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Senior AI Architect | AI Engineering Lead | Enterprise GenAI & Agentic AI

Lisbon, Portugal
Only remote
MBA, Information Systems Management — Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), 2008–2010
Lisbon, Portugal
Only remote
MBA, Information Systems Management — Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), 2008–2010

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About me

Senior AI Architect with 20+ years in IT. Specialised in Generative AI, LLMs, AI Agents, RAG, AI Security, EU AI Act, AWS and Azure. I design and build secure enterprise AI solutions, from architecture to production. Creator of ComplyPRO and LusoLLM.

Generative AIArtificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML)
AI Architecture & Generative AI
Design and implementation of enterprise GenAI platforms, including LLM selection and evaluation, model and engineering standards, and reference architectures for production-grade AI solutions.

LLM & Agentic AI Systems
Development of agentic workflows, multi-agent orchestration, tool and function calling, context engineering, and prompt engineering for complex enterprise use cases.

RAG & Data Pipelines
Building RAG pipelines with embeddings, vector search, pgvector, grounding, document and data ingestion, and knowledge systems for enterprise AI applications.

Cloud Architecture (AWS & Azure)
Architecture and delivery of enterprise cloud solutions using AWS, Azure, Azure OpenAI, S3, Glue, Athena, VPC, VPN, and CloudWatch, with a focus on security and operational excellence.

AI Governance & Security
Creation of AI governance and security frameworks covering guardrails, RBAC, human-in-the-loop, auditability, GDPR, EU AI Act compliance, and Responsible AI principles.

Software Engineering & APIs
Hands-on engineering with Python, FastAPI, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, distributed systems, and observability for production deployments.

Enterprise Integration & Modernization
Design of enterprise cloud architectures and modernization solutions, translating complex business and technology requirements into scalable, secure cloud integrations.

Technology Leadership & CTO Experience
Over two decades of senior technology, architecture, and operational leadership, including CTO roles, with responsibility for delivery, operational reliability, and business alignment.

Languages

EnglishFluentPortugueseNative speakerSpanishGood

Project history

AI Leader — AI Architecture, Security & Governance

Denio Negrao LDA - Banking Client
Leading enterprise AI architecture initiatives, connecting business objectives with secure, scalable and production-ready AI solutions. Defining architecture, security and governance patterns for Generative AI and agentic use cases, including controls, guardrails, auditability and responsible adoption. Working hands-on with LLMs, AI tooling, orchestration patterns and enterprise integration while providing technical leadership across stakeholders.

Enterprise AI Architect / AI Engineering Lead

Independent / Consulting
Designing and building production-oriented GenAI and Agentic AI systems from architecture through code, infrastructure, integration and deployment. Developing RAG and multi-agent architectures using Python, APIs, vector databases, model routing/orchestration and cloud services. Creating AI governance and security frameworks covering agent inventory, risk controls, audit trails, human oversight and regulatory alignment. Building AI products and platforms including CodeGuard, CouncilIA, LusoLLM, AegisHub and Nexus.

AWS Cloud Architect

Capgemini
Designed enterprise cloud architectures and modernization solutions with strong focus on AWS services, integration, security and operational excellence. Worked across enterprise environments including EDP and MAN Trucks, translating complex business and technology requirements into scalable cloud solutions. Architected data and integration workloads using services including S3, Glue, Athena, VPC/VPN and CloudWatch.

Cloud Architect / Security

Devoteam
Delivered cloud architecture and security solutions for enterprise environments, supporting modernization and secure adoption of cloud services.

CTO / Technology Leadership

5ERA and other organisations
Held senior technology, architecture and operational leadership roles across more than two decades in IT. Led engineering, infrastructure, enterprise architecture and technology strategy, with responsibility for delivery, operational reliability and business alignment.

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