Associate Director, AI Application Engineering :

- Ahmedabad, India; Hyderabad, India
- Information Technology
- 327346

About the Role : Grade Level (for internal use) : 12

S&P; Global Energy

The Role :

- Associate Director, AI Application Engineering

The Team : We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled engineering leader for S&P; Global Energy. We strive to deliver solutions that are sector-specific, data-rich, and hyper-targeted for evolving business needs.

The Impact : What’s in it for you :

- It’s a fast-paced agile environment that deals with huge volumes of data, so you’ll have an opportunity to sharpen your data skills and work on an emerging technology stack.

Responsibilities

AI Application Design & Engineering

- Design agentic AI workflows including agent planning loops, tool orchestration, dynamic memory, and human-in-the-loop controls
- Own the technical design and build of AI microservices, APIs, and integration layers connecting AI capabilities to enterprise systems
- Lead rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept delivery to validate AI approaches before full-scale implementation
- Data Modelling & AI Data Architecture

Design data models and schemas optimized for AI workloads: feature engineering, vector embeddings, semantic search, and LLM context management

- Build and maintain knowledge graphs, ontologies, and entity resolution pipelines supporting intelligent agent reasoning
- Define data ingestion, transformation, and enrichment pipelines that feed AI feature stores and inference services
- Implement data quality, validation, and drift detection frameworks to maintain model accuracy in production
- Collaborate with data platform teams to architect lakehouse patterns, real-time streaming, and batch processing for AI use cases




- Technical Architecture & Standards

Design reusable AI solution patterns, reference architectures, and component libraries for enterprise deployment

- Lead technical design reviews and architecture assessments for AI projects across the organisation
- Evaluate emerging AI frameworks, tooling, and models — providing structured technical recommendations
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and cloud governance guardrails
- Team Leadership & Delivery

Lead a team of 4-8 AI/ML engineers and data engineers, providing technical direction, mentorship, and career development

- Partner with product managers, data scientists, and business analysts to translate requirements into technical designs
- Champion engineering best practices: code review culture, test-driven development, observability, and documentation standards
- Success Metrics (First 12 Months)
- Publish a library of reusable AI architecture patterns and component accelerators
- Reduce average time-to-production for new AI features by 25% through improved engineering practices
- Grow and coach an engineering team achieving high satisfaction and retention scores
- Establish LLMOps monitoring and observability across all deployed AI models

Basic Required Qualifications

- Solid expertise in the up-to-date AI/ML engineering stack
- Strong data modelling skills across relational, NoSQL, vector, and graph paradigms




- Experience with cloud-native architectures on at least one major platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Demonstrated ability to lead small to medium-sized engineering teams
- Strong communication skills able to present technical designs to both engineering and business audiences

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Experience with enterprise integration platforms and connecting AI solutions to ERP/CRM/ITSM systems

- Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI frameworks, and compliance requirements
- Contributions to open-source AI tooling, technical blog posts, or conference presentations

What’s In It For You? **

Our Mission : Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People : Our Values : Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

- Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits :**

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P; Global.

- Our benefits include:

- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student l

📌 Associate Director, Ai Application Engineering (Ahmedabad)
🏢 sep global
📍 Ahmedabad