Overview

We are seeking an AI Engineer to lead the engineering and productionization of agentic AI capabilities to be built on our enterprise AI Backbone across cloud and edge environments. This role owns the end-to-end delivery of production-grade AI agents, evaluation and regression quality gates, and MCP-based integrations with enterprise systems and data products. You will operate as a technical anchor—turning ambiguous workflows into measurable, reliable agent outcomes, proactively identifying risks and tradeoffs, and mentoring engineers to raise delivery and quality standards.

Responsibilities

1) Agent & AI Solution Engineering (35%)
- Lead development and productionization of agent modules and solution components (planning/tool-use, constraints, recovery behaviors) aligned to workflow outcomes. (Execute)
- Translate ambiguous requirements into transparent acceptance criteria, testable behaviors, and delivery plans; drive execution with partner teams. (Consult/Execute)
- Optimize reliability and performance (latency, token efficiency, tool success)



through systematic tuning and failure-mode remediation. (Execute)

2) Evaluation, Testing & Quality Governance (25%)
- Define evaluation approach for assigned workflows: test sets, golden labels (where applicable), metric thresholds, and regression strategy. (Execute/Consult)
- Implement and maintain evaluation pipelines/harnesses; generate evidence-based comparisons of models/prompts/agent variants. (Execute)
- Drive root cause analysis for failures (hallucination/tool errors/routing failures) and implement corrective actions; reduce defect leakage. (Execute)

3) Model/Prompt Routing Enablement (15%)
- Contribute to model routing logic where applicable: implement routing rules/classifiers, validate decision quality/latency, and ensure auditability via metadata/logging. (Execute/Consult)
- Proactively recommend routing adjustments based on measured performance/constraints (within governance boundaries). (Consult)

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📌 Executive Development Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 PepsiCo
📍 Hyderabad