Job Title - Lead / Principal AI Architect (ML & Data Engineering)

Job Location - Pune, Maharashtra / Remote

MUST Have Skills - Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Engineering, Data Splitting and encoding, Python, RAG pipelines, developing and deploying AI solutions

About Company -

Our client enables enterprises to deliver digital, data and AI use cases at breakthrough speed through our secure and governed self-service orchestration platform.

Role Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced
Principal AI Architect
with 14+ years of expertise to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Data Architecture systems. In this role, you will lead end-to-end AI initiatives—from robust ETL/ELT pipelines and advanced feature engineering to production MLOps, LLM deployments, and autonomous AI Agent frameworks.

Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Strategy:
Architect scalable Machine Learning solutions, Generative AI pipelines, and enterprise data frameworks across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Data Engineering & EDA:




Design robust ETL/ELT data pipelines, perform comprehensive data cleaning, preprocessing, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and advanced feature engineering.
- MLOps & Lifecycle Management:
Establish automated MLOps environments encompassing model versioning, continuous training, experiment tracking, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and real-time monitoring.
- Generative AI & LLMs:
Design and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, leverage leading Large Language Models (OpenAI, LLaMA, Gemini, BERT), and conduct advanced prompt engineering.
- AI Agents & Ecosystems:
Develop autonomous AI Agent frameworks, implementing enterprise security, compliance protocols, and robust authentication mechanisms.
- Database & Vector Storage Management:
Architect high-performance data systems using RDBMS, NoSQL, and specialized Vector Databases for similarity search and retrieval.
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