AI Architect

About Us

At Swiss Re, we build innovative, cloud‑native solutions that help Life & Health insurance companies around the world operate smarter, faster, and more securely. Our internal software house delivers modern SaaS and PaaS products used globally — from mature enterprise platforms like Magnum to new and rapidly scaling solutions.

With a technical community of more than 150+ engineers, architects, and cloud specialists across multiple countries, we design highly available, multi‑regional products built on cutting‑edge technologies and a strong engineering culture focused on quality, innovation, and resilience.

About the Role

We are looking for a AI Architect to lead architecture across our Data Analytics and AI/GenAI offerings.

You will design and shape a cloud-native, enterprise-grade SaaS environment built on Azure, using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, modern data lakehouse architecture, and supporting AI components powered by LLMs, RAG, OCR, NLP, and more.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will combine high-level architecture with real implementation, experimentation, and guidance for engineering teams. You will be part of our technical leadership group, influencing product direction, platform evolution, and long-term technology strategy.

What You Will Do

Architecture & Design

• Design scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native platforms
• Create architectures with self-healing and highly available capabilities
• Model systems and define technical documentation and specifications

Technical Leadership

• Guide engineering teams through best practices, design decisions, and innovation
• Present architectural roadmaps to product and business stakeholders
• Mentor engineers and drive strong engineering standards

Hands-on Engineering

• Contribute to development, troubleshooting, and platform evolution
• Lead PoCs exploring emerging technologies (AI/ML, data engineering, cloud services)
• Support implementation with practical expertise in cloud, code, and infrastructure

Strategic Impact

• Shape the long-term architecture vision for Data & AI platforms