Senior AI Platform Engineer

Job Type: Full time/Contract/Freelancing

Location: PAN India (100% Remote)

Shift Timings: 2:00 PM 11:00 PM IST

Experience: 8–18 Years

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days (Maximum)

Number of roles: 2(With Big4 and without Big4)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior AI Platform Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade AI applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). The ideal candidate will have strong Python engineering expertise and hands-on experience building scalable, secure, and production-ready AI platforms.

This role requires developing AI solutions for SOX, ITGC, Internal Audit, and Control Testing use cases, enabling intelligent automation of compliance and audit processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and develop enterprise AI applications using Python and modern AI frameworks.
- Build scalable REST APIs using FastAPI or equivalent Python frameworks.
- Develop and deploy production-grade LLM and Generative AI applications.
- Design and implement Agentic AI workflows using frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, or AutoGen.
- Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases and embedding models.
- Develop AI applications for SOX, ITGC, Internal Audit, and Control Testing automation.
- Build document intelligence solutions capable of processing Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and OOXML documents.
- Implement OCR and document extraction pipelines for structured and unstructured content.
- Develop AI evaluation frameworks, regression testing,



contract testing, and automated validation pipelines.
- Deploy secure AI solutions on Azure (preferred) or equivalent cloud platforms.
- Implement RBAC, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and secure deployment practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable AI platforms following engineering best practices.

Mandatory Skills

Programming

- Python (6+ years) as the primary programming language
- FastAPI (2+ years) or equivalent modern Python API framework

AI & Generative AI

- 3+ years of enterprise LLM / Generative AI experience
- Hands-on experience building production AI applications
- Agentic AI / AI Agents (minimum 1 year; 2+ years preferred)
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) – 2+ years

AI Engineering

- Production-grade REST API development
- AI application testing and evaluation
- CI/CD for AI applications
- Regression and contract testing

Cloud & Security

- Azure (preferred) or equivalent cloud platform
- RBAC
- Secrets Management
- Logging & Monitoring
- Secure cloud deployment

Frameworks & Technologies

- Pydantic
- React
- TypeScript

Document Intelligence

- OCR
- Document Intelligence
- Table Extraction
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- PDF
- OOXML





DevOps & Engineering

- Git
- Documentation
- Refactoring
- AI-assisted engineering practices

Domain Experience (Mandatory) Candidates should have experience developing AI solutions for:

- SOX Compliance
- IT General Controls (ITGC)
- Internal Audit
- Control Testing

Preferred Experience

- Experience working with a Big4 consulting firm (Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG) or a similar consulting organization.
- Experience with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, vector databases, and enterprise AI governance.
- Experience deploying production AI applications at enterprise scale.

Candidate Drop Criteria Please do not consider candidates if:

- Overall experience is less than 8 years.
- Python is not the primary programming language.
- Less than 3 years of enterprise LLM/Generative AI experience.
- No hands-on Agentic AI experience.
- No RAG implementation experience.
- AI experience is limited to chatbots, prompt engineering, hackathons, POCs, or personal projects.
- No experience building production-grade APIs.
- No experience building production AI applications.
- No experience in SOX, ITGC, Internal Audit, or Control Testing AI solutions.

Preferred Candidate Profile

- 8–12 years of overall software engineering experience.
- Strong Python backend engineering expertise.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise AI platforms in production.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote, fast-paced consulting environment.

📌 Senior AI Platform Engineer - Remote - Contract or Freelancing or FT (Hyderabad)
🏢 Highspring India
📍 Hyderabad