Application Architect

Application Architect
Portalegre
Portalegre, Portalegre District, Portugal

Contract Opportunity | Application Architect (AI / Python)

We're hiring an Application Architect to join a newly launched product team within a large, global organisation, building modern, AI-driven applications from the ground up.

This is a
- on architecture role where you'll set technical direction, design scalable systems, and lead development across AI-enabled services.

What you'll be doing:

• Defining application and cloud architecture

• Designing API-first,
- based systems

• Leading Python backend development

• Working on AI /
- based solutions (Lang
Chain, Lang
Graph, Llama, etc. )

• Collaborating with engineering leadership in the UK (Scotland)

Tech stack highlights:

• Python | REST APIs
• Azure (Azure AI Studio, Azure services)
• AI / agent frameworks
• Docker, Terraform
• Postgre
  SQL, data platforms

Ideal background:

• 4–7+ years as a Senior Engineer / Tech Lead / Architect

• Strong modern architecture experience

• Comfortable owning technical decisions and guiding others

This is a
- impact role on a greenfield product where your architectural decisions will shape the platform.