• People‑oriented culture – wellbeing is a priority, as is being a nice person;
• Transparent and open culture – you will be heard;
• Development – focus on bringing the best out of each other;

Satalia is home to some of the brightest minds in AI and if you’re looking to join a company who not only values autonomy and freedom, but embraces a culture of inclusion and warmth, we’d love to hear from you.

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