Senior Consultant/Principal - Data & AI Solution Architect

About Slalom
Slalom is a global, human-centric business and technology consulting firm. We specialise in partnering with organisations that aspire to excellence, helping them tackle complex challenges and achieve transformative results through strategy, technology, and business transformation services. By prioritising people, Slalom creates a unique consulting experience, with a team of strategists and engineers delivering practical, end-to-end solutions that drive impactful outcomes for our clients. We empower people and organisations to dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.

About the Role
As a Solution Architect, Data & AI at Slalom, you will operate at the intersection of business strategy, data architecture, and AI engineering. You’ll work closely with senior client stakeholders and delivery teams to co-create modern data and AI solutions that accelerate digital transformation and deliver measurable business outcomes. Your expertise will shape scalable, cloud-native platforms powering analytics, machine learning, and Generative AI use cases across industries. You guide clients from experimentation to production-scale AI adoption, ensuring governance, scalability, and operational excellence - across AWS, Azure, and GCP ecosystems.

What You’ll Do

• Define and design end-to-end Data & AI architectures, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions
• Architect modern data platforms and guide implementation of ML & GenAI pipelines, ensuring seamless integration between data, AI services, and business applications
• Establish MLOps and GenAI solution patterns - including CI/CD pipelines, RAG architectures, embedding pipelines, and LLM integrations - for robust, production-grade AI systems
• Act as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders, leading workshops, technical assessments, and translating complex technology into clear business outcomes and value narratives
• Guide engineering teams for delivery quality and governance, mentoring engineers and ensuring solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
• Contribute to Slalom’s Data & AI capability development, accelerators, and reusable assets, while providing thought leadership internally and externally

What You’ll Bring

• 5-8 years (Senior Consultant) or 8-12+ years (Principal) of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or AI/ML solution delivery, with a proven track record designing and delivering enterprise-scale Data & AI solutions
• Strong expertise across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse)
• Hands-on experience building ML pipelines, applying MLOps practices, and implementing GenAI solution patterns (embeddings, vector databases, RAG, LLM integration) within production-grade systems
• Deep knowledge of data modeling, ingestion, transformation, serving patterns, and familiarity with streaming frameworks (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub)
• Strong programming background (Python preferred), experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt), CI/CD practices, and leading technical workstreams for large programmes
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder engagement skills, structured problem-solving abilities, and experience mentoring engineers and promoting best practices in data engineering, AI, and platform design

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated industries (banking, financial services, government) and familiarity with Responsible AI, governance, and compliance frameworks
• Experience with AI platforms (SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI), containerization, and platform engineering (Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Contributions to pre-sales, solutioning, or go-to-market development

About Us

Deep connections, better outcomes
We have deep relationships with leading technology partners, and they love us for our innovative and outcome-based approach. Our people are passionate about solving our clients’ problems using the tech that’s the best solution for them. We’re there to work side-by-side with client teams, enabling their success long after we’ve gone. We’re all about momentum that outlasts us.

Flexibility
Life is busy, and we understand that. Our team often juggles work, family, personal commitments, and crucial client obligations. We prioritise supporting our people in balancing what matters to them while ensuring we meet our client commitments. Flexibility is key, as we sometimes need to adapt to meet client needs. This way, our team can work on high-impact projects they’ll love, knowing they have the flexibility to manage their personal and professional lives effectively.

People-first
Great solutions start with great people. At our employee-led company, your voice matters, and we love to hear your feedback. By leading with kindness, empathy, and striving for equity, we create better experiences for everyone. Our culture encourages passion, adventure, adaptability, and diverse thinking. Inclusion, diversity, and equity are our top priorities, empowering our team to be their best selves. Together, we can create a great future by working collaboratively and supporting each other.

What keeps us here?
Our Singapore office knows the importance of a good work/life balance. We have the freedom to be ourselves when life gets in the way. We make a big effort to bring everyone together and allow space when space is needed. We believe in helping each other thrive in work and life and are proud to invest in benefits that include holistic well-being, meaningful allowances, and investment in our team’s professional, technical, and personal growth.

It’s an exciting time to be one of our foundational members, getting involved in setting up our unique Singapore culture.