Duties Responsibilities

- Hands-on experience in designing, developing and deploying AI/ML/NLP/GenAI/Agentic AI solutions (involving modeling, benchmarking and inferencing) at enterprise scale for e-commerce.
- Hands-on experience in building, evaluating and deploying AI solutions leveraging LLMs, vector DBs, RAG, Agentic frameworks (such as LangChain, HayStack, Semantic Kernel).
- Robust programming skills in Python (experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, etc.) and solid understanding of ML algorithms, NLP, computer vision, finetuning LLMs.
- Stay updated on advancements in AI/ML, LLMs, and agentic frameworks to propose innovative modular/reusable solutions/approaches/pipelines to enable the Platforms Innovation Lab pillar.
- Collaborate with architects, data engineers, AI engineers, product and business teams to translate business requirements into fully operational AI solutions.
- Analyzing large volumes data and establishing AI/ML/NLP and Generative AI based automation workflows to enable cross functional business teams with real-time actionable intelligence.
- Building modular, reliable, scalable python-based pipelines on Databricks and Azure with attention to security, cost, and data sensitivity.
- Developing/implementing algorithms and maintaining systems that deals with streaming big data for AI/ML based actionable insights.
- Drive all phases of software development including design, prototyping, and incremental production release adhering to industry best DevOps, MLOps, LLMOps practices.
- Designing and implementing highly reliable, fault-tolerant distributed ML applications with focus on ML Operations and CI/CD.
- Implement responsible AI practices and templates, focusing model explainability, fairness, Human-In-The-Loop validation, compliance and governance.
- Provide technical leadership to junior AI engineers.



Actively participate and lead Team scaling efforts.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor degree in computer science, machine intelligence and 6+ years of experience
- Solid (6+ years) hands-on experience in ML training/inferencing pipelines
- Proven track record (e.g., 58+ years for Lead roles) in Machine Learning/AI engineering.
- Strong programming skills (Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
- Knowledge of Machine Learning algorithms, NLP, Deep Learning, LLMs.
- Experience with data pipelines, model training, and deployment.
- Familiarity with Databricks and one cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team

Preferred Qualifications

- Masters/PhD in the field computer science, machine intelligence and 4+ years of experience
- Hands-on experience in designing, developing and deploying AI/ML/NLP/GenAI/Agentic AI solutions (involving modeling, benchmarking, inferencing) at enterprise scale for e-commerce.
- Hands-on experience in building, evaluating and deploying AI solutions leveraging LLMs, vector DBs, RAG, Agentic frameworks (such as LangChain, HayStack, Semantic Kernel).
- Strong programming skills in Python (experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, etc.) and solid understanding of ML algorithms, NLP, computer vision, finetuning LLMs.
- Proven experience in defining AI strategy and roadmaps.
- Experience with agentic frameworks (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, Haystack).
- Expertise in vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate) and MLOps, LLM Ops.
- Track record of mentoring and scaling AI teams.

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📌 Lead AI Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Staples India
📍 Chennai