Lead Architect

Dentsu — DGS India - Bengaluru - Manyata N1 Block

Job Description: AI Solutions Lead/AI (Associate) Architect Role Overview We are seeking an AI Solutions Lead to architect, govern, and grow our AI delivery practice across GenAI, Agentic AI, and applied ML engagements. This is a hands-on and hybrid role that includes architecting AI solutions and shaping the growth of the AI practice. This role is suited for someone who has earned technical fluency with GenAI and agentic AI on top of a strong foundation in classical ML and deep learning — and who is now ready to set the technical direction for a growing team. The role is a hybrid lead position: leading solutions for multiple AI delivery pods, partnering with engineering and DX leadership, and owning the craft of the practice — driving solution architectures, evaluation standards, reusable components, and the technical bar for the AI delivery team. The expectation is depth and breadth showcased across the portfolio of AI work done so far, preferably in multimodal agentic systems, SLM design, ML and DL solutions, and enterprise deployments, while consistently raising the standards at which the team operates. Key Responsibilities Solution Architecture & Technical Direction Translate business problems from clients into staged, defensible AI solution roadmaps working with business leaders through pre-sales and project delivery cycles. Lead solutioning, support architecture for end-to-end AI solutions across GenAI, Agentic AI, multimodal, and applied ML use cases, with explicit trade-off analysis on model class (frontier vs. SLM vs. fine-tuned), retrieval design, memory, and orchestration. Own the practice's reference architectures and solution design patterns for multimodal agentic systems, including planning, tool use, memory, grounding, and inter-agent communication (MCP, A2A). Conduct solution design reviews across concurrent client engagements; facilitate subjective technical decisions and enable delivery excellence. Multimodal Agentic Systems & SLM Design Design an

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