Job highlights

- Requirements Required Qualifications . 58+ years of experience in ML Engineering / Applied AI . Search,retrieval,and ranking systems . NLP / embeddings / deep learning models . Experimentation and evaluation methodologies .

Role Overview: We are hiring a Senior AI Engineer / Applied Scientist to build and scale ML systems powering ecommerce search, retrieval, and personalization. This is an 80% ML Engineering role focused on production systems, rapid experimentation, and measurable business impact.

You will own end-to-end AI solutions across matching, retrieval, ranking, and GenAI-powered experiences, from prototyping to deployment at scale.

Core Responsibilities

- Design, build, and improve ML models for:

- Product matching / entity resolution

- Semantic retrieval and search relevance

- Ranking and recommendation systems

- Develop and optimize multi-stage ranking pipelines (candidate generation ranking re-ranking)

- Run experimentation frameworks (offline evaluation, A/B testing) to drive continuous improvement

- Apply reinforcement learning / bandits for personalization and ranking optimization

- Build and deploy GenAI and agentic AI systems for search, discovery, and content use cases

- Productionize ML systems using Databricks-based pipelines and deploy services via AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

- Design scalable, reliable ML infrastructure with focus on latency, throughput, and cost efficiency





- Monitor model performance and continuously iterate using MLOps/LLMOps best practices

- Independently scope ambiguous problems and drive them from idea production

Requirements Required Qualifications

- 58+ years of experience in ML Engineering / Applied AI

- Search, retrieval, and ranking systems

- NLP / embeddings / deep learning models

- Experimentation and evaluation methodologies

- Proven track record of building production-grade ML systems

- Strong proficiency in Python

- Hands-on experience with Databricks and Kubernetes-based deployment (AKS preferred)

- Ability to learn quickly and operate independently in a rapid-evolving AI landscape

Preferred Qualifications

- Masterdegree in Computer Science or related field (preferably in NLP or Computer Vision)

- Multi-stage ranking systems (search/recommendation engines)

- Reinforcement learning / bandits

- GenAI, LLMs, and agentic frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, etc.)

- Ecommerce or marketplace domains

- Modern data platforms (Snowflake, Data Lakes)

- MLOps/LLMOps tools (MLflow or similar)

- AI governance (evaluation, explainability, safety)

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📌 Sr AI Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Staples India
📍 Chennai