Why Zensar?
We’re a bunch of hardworking, fun-loving, people-oriented technology enthusiasts. We love what we do, and we’re passionate about helping our clients thrive in an increasingly complex digital world. Zensar is an organization focused on building relationships with our clients and with each other - and happiness is at the core of everything we do. In fact, we’re so into happiness that we’ve created a Global Happiness Council, and we send out a Happiness Survey to our employees each year. We’ve learned that employee happiness requires more than a competitive paycheck, and our employee value proposition - grow, own, achieve, learn (GOAL) - lays out the core opportunities we seek to foster for every employee. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to Zensar’s mission and success, and our teams work on a diverse and challenging mix of technologies across a broad industry spectrum. These industries include banking and financial services, high-tech and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, retail, and consumer services. Our employees enjoy flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), among other benefits. If you are looking for a place to have an immediate impact, to grow and contribute, where we work hard, play hard, and support each other, consider joining team Zensar!
Zensar is looking for a AI Architect in the Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hybrid). This position is open for Full Time with excellent benefits and professional growth opportunities.
About the Role
AI Strategy & Architecture
- Define enterprise AI/ML and GenAI architecture roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
- Design scalable, reusable, and secure AI solution architectures (traditional ML, deep learning, LLM‑based systems).
- Evaluate and select AI platforms, frameworks, and cloud services.
Solution Design & Delivery
- Architect end‑to‑end AI solutions encompassing data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, inference, monitoring, and feedback loops.
- Design architectures leveraging LLMs, vector databases, RAG frameworks, fine‑tuning, and prompt engineering.
Governance, Security & Compliance
- Define AI governance standards including model lifecycle management, data privacy, bias mitigation, explainability, and responsible AI.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, regulatory, and ethical AI standards.
- Establish best practices for model versioning, monitoring, and drift management.
Stakeholder & Technical Leadership
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, product owners, and delivery teams on AI feasibility and value realization.
- Translate business problems into AI solution designs and technical blueprints.
- Mentor data scientists, ML engineers, and architects; review solution designs and implementations.
Experience:
- 8–12+ years of overall IT experience, with 3–5+ years in AI/ML solution or platform architecture roles.
- Proven experience delivering AI solutions into production at scale.
- Strong experience in AI architecture, machine learning, and deep learning concepts.
- Hands on knowledge of Python and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit learn).
- Experience with GenAI and LLM ecosystems (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, open source models). Claude code expertise is preferred.
- Expertise in MLOps tools and practices (CI/CD, model registries, monitoring).
- Experience with data platforms (Data Lakes, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks).
- Knowledge of API based AI integration, MCP, microservices, and event driven architectures.
Education:
- Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree – Information Technology
Zensar believes that diversity of backgrounds, thought, experience, and expertise fosters the robust exchange of ideas that enables the highest quality collaboration and work product. Zensar is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Zensar is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Zensar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. Accommodation made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodation once hired.
All applicants must be legally authorized to work with Zensar. Visa sponsorship may be available for qualified applicants for certain positions.
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