AI Team Lead

As an experienced and innovative AI Team Lead at Vaibhav Global Ltd (VGL), your primary role will involve leading a team of data scientists and engineers to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions while ensuring operational excellence in AI lifecycle management. Here is a breakdown of your key responsibilities: - **Leadership and Team Management**: - Lead, mentor, and manage a team of AI/ML engineers and data scientists. - Set clear goals, define KPIs, and monitor team performance. - Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. - **AI/ML Development and Deployment**: - Oversee the development, training, and deployment of machine learning models using Azure ML. - Implement MLOps pipelines for continuous integration, delivery, and monitoring of AI solutions. - Lead initiatives in LLMOps for deploying and fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) at scale. - **Solution Design and Architecture**: - Design robust AI architectures that integrate with cloud services, ensuring scalability and reliability. - Leverage Azure ML services such as Model Registry, Data Labeling, and Experimentation for efficient workflows. - Ensure seamless integration of AI models into production environments. - **Operational Excellence**: - Establish and maintain automated pipelines for data preprocessing, model training, testing, and deployment. - Monitor model performance and drift, implementing strategies for retraining and optimization. - Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy, and ethical AI standards. - **Stakeholder Collaboration**: - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data engineers, and business leaders, to align AI solutions with organizational goals. - Communicate technical concepts and progress effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. **Qualifications**: - **Education**: Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or related fields. - **Experience**: - 6+ years of experience in AI/ML, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. - Proven experience in deploying models using Azure ML. - Hands-on expertise in MLOps frameworks (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow) and LLMOps tools (e.g., LangChain, Hugging Face). **Technical Skills**: - Strong programming skills in Python, R, or similar languages. - Proficiency in cloud platforms, especially Azure. - Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps. - Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). In addition to the challenging role, VGL offers various perks such as great responsibility, work-life balance, and a culture of openness and flexibility that allows employees to grow and gravitate to roles that fit their talents and passions. An attractive financial package is also provided for top talent. You will be reporting directly to the IT - Delivery Head of VGL. This full-time position is based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, with an annual compensation ranging from 20,00,000 to 25,00,000 INR.,