UniCredit

General Information

Job ID

34671

Company

UniCredit S.p.A

Competence Line

Digital

Country

Italy

City

MILANO

Job Type

Professional

Functional area

Digital & Data

Working time model

Full-time

Contact

clementina.sica@unicredit.eu

At Unicredit we are looking for an experienced AI Architect to join our newly formed AI Architecture and Strategy Team. In this role you will have the possibility to participate and drive technical discussion with both digital and business stakeholders, collaborate with factory team in designing target architectures for use case delivery and support the design and implementation of our internally developed AI Platform. Additionally, you will be involved in the scouting and evaluation of market solutions to solve problems at scale across different Unicredit Geographies. 

What you'll be doing

• Possibility to leave an impact from day zero, joining forces with different teams across the organization to shape the current and future enterprise AI Architecture.
• State of the art technological stack (fully on cloud) and methodologies (traditional ML, Gen AI and Agentic AI).
• Collaborate with engineers and Data Scientist to shape the use case delivery architecture.
• Actively Participate in our internal AI Platform evolution – with a strategic and forward-looking view in the design and adoption.
• Define buy vs make strategies and evaluate buy solutions including impact on business values and costs.
• Support delivery team in strategic initiatives delivery from technical standpoint

What you'll need to succeed

• In-depth knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure and components (Azure, GCP), with hands-on experience on most relevant cloud components.
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture and scouting plus evaluation of Buy solution.
• Extensive System design experience, including integration, sizing and disaster recovery.
• Experience in the AI domain as Engineer (Machine Learning Engineering, Tech Lead or similar).
• Engineering Background, master's degree in computer science or similar fields.
• Good Understanding of AI concepts and hands-on experience, this includes traditional ML models, Computer Vision, LLMs (RAG etc) and Agentic AI (multi agent patterns)

Nice to have:

• Experience in AI project delivery E2E including solution design and day-by-day delivery coordinating resources (both engineers and data scientist)
• Coding experience (Python and other languages) in backend system.
• Data Engineering experience, including pipelining but also data platform architecture design.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and architectures.
• MLOps / LLMOps experience including design and application.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker and in general microservices architecture.
• Understanding of enterprise software development best practices and tools (DevOps CI/CD, logging, monitoring).
• Experience leveraging diverse range of database services including SQL/NOSQL, Vector and Graph DB.
• UX/UI experience – focusing on Gen AI or AI user facing application.
• Experience in methodology development and testing for AI systems (e.g. data science methodology and experimentation)

What you'll get in return

#MakeInnovationHappen: Chance to make an impact in terms of transformation.

#UnlockYourPotential: Join a young and stimulating environment.

#ComeAsYouAre: Working within a global team.

#UnlockYourPotential: Play a role of autonomy with high visibility and exposure.

#BalanceLifeAndCareer: Flexible working hours.

#EnjoyTheBest: Access to our Benefits platform with a dedicated budget that you will be able to use to choose the most suitable benefits for you.

About UniCredit Group

UniCredit is a pan-European Commercial Bank with a unique service offering in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. Our purpose is to empower communities to progress, delivering the best-in-class for all stakeholders, unlocking a better tomorrow for our clients and our people across Europe. We serve over 15 million customers worldwide. They are at the heart of what we do in all our markets. Digitalisation and our commitment to ESG principles are key enablers for our service. They help us deliver excellence to our stakeholders and creating a sustainable future for our clients, our communities and our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We stand together in nurturing a workplace that welcomes diverse thinking and inclusive behaviors. Making all voices heard and leveraging "diversity of thought" regardless of gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, cultural background, we ensure sustainable growth and new business opportunities, a strong drive for innovation and creativity, as well as a general improvement of the work climate with positive impact on productivity, well-being and engagement of our people.