AI Architect - Freelance

About the role

Bluecrux is setting up a company-wide AI Transformation programme spanning corporate-services efficiency, internal solution development, productivity in consulting delivery, and the AI offering towards clients.

To accelerate this ambition, Bluecrux is looking for a senior, hands-on AI Architect for a focused freelance engagement from as soon as possible until the end of September 2026.

The role is deliberately technical. It complements the business framing, change management, project management, and legal/compliance ownership that sit with the Head of AI Transformation. The AI Architect partners closely with the Head of AI Transformation and the relevant internal teams, while being accountable for the technical vision, architecture, delivery stack, quick wins, and knowledge transfer.

Key responsibilities

• Define the AI architecture vision and roadmap: shape a target AI architecture across Bluecrux's AI ambitions, translate ambition into a feasible technical plan, sequence the highest-leverage building blocks, and give clear build-versus-buy guidance across LLM providers, agent/orchestration frameworks, platforms, and vendors.

• Build a reusable technical stack for consulting delivery: design a robust reference architecture for LLM- and agent-based solutions that makes consultants measurably more productive, including tooling, reusable accelerators, knowledge bases, integration patterns, and an approach to evaluation and quality.

• Deliver quick wins and proofs of value: identify two to three high-value, low-friction use cases and take them to a working result, hands-on, to prove value, validate the architecture in practice, and build internal confidence.

• Upskill Bluecrux AI champions: coach and challenge internal AI champions who already build basic agents and prototypes, raising the bar on architecture, reusability, quality, security, and ambition.

• Set technical standards and guardrails: establish baseline standards for model selection, evaluation, security, data and IP handling, and cost management, providing the technical input that underpins broader AI governance.

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About you

You are a senior, hands-on AI/ML engineer or solutions architect who has designed and built real production-grade LLM and agentic systems. You combine strong software and solution architecture foundations with the pragmatism to ship working solutions in a short timeframe and the communication skills to raise the technical bar of an internal team.

Must-have experience and capabilities

• Proven experience designing and building production-grade LLM and agentic systems; real solutions, not only demos.

• Strong software and solution architecture background, including system design, integration, APIs, cloud, security, and scalability.

• Deep and current knowledge of the GenAI tooling landscape, including LLM providers, agent/orchestration frameworks, RAG and vector stores, evaluation, and LLMOps/MLOps.

• Ability to define reference architectures and translate them into reusable building blocks, clear standards, and practical delivery patterns.

• Demonstrated ability to coach and upskill engineers or technical champions and to set technical direction for a team.

• Pragmatic, delivery-focused working style, with the ability to work independently with limited onboarding.

• Fluency in English.

Nice-to-have

• Experience in a professional-services, consulting or software-product environment.

• Experience building developer enablement, internal platforms or reusable accelerators.

• Familiarity with AI governance, security and the EU AI Act context.

Why join us?

This is a high-impact interim opportunity to shape the technical foundation of Bluecrux's AI transformation. The assignment is close to the business, close to decision-making, and focused on tangible outcomes: architecture that can scale, working solutions that prove value, and an internal team that can keep building after the engagement.

• Shape a company-wide AI architecture across internal productivity, product features, consulting delivery, and the AI offering towards clients.

• Work directly with the Head of AI Transformation and internal AI champions, with visibility towards senior leadership.

• Build reusable solutions in an environment that combines consulting, technology, and value-chain expertise.

• Leave a practical legacy: working quick wins, reusable building blocks, and higher technical standards for future AI work.

About us

At Bluecrux, we transform supply chains into smart, efficient value chains through a blend of expert consulting and cutting-edge technology. We collaborate closely with industry leaders like Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Bridgestone, AkzoNobel, Beiersdorf, Oatly, and many more – creating partnerships that drive meaningful impact. With a global presence in Europe, the US and APAC, we're committed to shaping the future of value chains, one success story at a time.