AI Engineering Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an AI Engineering Lead based in India.

Join an innovative engineering team building enterprise-grade AI solutions that transform complex business processes through intelligent automation. In this leadership role, you'll shape both AI-powered product capabilities and modern AI-first software development practices, leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and autonomous AI agents. You'll collaborate closely with senior leadership to define technical strategy, architect scalable AI systems, and drive engineering excellence across the development lifecycle. Working in a flexible remote or hybrid environment, you'll have the opportunity to influence product direction, mentor engineering teams, and build production-ready AI applications that deliver measurable business value.

Accountabilities:: Lead the adoption of AI-first software engineering practices by implementing AI-assisted development workflows, coding agents, and scalable engineering processes.

Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, and autonomous AI agents.

Build intelligent solutions for document processing, information extraction, workflow automation, and AI-driven decision-making.

Establish engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, deployment, code quality, monitoring, and software reliability.

Develop evaluation frameworks to measure AI performance, including accuracy, latency, cost optimization, hallucination detection, and model reliability.

Promote responsible AI practices by implementing governance, auditability, privacy controls, and human-in-the-loop validation mechanisms.

Provide technical leadership across the full technology stack, supporting platform reliability, incident response, continuous improvement, and long-term scalability.

Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership to define the AI product roadmap and deliver strategic technology initiatives.

Requirements

6–10 years of professional software engineering experience, including experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams.

Strong expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js, with experience designing scalable backend applications and RESTful APIs.

Hands-on experience developing production-ready AI applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, function calling, structured outputs, and AI agents.

Experience with cloud AI platforms such as Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or equivalent AI infrastructure.

Proficiency with AI-assisted software development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Devin, Manus, or similar platforms.

Solid understanding of software architecture, CI/CD pipelines, Linux environments, secure engineering practices, and cloud-native application development.

Strong technical documentation, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering and business teams.

Entrepreneurial mindset with a high degree of ownership, initiative, and a passion for solving complex technical challenges.

Experience with MongoDB, Redis, document processing, OCR, LLM evaluation frameworks, cybersecurity, GRC, FinTech, or regulated industries is considered a strong advantage.

Benefits

Full-time remote or hybrid position based in India.

Opportunity to build enterprise-scale AI products powered by the latest LLM and Generative AI technologies.

Direct collaboration with senior leadership on engineering strategy and AI innovation.

High-impact role with significant ownership and influence over product and technical direction.

Flexible work environment supporting remote collaboration and work-life balance.

Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies, cloud platforms, and modern engineering practices.

Excellent opportunities for career growth, technical leadership, and continuous learning.

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