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Principal AI Engineer

Volante Technologies

Pune / Hyderabad / Chennai

10-15 years

Today

$74.7K–98.8K/yr

Full-time

Hybrid

Skills Required

LLM

RAG

Agentic AI

Gen AI

Fine-tuning

Prompt Engineering

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector Database

Foundation Models

AI Governance

Responsible AI

AI Observability

Prompt Management

Model Evaluation Frameworks

Description

Volante Technologies is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to provide technical leadership for its enterprise AI platform and AI-powered products. The role focuses on defining architecture, setting engineering standards, and driving AI innovation across teams.

Company: Volante Technologies

Role: Principal, AI Engineer

Location: Pune/Hyderabad/Chennai

Experience

- 10–15+ years in software engineering
- 5+ years in AI/ML or Data Engineering
- 2+ years in Generative AI solutions
- Experience leading enterprise-scale AI implementations
- Experience mentoring engineering teams and influencing executive stakeholders

Responsibilities

- Define enterprise AI architecture and technology roadmap
- Lead design and implementation of AI platforms, AI agents, and AI-powered products
- Drive adoption of GenAI across software engineering, operations, and customer-facing products
- Establish standards for model selection, evaluation, governance, security, and observability
- Review architecture and provide technical direction for critical initiatives
- Build scalable AI platforms supporting RAG, Agentic Workflows, MCP Integrations, Multi-model Orchestration, Model Evaluation Frameworks, Prompt Management, and AI Observability
- Design AI infrastructure leveraging cloud-native technologies
- Define coding standards and AI engineering best practices
- Establish AI SDLC processes
- Drive CI/CD and MLOps adoption
- Lead performance optimization and cost governance initiatives




- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and foundation models
- Define build-vs-buy strategies
- Drive POCs and incubate new AI capabilities
- Collaborate with customers and business stakeholders to identify AI opportunities
- Mentor junior and senior AI engineers
- Conduct technical interviews and talent assessments
- Develop AI competency frameworks
- Act as a technical advisor to engineering leadership

Additional Responsibilities

- Provide technical leadership for the enterprise AI platform and AI-powered products
- Drive AI innovation across the organization
- Set engineering standards for AI delivery
- Support engineering productivity improvements
- Contribute to talent development and technical leadership impact

Nice To Have

- Remote/adaptable work options
- Competitive compensation
- Health benefits
- Professional development support

More Skills Python, Java, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, MLFlow, Azure ML, SageMaker, Model Lifecycle Management, Data Pipelines, Knowledge Graphs, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD Platforms, AI platforms, AI-powered products, MLOps

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