Designation - Software Engineer - Artificial Intelligence
Business Unit - Higher Education
Department - Technology
Experience Range - 4 years
Location - Bengaluru, Karnataka

About upGrad:
upGrad is one of India’s leading higher edtech platforms, serving millions of learners across 100+ countries with robust university and industry partnerships. With a mission to enable career success through outcome-driven learning, upGrad is now building its next growth engine focused on undergraduate learners across India.

About the Role:
We are looking for a Software Engineer – Artificial Intelligence who is passionate about building intelligent systems that solve real-world problems. You’ll work at the intersection of machine learning, large language models (LLMs), and backend engineering, turning research into production-ready systems.

This is a hands-on engineering role with a strong emphasis on scalable AI integration, prompt engineering, RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), and building intelligent APIs and microservices.

What You'll Do




Design and build AI-powered applications using LLMs (OpenAI, LLaMA, Mistral, etc.), vector databases, and embedding models
Build scalable backend systems and APIs (Python, FastAPI, Node.js, etc.) to serve AI features in production.
Develop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and manage unstructured knowledge bases (PDFs, docs, audio).
Optimize inference pipelines for low latency and cost (e.g., with Ollama, vLLM, or LangChain).
Work with tools like Whisper, HuggingFace, and Pinecone/ChromaDB/Weaviate
Write clean, modular code and lead by example in engineering excellence.
Collaborate closely with product, design, and ML teams to rapidly prototype and ship feaures.

Must-Have Skills:
4+ years of software engineering experience (Python preferred).
Hands-on experience with LLMs, generative AI, or custom ML workflows.
Strong understanding of NLP, embeddings, and vector search.
Experience with FastAPI / Flask / Django and REST APIs

📌 Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
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