Being the global leader in international education services, for more than 50 years IDP has been the pioneer in this sector, specializing in combining human expertise with leading technology to help people reach their global ambitions. Operating in more than 50 countries around the world, IDP values and celebrates diversity, fostering a safe and inclusive workplace. IDP Education Ltd is the proud co-owner of IELTS (International English Language Testing System), the world’s most popular high stakes English language proficiency test. To learn more

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and our various service lines, please visit https://www.careers.idp.com/what-we-do If you share our passion in helping people to pursue their dreams through education and thrive in an innovative agile digital culture, then come and join us as we undergo our digital revolution. Position Purpose In this role you will be collaborating with IDP’s Data Engineering and Governance, an enterprise capability team and be responsible for:
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· Lead end-to-end delivery of ML and AI solutions, from business requirements and prototypes to production deployment.
· Build scalable data pipelines and infrastructure for model training, inference and integration with enterprise applications.
· Deliver data analytics, exploratory analysis and actionable insights to support business decisions and model development.
· Develop generative AI solutions using prompt and context engineering to improve grounding, accuracy and relevance.
· Define and implement MLOps/LLMOps practices, including CI/CD, experiment tracking, versioning, automated testing and monitoring.
· Optimise production systems for performance, cost, reliability and security, with appropriate auditability and AI guardrails.
· Own production support,



incident resolution and continuous improvement across deployed solutions.
· Establish engineering standards and maintain architecture documentation, SOPs and operational handover materials. Take responsibility for Outcomes You love technology, are continuously learning and extending your knowledge of best practice and the business value of technology innovations. Here’s what we’re looking for:
· Strong Python and PostgreSQL skills.
· Experience with graph and vector databases.
· Hands-on experience with AWS serverless computing.
· Experience integrating and deploying LLMs, including prompt and context engineering.
· Ability to translate business problems into deployable AI solutions.
· Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise APIs, applications and workflows.
· Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder communication and production delivery skills.
· Hands-on experience with Databricks for data engineering, analytics and ML/AI workloads. WORKING AT IDP IDP Education’s ongoing success comes from our highly committed and caring employees around the globe. We encourage teamwork in order to leverage our people's diverse talents and expertise through effective collaboration and cooperation throughout our business. We strive to provide a working environment where people are encouraged to excel, be creative, and seek new ways to solve problems, take initiative, generate opportunities, and be accountable for their actions.
• We believe in developing energetic, inclusive workplaces that encourage and celebrate cultural differences and views, and provide opportunities for personal, professional and career development all around the world. We respect diversity in our people: their ideas, work styles and perspectives as well as offering flexibility to ensure employees enjoy a satisfying balance of work and personal life.

📌 Lead ML (Chennai)
🏢 IDP Education
📍 Chennai