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Lead AI Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

23 Days ago
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Job Description

This role is for Weekday's client.

Role Overview</strong> As the Lead AI Engineer, you will be responsible for spearheading the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions. You will work with various large language models (LLMs)?both open-source and proprietary?optimizing them through fine-tuning, prompt engineering, agentic frameworks, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) methodologies. Additionally, you will play a key role in managing the AI engineering team, fostering innovation, and ensuring successful execution of AI-driven projects. Requirements

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the AI engineering team in designing, developing, and deploying LLM-powered solutions.
  • Work with open-source (Llama, Mistral, Falcon, etc.) and proprietary models (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, etc.) to build state-of-the-art AI applications.
  • Develop strategies for fine-tuning models on proprietary datasets to enhance performance for specific use cases.
  • Architect and implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems for improved response accuracy and efficiency.
  • Build and integrate agentic frameworks that allow LLMs to autonomously reason, plan, and execute multi-step tasks.
  • Oversee the data pipeline, model training, and deployment workflows to ensure scalability and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, data scientists, and software engineers) to align AI development with business objectives.
  • Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI research and bring innovative solutions to the company.
  • Ensure best practices for model evaluation, bias mitigation, and ethical AI deployment.
  • Drive the team's technical roadmap, hiring strategy, and mentorship initiatives.

    </li> Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with a strong focus on LLMs and NLP.
  • Proficiency in Python and AI frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar.
  • Deep understanding of transformers, embeddings, tokenization, attention mechanisms, and distributed training.
  • Experience in fine-tuning large-scale models on domain-specific datasets.
  • Hands-on experience with vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Weaviate, Pinecone) for retrieval-based AI applications.
  • Strong knowledge of MLOps practices, including model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
  • Proven experience leading AI/ML teams, managing project timelines, sprints, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and optimizing AI workloads for production environments.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a research-driven mindset. </li> Preferred Qualifications
    • Experience working with multi-modal models (text, image, video, audio).
    • Knowledge of RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) techniques.
    • Contributions to open-source AI projects or published research papers.
    • Prior experience in a high-growth AI startup or AI research lab.

    • Job Overview

    Job Function: IT/Computers - Software & Software Services

    Job Type: Full Time

    Workplace Type: Not Specified

    Experience Level: Mid-Senior level

    Salary: Competitive & Based on Experience

    Experience: 5 - 6 yrs

    Contact Information

    Company Name: Weekday AI

    Recruiting People: HR Department

    Website: https://www.weekday.works

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