Senior Staff Engineer, AI

10 - 15 years

9 - 13 Lacs

Posted:22 hours ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Senior Staff Engineer, AI
Location: Bengaluru, KA, 560076 Key Skills:

  • Architect scalable AI systems

  • Guide model development and deployment best practices

  • Mentor teams across applied ML, data, and backend engineering


Key Responsibilities: AI System Architecture & Design:

  • Lead the design of large-scale AI/ML systems from data ingestion to model training, deployment, and monitoring.

  • Define best practices for model lifecycle management, feature engineering, and MLOps infrastructure.


Technical Expertise:

  • Drive high-impact AI initiatives that span multiple teams and product lines.

  • Review and influence the design and implementation of models, APIs, and distributed ML pipelines.

  • Ensure scalability, performance, and ethical use of AI systems.


Research & Innovation:

  • Stay at the forefront of AI and machine learning advances, bringing research into production environments.

  • Evaluate and integrate emerging techniques such as LLMs, reinforcement learning, and generative AI where applicable.


Mentorship & Collaboration:

  • Mentor senior ML engineers and data scientists on technical best practices, system design, and experimentation methodology.

  • Partner with product and data teams to translate business challenges into AI-driven solutions.


Execution & Delivery:

  • Lead the technical roadmap for AI systems, ensuring timely delivery of models and services with measurable outcomes.

  • Establish standards for model testing, explainability and monitoring.


Must-Have:

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering or data science, with at least 3+ years in applied AI/ML leadership roles.

  • Proven track record of architecting, deploying, and maintaining production-scale ML systems.

  • Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).

  • Experience with large-scale data systems and ML pipelines (Kubeflow, Airflow, Vertex AI, or SageMaker).

  • Deep understanding of machine learning fundamentals model training, evaluation, and serving.

  • Expertise in cloud-based ML infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker).

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams.


Nice-to-Have:

  • Experience with LLMs, transformer architectures, vector databases, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

  • Understanding of AI safety, model interpretability, and responsible AI principles.

  • Publications, patents, or open-source contributions in AI/ML.

  • Background in applied domains such as NLP, computer vision, or recommendation systems.




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