AI Architect

Location: Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Portugal, home-based

Role Overview

We are seeking a senior Cloud & AI Architect to lead the design and delivery of cloud-native and AI-driven systems across AWS and Azure. This role combines deep architectural leadership with hands-on capability to rapidly develop MVPs and prototypes—particularly for AI and agentic applications—to validate ideas, reduce risk, and accelerate value delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver scalable, secure cloud-native systems across AWS and Azure.
• Lead architecture for AI-enabled and agentic applications, including LLM-based workflows.
• Rapidly build MVPs and prototypes to validate requirements and architectural decisions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor) to accelerate prototyping and iteration.
• Engage stakeholders to define requirements, trade-offs, and architectural direction.
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship across teams, serving as a collaborative partner to Tech Leads by working jointly on architectural direction and project delivery while offering hands-on support as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Senior-level experience as an individual contributor architect delivering production systems.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Experience designing and delivering AI-enabled applications.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly develop MVPs and prototypes.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in clinical or healthcare domains, including designing systems that handle sensitive health data with strong privacy, security, and compliance considerations.
• Experience with agentic or multi-agent system architectures.
• Experience delivering live-data or user-facing MVPs in short iteration cycles.
• Familiarity with cloud cost optimization and architectural governance.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com.

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

At IQVIA, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and belonging empower our mission to accelerate innovation for a healthier world. We create a culture of belonging by valuing the perspectives of all talented employees worldwide and providing them with the opportunity to power smarter healthcare for everyone, everywhere. When our talented employees bring their authentic selves and their diverse experiences to work, they enable us to accomplish extraordinary things. Multifaceted thought processes spark innovation. Multi-talented collaboration harnesses innovation to deliver superior outcomes. Likewise, as part of this culture, IQVIA is committed to ensuring effective equality between women and men, integrating it as a strategic principle in its corporate and human resources policies.