Job Profile: Senior AI Engineer
Role Summary
The Senior AI Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and continuously improving AI-powered solutions that solve real business problems. This role combines hands-on engineering expertise with robust architecture knowledge, including cloud-native design, AI system architecture, data pipelines, model deployment, observability, security, and scalability. The ideal candidate can take AI initiatives from concept to production while guiding technical decisions and mentoring engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
· Design, build, and deploy production-ready AI, machine learning, and Generative AI solutions.
· Architect end-to-end AI systems, including data ingestion, model selection, inference services, integration layers, monitoring, and feedback loops.
· Develop LLM-based applications using prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector databases, function calling, agentic workflows, and evaluation frameworks.
· Implement MLOps and LLMOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, model versioning, model registry,



automated testing, deployment automation, monitoring, and drift detection.
· Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, data engineers, solution architects, security teams, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable AI solutions.
· Evaluate third-party AI services, open-source models, cloud AI platforms, and internal build-versus-buy options.
· Ensure AI solutions follow responsible AI principles, including privacy, security, fairness, explainability, auditability, and compliance.
· Optimize AI solutions for performance, cost, latency, reliability, and maintainability.
· Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote engineering best practices across the AI development lifecycle.
· Create and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, architecture diagrams, model cards, runbooks, and operational guidelines.
· Apply RAG principles across solutio

📌 Senior AI Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Kerner Norland
📍 Chennai