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Overview:

CACTUS is a remote-first organization and we embrace an accelerate from anywhere culture. You may be required to travel to our Mumbai office based on business requirements or for company/team events.

We are looking for an AI/ML Lead to drive the design, development, and deployment of scalable AI solutions. In this role, you will lead end-to-end model development, guide engineering teams, and define best practices for building high-performance, production-ready systems. If you enjoy leading teams, solving complex AI challenges, and shaping impactful, responsible AI solutions at scale, this role offers strong ownership and growth.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the design, prototyping, and deployment of AI/ML models for NeGD’s Unified AI Delivery Team.
- Develop reusable model components for classification, prediction, summarization, or image analytics.
- Evaluate open-source and proprietary AI models for fitment to government datasets.
- Define model development standards, performance benchmarks, and testing protocols.
- Collaborate with MLOps teams to automate model deployment, retraining, and monitoring workflows.
- Guide Data Scientists in experiment setup, hyperparameter tuning, and model validation.
- Conduct technical reviews and ensure all models meet Responsible AI and data privacy requirements.
- Mentor engineering teams in ML algorithms, model evaluation techniques, and ethical AI practices.

Requirements:

- B.Tech / M.Tech / M.S. / Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields
- Advanced certifications in AI/ML (e.g., TensorFlow Developer, AWS ML Engineer) preferred.
- Research papers, case studies, or significant open source contributions(are preferred)




- 7–10 years of overall professional experience in AI/ML solution development.
- At least 4–5 years leading AI/ML model implementation teams.
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end AI/ML use cases from prototyping to production deployment.

Technical Competencies:

- AI/ML Expertise: Deep learning architectures (CNN, RNN, Transformers), reinforcement learning, transfer learning, and foundation model fine-tuning
- Model Development: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, MLflow, advanced hyperparameter tuning, and neural architecture search
- Programming Languages: Python (expert level), R for statistical modeling, C++ for performance optimization, CUDA for GPU programming
- Model Optimization: Quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, ONNX, TensorRT, and inference optimization techniques
- Cloud AI Platforms: AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI, distributed training, and cloud-native AI architectures
- MLOps& Deployment: Kubernetes, Docker, model serving (TorchServe, TensorFlow Serving), CI/CD for ML, and production monitoring

About Cactus:

Established in 2002, Cactus Communications (cactusglobal.com) is a leading technology company that specializes in expert services and AI-driven products which improve how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. Its flagship brand Editage offers a comprehensive suite of researcher solutions, including expert services and cutting-edge AI products like Mind the Graph, Paperpal, and R Discovery. With offices in Princeton, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, and Mumbai and a global workforce of over 3,000 experts, CACTUS is a pioneer in workplace best practices and has been consistently recognized as a outstanding place to work.

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