Software Architect - Compliance & Risks

Job Title: Software Architect

Reports to: Chief Architect

Location: Ireland - Remote

Purpose

We're hiring a Software Architect to partner with our Chief Architect and engineers to design, build, and ship AI-first software at the pace the market now demands. This is a hands-on role for an architect who still loves writing code and is energised by what generative AI has done to how real products get built.

Adherent helps global businesses understand and act on the regulations that govern their products. The domain is a near-perfect fit for AI: the volume of regulatory content is enormous, change is constant, and the payoff for structuring it well is transformational. Our regulatory content platform is already trusted by some of the world's largest manufacturers — the opportunity now is to put AI on top of that foundation.

Generative AI hasn't just improved what we ship — it has changed what's possible to ship. We're leaning into that hard, and architecture capacity is currently the rate-limiter on how fast we turn opportunity into product. That's the gap you fill.

What you'll do

You will design, build, and deliver in roughly equal measure.

• Design AI-first systems end-to-end — data ingestion and structuring, retrieval and search, agentic workflows, evaluation pipelines, human-in-the-loop interfaces, and the orchestration glue that holds it all together.
• Build. Write production code. Stand up prototypes. Pair with engineers. Cut through ambiguity by getting something working and iterating.
• Deliver. Own outcomes from architecture through release. Keep systems performant, economical to run, and stable in production — including the cost and latency profile of LLM-backed features.
• Raise the bar — patterns, evaluation discipline, prompt and model strategy, and what "good" looks like when LLMs sit in the critical path. We measure AI features against held-out evals before they ship, not vibes.
• Build with AI, not just on it. We are an AI-native engineering org — agentic coding tools are part of how we work, including autonomous and semi-autonomous development loops. You should be fluent in this way of working and help push it further.
• Engage with the product — partner with product and domain experts to translate hard customer problems into AI-shaped solutions. We don't build features looking for a problem.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering to translate architectural vision into implementable engineering roadmaps and ensure seamless integration of machine learning models and AI capabilities within our core architecture.
• Engage with the Product team to understand market needs and ensure the architecture supports future product directions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in architectural