At Topicus Vietnam, we're seeking a visionary AI Lead / Architect to help structure our leadership's thinking and turn ambitious concepts into practical blueprints and robust systems. With our financial platform Akkuro, we are redefining what's possible in banking. As part of Topicus, we are on a mission to transform financial services through technology that creates meaningful impact for banks and their customers worldwide. We are leading the charge in Agentic Banking a new paradigm where banks evolve into ecosystems of intelligent, autonomous agents delivering personalized, proactive, and seamless financial experiences.
Banking's future demands a new foundational architecture.
Your Impact
As our AI Lead / Architect, you will:
- Shape and champion our Agentic Banking Architecture, translating visionary ideas into a concrete, scalable framework.
- Design and architect AI-first, cloud-native solutions that form the backbone of our agentic approach.
- Lead the integration of large language models (LLMs) and other advanced AI technologies into modular, production-grade systems
- Collaborate closely with executives, product strategists, engineers, and data scientists to ensure our architecture reflects both the future of banking and practical implementation.
- Define and implement best practices for AI workloads, including optimization for performance, security, and cost-efficiency across Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Guide the evolution of our AI pipelines, ensuring automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement are core capabilities.
- Serve as a thought partner for leadership, structuring and evolving the ideas that will define banking for the next decade.
What you bring
- Deep experience in architecting and deploying AI/ML systems in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Proven expertise in Python, Java, .NET, or similar languages.
- Experience designing APIs and cloud-native architectures for scalable, distributed systems.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD best practices.
- A track record of thinking beyond code - structuring complex problems and translating strategic concepts into technical solutions.
- Passion for exploring new technologies and pioneering ideas that challenge the status quo.
- Being able to mentor other team members in AI principles.
- Exposure to generative AI, NLP in production settings.
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of machine learning principles, with hands-on knowledge of frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
- Background in MLOps tools and practices.
- Experience building data pipelines and working with modern data engineering stacks.
- Certifications in relevant cloud platforms (e.g., Azure AI Engineer, AWS Machine Learning Specialty).
- Prior experience aligning technical architectures with C-level strategy discussions.
What we offer
- An opportunity to help define the foundational architecture of agentic banking across the entire banking value chain.
- A passionate, forward-thinking team that believes in building meaningful, impactful technology.
- Fixed 13th-month salary and performance bonus.
- Full salary during probation
- Full social insurance coverage.
- Hybrid working model with a good work-life balance.
- Premium healthcare (including annual health check-up).
- 16 days of annual leave per year.
- 5 paid sick leave days.
- Dynamic and international English-speaking working environment.
- Regular gatherings (happy hours, dinners, social events, etc.).
- Annual company trip.
- Fully stocked pantry with coffee and snacks.
- Budget for team activities.
- Supportive and diverse work environment that promotes continuous learning.
- Opportunity for traveling and training in the Netherlands.
