Associate Director - Data & AI Solutions Architect
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About the Role
RBC Capital Markets is seeking a Data & AI Solution Architect to design secure, scalable data and AI solutions for Investment Banking, Global Markets, and Investment Research.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the design of end to end technical solution architecture for complex, high impact technology initiatives
- Work directly with product teams to capture detailed requirements and develop end to end solution architecture specifications
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data & AI governance teams to ensure alignment with enterprise data strategy and AI governance frameworks
- Partner with engineering teams to validate that delivered solutions adhere to prescribed architecture specifications
- Present architecture artifacts to technical and non technical stakeholders
Requirements
- Proven experience in architecting agentic architectures, including multi agent systems and MCP integrations
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes, CPU/GPU resource management, and deployment architecture for AI/Agent workloads
- 5+ years industry experience, including 2 years as a Solutions Architect focused on large scale Data and AI projects and 3 years as a Software Engineer
- Solid experience collaborating with Engineering, Product, Program management, and Data/AI governance groups
- Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and Identity and Access Management solutions
- Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (nice to have)
- Experience building technology solutions for investment banks, hedge funds, or asset managers (nice to have)
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What is the opportunity?
- Capital Markets Quantitative & Technology Services Data AI and Research Technology (DART) team is looking to hire a Data & AI Solution Architect to design secure, scalable and cost effective data & AI solutions for building Data Products, Signals and AI Agents for Investment Banking, Global Market
What will you do?
- Leads the design of end to end technical solution architecture for complex, high impact technology initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational strategies and fosters collaboration to deliver solutions.
- Work directly with the product teams to capture detailed requirements and develop end to end detailed solution architecture specifications covering both functional and non functional aspects of the product.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data & AI governance teams to ensure full alignment of solution architecture with enterprise data strategy, AI governance frameworks, security policies, compliance and architecture standards.
- Partner with engineering teams to validate that the delivered solution is as per the prescribed architecture specification.
- Present architecture artifacts to technical and non technical stakeholders.
Must Have
- Proven experience in architecting agentic architectures, including multi agent systems, MCP integrations and autonomous execution workflows.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes, CPU/GPU resource management, deployment architecture capacity planning, scalability, observability and performance optimization for AI/Agent workloads.
- 5+ years’ industry experience, including 2 years as a Solutions Architect focused on large scale Data and AI projects and 3 Years experience as a Software Engineer.
- Solid experience collaborating with Engineering teams, Product and Program management, Data and AI governance groups.
- Strong Proficiency in Python, SQL, Identity and Access management solutions.
Nice to Have
- Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- Experience building technology solutions for investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers or other financial institutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Job Skills
- AI Agents, AI Architecture, AI Governance, AI Platforms, AI Systems, Applications Architecture, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Data Systems, Generative AI, Group Problem Solving, IT Architecture, Multi Level Communication, Responsible AI, Software Engineering, Target Architecture
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