Description
Summary:
Join as an AI Solutions Architect in our Talent Network, leading client engagements to design and deliver production-ready AI architectures for financial institutions.
Highlights:
1. Lead AI architecture design for FSI clients as a technical expert
2. Enable engineering team growth and high-performance delivery
3. Freelance contractor role with flexible commitment
**About the project** ***(description, duration, stage)***
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Neurons Lab is an FSI\-focused AI consultancy that embeds directly with enterprise clients — banks, insurers, and financial institutions — to design and deliver AI transformation.
As an **AI Solutions Architect** in our Talent Network, you will be the technical lead on client engagements, designing and delivering production\-ready AI architectures. Most projects enter the discovery or pilot stage and run 6–12 weeks.
This is a **Talent Network engagement**, not a full\-time position.
Projects are scoped and initiated by Neurons Lab when a client engagement begins. You are invited to join when a matching project is available, and you are free to take it.
You work as a freelance contractor at 0\.25–0\.5 FTE per project (10–20 hrs/week).
Between projects, there may be gaps, and you're free to hold other commitments alongside Neurons Lab.
**Objective**
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* Support business development through technical expertise and client communication
* Enable engineering team growth and high\-performance delivery
* Contribute to critical AI system architecture and implementation
**KPI**
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* Achieve 90%\+ Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) on technical delivery
* Support team performance improvement and capability development
* Deliver scalable AI system architectures that meet FSI compliance requirements
**Areas of Responsibility**
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### **Business Development Support**
* Communicate project progress with customers, explaining business and technology logic clearly
* Prepare upsell and account expansion ideas for existing clients
* Assist in proposal preparation for new client engagements
### **Engineering Team Enablement**
* Lead AI Engineers on customer projects, create tasks, control performance, and share feedback (not all projects require AI Engineers)
* Help the engineering team grow, identify, and support high\-performers
* Participate in performance reviews and performance improvement plans
### **Technical Architecture \& Implementation**
* Take part in the implementation of critical software pieces
* Define how AI transforms business processes; design end\-to\-end AI\-powered experiences
* Design scalable AI systems architecture; decide on model selection, deployment patterns, and infrastructure requirements
* Bridge business stakeholders and technical teams; translate business needs into technical specifications
* Design how multiple AI agents/models work together; define agent\-to\-agent communication protocols
* Establish AI development standards, safety protocols, and compliance frameworks
* Design systems for AI safety, bias mitigation, and failure modes; implement monitoring and intervention systems
**Skills**
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### **Technical Excellence**
* AI system architecture design and implementation
* Model selection and deployment pattern expertise
* Multi\-agent system design and communication protocols
* AI safety and compliance framework development
* Business process transformation through AI
### **Leadership \& Communication**
* Advanced written and oral communication in English
* Technical team leadership and performance management
* Business stakeholder communication and requirement translation
* Client relationship management and technical explanation abilities
**Experience**
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Key characteristics (ideally to have 4/4\):
* Experience in hands\-on AI/ML solutions development
* Experience working with financial services clients or inside an FSI company
Experience with large, regulated organisations (banks, insurers, government, utilities) is a plus.
* Experience working in a cloud hyperscaler
All three major hyperscalers are treated as **equally valid** for this role. Neurons Lab serves clients across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments and needs certified architects on each platform.
* Experience in technology consulting or service business