About the Role If you are someone who enjoys building AI systems beyond tutorials and prototypes — and wants to work on real-world education challenges at scale — this role might be for you. At VOPA, we are building AI-powered systems used across 70,000+ schools in Maharashtra, impacting millions of children through the NIPUN Maharashtra Mission.

Key Responsibilities Strong understanding of Transformers, LLMs, and model fine-tuning

Hands-on experience with LoRA, QLoRA, HuggingFace, PEFT, or Unsloth

Knowledge of PyTorch and ML training pipelines

Understanding of model deployment, GPU inference, and cloud infrastructure

Experience or interest in Computer Vision, ASR, Indic language AI, or handwriting recognition

Ability to work on production-grade AI systems, not just experimentation Required Skills Fine-tuning open-source models for Marathi handwriting and speech tasks





Building scalable ML pipelines and evaluation systems

Deploying AI models for cloud and edge environments

Working on real-world low-resource language challenges

Collaborating with a technically strong and mission-driven team Eligibility 0–3 years experience

Freshers with demonstrable skills are encouraged

People who can build, experiment, troubleshoot, and learn quick Note:

- This is not a prompt-engineering or annotation role. We are looking for people who genuinely understand models, systems, and AI engineering fundamentals.

Job Details Office Location: Kothrud, Pune.

Website: https://careers.vopa.in/

Salary : 4 to 5 LPA (Based on Skills and Experience) Salary Range ₹4,00,000 – ₹5,00,000 Document Applications Closed

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