Senior AI R&D Architect

This is a fully remote contract role based in Nigeria for an experienced AI architect who will lead research, innovation and system design for artificial intelligence. The work focuses on turning emerging AI technologies into scalable, secure systems that are ready for production use. It suits a senior technologist who enjoys bridging research and engineering, sets technical direction for a team, and cares about responsible, well-governed AI. The organisation works across engineering, product and data functions, so strong communication and mentoring skills are important.

What you'll do

• Define AI architecture, technical vision and development roadmap
• Research and implement emerging AI models and technologies
• Design and deploy LLM, RAG, AI agent and machine learning systems
• Establish MLOps and LLMOps standards, monitoring and optimisation processes
• Drive AI evaluation, security, governance and responsible AI practices
• Lead architecture reviews, set technical standards and mentor engineers

What you need

• 5+ years in software, machine learning or data engineering
• At least 3 years designing and deploying production-grade AI/ML systems
• Strong knowledge of LLMs, generative AI, RAG, embeddings, vector databases and agent frameworks
• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch and Hugging Face
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, Kubernetes, containerisation and GPU/inference optimisation
• Proven ability to lead AI R&D projects from concept to production

Applicants must be based in: Nigeria.

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