Senior AI Engineer

6 years

7 Lacs

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Job Description

The Senior AI Lead will spearhead the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI solutions while remaining deeply hands-on with coding, architecture, and model experimentation. This role requires a strong technical expert who can lead by example—writing high-quality code, conducting complex model research, and guiding the team in solving challenging AI problems.

The ideal candidate balances leadership with active technical contribution, ensuring the delivery of high-impact AI systems that align with business objectives.

Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical Ownership (Primary)

  • Actively design, build, and optimize machine learning and GenAI models (LLMs, NLP, CV, predictive models, etc.).
  • Write production-grade code in Python and contribute to core AI frameworks, pipelines, and APIs.
  • Develop data processing and feature engineering pipelines end-to-end.
  • Implement MLOps workflows including model serving, monitoring, retraining, and versioning.
  • Build RAG pipelines, vector database integrations, embeddings, and LLM-based applications.
  • Conduct experimentation, hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation, and performance benchmarking.
  • Review and improve code quality, architecture decisions, and research approaches.

AI Strategy & Leadership

  • Define the AI roadmap and translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Mentor and guide ML engineers, data scientists, and AI developers.
  • Set technical standards and ensure best practices for architecture, model lifecycle, and deployment.
  • Drive innovation through POCs, research, and evaluation of new technologies.

Architecture & System Design

  • Architect scalable AI systems that integrate seamlessly with existing product and cloud infrastructure.
  • Work closely with engineering teams to deploy AI services via APIs, microservices, and containerized environments.
  • Ensure models meet latency, throughput, and reliability requirements.

Cross-functional Collaboration

  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership to scope projects and define KPIs.
  • Explain complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders in business-friendly language.
  • Lead AI discussions, demos, and strategic alignment sessions.

Research & Innovation

  • Stay updated with advancements in AI/ML, LLMs, prompt engineering, transformers, and new architectures.
  • Explore new tools and frameworks to improve team efficiency and model performance.

Required QualificationsTechnical Skills

  • 6–10+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML engineering and model development.
  • Strong expertise in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, LLMs, Transformers, NLP, Computer Vision, and GenAI frameworks.
  • Solid experience with data engineering concepts, ETL pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
  • Deep understanding of vector databases, embeddings, RAG, LangChain/LlamaIndex, and model fine-tuning.
  • Proficiency in system design, architecture, microservices, APIs, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
  • Strong grasp of algorithms, statistics, probability, and ML fundamentals.

Leadership & Management

  • Experience leading technical teams while remaining hands-on.
  • Ability to drive complex AI projects from concept to production.
  • Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's or PhD in AI/ML, Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields.
  • Experience building large-scale AI systems for enterprise products.
  • Knowledge of responsible AI, security, compliance, and performance optimization.

Key Competencies

  • Technical Excellence & Ownership
  • Innovative Problem Solving
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Leadership & Mentoring
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Execution Discipline

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From ₹65,000.00 per month

Benefits:

  • Food provided
  • Paid sick time
  • Paid time off

Work Location: In person

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