Lead Data & AI Architect

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is a global transformation partner with engineering and innovation at its core. We help clients envision and build their businesses for the future, specialising in tech strategy, business innovation, digital solutions, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces such as health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective and resilient. If you share our values and want to do the best work for the right reasons, we offer the chance to do so on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our journey.

• Architect data and AI platforms that support advanced applications, including analytics, generative and agentic AI.
• Explain architectural choices to stakeholders and inspire them with your vision.
• Create sustainable, value-driven solutions with a deep understanding of modern data platforms, security, and AI governance, applying a DevOps mindset.
• Empower your team to succeed in high-impact projects with a concept-driven approach and practical engineering skills.
• Bring data integrations, analytical data products, machine learning, and agentic systems into production, implementing principles such as transparency, reproducibility, and measurable quality.
• Design solutions for both on-premises and cloud environments, leveraging leading platforms to fit client contexts.
• Shape Zühlke’s offerings, drive service development, engage in pre-sales, and stay informed on market trends.
• Contribute to the growth of internal talent and educate clients on data and AI possibilities.
• Design sophisticated architectures for data and AI projects and implement them with your team.
• Lead your team to success in flagship projects with solid data engineering knowledge, ensuring optimal data structures and pipelines.
• Take ML and GenAI solutions from prototype to production readiness, focusing on evaluation, observability, traceability, and reproducibility.
• Promote understanding of AI and data technologies, share knowledge internally and externally, and assist in the development of junior colleagues.

• Solid expertise in AI and data solutions, with a deep understanding of their possibilities and limitations.
• Passion for sustainable software architecture in data and AI platforms and experience taking responsibility in technical mandates.
• Confident presence and strong self-motivation to take responsibility for projects and the development of data and AI competencies.
• Excellent communication skills in both German and English.
• Architectural decisions consider non-functional requirements such as availability, flexibility, security, and economic aspects, including their impact on code level.
• Technical degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a comparable field.
• Proficiency in technologies such as Python, Spark, Iceberg, Delta Lake, dbt, and streaming with Kafka.
• Experience with data and AI platform services such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric and Foundry, Amazon SageMaker, or Snowflake.
• Familiarity with GenAI tooling such as vector stores and agent frameworks.

• Safe and healthy workplace with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home.
• Profit share scheme in addition to annual salary, based on company success in the previous year.
• Global and diverse Zühlke community with colleagues from 16 offices worldwide, annual team camps, year-end parties, and local festivities.
• Commitment to personal and professional development, with investment in building skills for positive impact.

Zühlke is a partner-owned company founded in Switzerland in 1968, operating across Europe and Asia. The company specialises in tech strategy, business innovation, digital solutions, and device and systems engineering, with expertise in regulated industries such as health and finance.