AI Center of Excellence (CoE) Lead

Generative AI & Agentic Systems

Location: Chennai / Bangalore

Experience: 12+ yrs engineering & cloud, 4+ yrs leading AI initiatives

We are helping our client hire a hands-on leader to build and scale their enterprise AI Center of Excellence — driving GenAI adoption on AWS and championing Kiro, AWS's spec-driven agentic IDE, to move engineering teams from ad-hoc prompting to disciplined, spec-first delivery.

What You'll Do
CoE Strategy & Governance: Stand up and scale the AI CoE — defining its charter, and setting standards for responsible AI, MLOps, and agentic delivery.
AWS Cloud Architecture: Design secure, production-grade GenAI infrastructure using Bedrock, Lambda, DynamoDB, and cloud-native IAM/security frameworks.
Spec-Driven Engineering via Kiro: Drive org-wide adoption of Kiro — shifting teams to structured requirements, design specs, and automated task execution.
Workflow Automation: Build agent hooks, steering files, and MCP integrations to automate testing, documentation,



and deployments.
Stakeholder Enablement: Partner with leadership to showcase quick POC-to-production wins and cut feature delivery times.
Talent Development: Build and mentor a high-performing CoE team; upskill developers org-wide on contemporary AI tooling.

What You Bring
Experience: 12+ years in software engineering and cloud architecture, with 4+ years leading AI initiatives or enterprise transformation.
Core Technical Competencies: Advanced AWS, Python, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CDK), and vector/RAG data pipelines.
Kiro Expertise: Hands-on with spec generation, steering rules, multi-model handling, and managing agentic loops.
Leadership Track Record: Proven history leading an AI/Cloud CoE, managing cross-functional teams, and driving tooling adoption.
Education: B.Tech or M.Tech in Computer Science, AI, or a related technical discipline.

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