AI Team / Architect

Hire a Dedicated AI Team Architect

Add an architect who designs the data, model and serving layers before your team builds, leading a pre-matched AI team of an engineer, backend and frontend developer.

50+ ERP and software projects. Zero failed projects since 2021.

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Data

Ingestion & storage

Model

Training & evaluation

Serving

Inference API

Interface

Product integration

1-2 wk

Typical shortlist time

100%

Screened on real system design

Roles that already work together

Free

Replacement if not a fit

Why It Matters

An AI product without an architecture decision gets rebuilt at scale

Model choices, data pipelines and serving costs made ad hoc during the first sprint tend to break once real traffic arrives. Deciding the design up front avoids the rebuild.

Designed Before Built

A system designed for your actual scale and budget

The architect designs the data pipeline, model choice and serving layer around your expected traffic and cost limits, before the engineer writes training code.

Data pipeline and storage decisions made up front.
Model and serving choices matched to your scale.
Cost tradeoffs documented before the build starts.

One Design, Three Builders

The AI engineer, backend and frontend developer build from the same plan

Because the architect leads a pre-matched team, the AI engineer, backend developer and frontend developer all build against the same documented design, not three different interpretations of it.

Design reviewed with the AI engineer before training starts.
Integration points agreed with the backend developer early.
Fewer late-stage rewrites from mismatched assumptions.

An AI team reviewing a system architecture

What a Design Review Looks Like

Every layer documented before the team builds

Illustrative example. Your actual architecture depends on the product you are building.

Data

Event stream & warehouse

Model

Fine-tuned classifier

How Hiring Works

From requirements to a working architect in about two weeks

Share requirements

Tell us the product you are building, your expected scale, and your timeline.

Shortlist

We match an architect by system design experience and send you 2 to 3 profiles within days.

Interview

You interview the shortlist directly and pick the architect who fits your product and your team.

Onboard

The architect documents the data, model and serving design and, if needed, brings on the rest of the AI team.

Scale as needed

Revisit the design as your product moves from prototype toward production traffic.

What's Included

Everything you need to run the engagement smoothly

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Dedicated to your product

The architect works only on your system design, not spread across other clients' projects.

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Direct communication

You and your team talk to the architect directly, with no extra layer in between.

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Flexible contracts

Full time, part time, or as part of the full AI team. Scale up or down with notice.

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Documented architecture

Design decisions are documented for the AI engineer, backend and frontend developer.

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Timezone overlap

Working hours arranged to overlap with your team for design review sessions.

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Replacement guarantee

If the architect is not the right fit, we replace them at no extra cost during the engagement.

What Changes

What a dedicated AI team architect changes for your product

Designed

For your actual scale, not a guess

Aligned

AI engineer, backend and frontend developer building from one plan

Documented

Architecture decisions the team can build against

Fewer

Late-stage rewrites from mismatched assumptions

Cost-Aware

Model and serving choices matched to your budget

Lower

Cost than a full-time direct hire

Why Us

Why teams hire their AI team architect through TCB Infotech

We design our own AI systems

We make the same data, model and serving decisions on our own AI projects, so our architects are screened on real design work, not trivia.

Fast, honest shortlisting

You see 2 to 3 profiles, not a stack of resumes, and we tell you plainly if a fit is not right.

Direct access, no relay

You and your team work with the architect directly, on your tools and your product roadmap.

A team that already fits together

Add the rest of the AI team, and they already build from the architect's documented design.

No long lock-in

Scale the team up or down with notice, based on the phase your product is in.

Proven delivery

50+ ERP and software projects, with zero failed projects since 2021.

FAQ

Hiring an AI team architect, answered

What is the AI Team package?

It is a pre-assembled group of four roles who build your AI product together: an AI architect, an AI engineer, a backend developer and a frontend developer. This page covers the architect, who designs the system the other three build.

What does the AI team architect actually do?

They design the data pipeline, model serving layer and integration points before a line of production code is written, then review the AI engineer's and backend developer's work against that design as the build progresses.

Can I hire just the architect without the rest of the AI team?

Yes. Each role can be hired on its own. Most teams building a new AI product take the complete four-role team, since the roles are already matched to work from the same architecture.

How is this different from hiring one of your AI engineers directly?

An AI engineer builds and trains models within an existing design. The architect decides that design in the first place: what runs where, how data flows, and how the model gets served, before the engineer starts building.

What is the engagement model?

You can hire full time, part time, or bring on the architect first to design the system before adding the rest of the AI team.

What if the architect is not the right fit?

We replace them at no extra cost during the engagement, with a handover of the architecture documentation to the new architect.

Hire a Dedicated AI Team Architect

Book a free consultation. Tell us about your product, and we will shortlist an architect who fits your team and your timezone.

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No commitment. See a shortlist before you decide.