Backend Developer

Job Description – AI Tech Lead

Location: Bangaluru

Experience: 10+ Years

Function: AI Center of Excellence (CoE)

Reporting To: Senior Vice President – CX / Head of AI CoE

We are seeking two highly experienced AI Tech Leads (AVP/DGM level) to drive the architecture, development, and delivery of large‑scale AI solutions spanning Predictive AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI across BPM, IT Services, Digital, Data Engineering, and Enterprise Transformation programs.

The role demands strong technical leadership, solution design capabilities, hands‑on execution ownership, and the ability to lead multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver scalable, production‑grade AI systems.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Solution Architecture & Strategy

• Lead end‑to‑end solution architecture across Predictive AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, and enterprise data ecosystems.
• Partner with business and technology teams to define AI strategy, technical roadmaps, and implementation frameworks.
• Translate business goals into scalable AI architectures leveraging microservices, distributed systems, and modern AI toolchains.
• Own architectural decisions on model design, data pipelines, deployment frameworks, MLOps stack, and scaling strategies.

B. Project Delivery & Execution Leadership

• Drive the complete AI project lifecycle: Requirement Analysis → Architecture → Model Development → Engineering → Deployment → Monitoring.
• Lead AI engineering teams in developing production‑grade ML/GenAI/Agentic solutions with high reliability and performance.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, DevOps/MLOps processes, and quality controls.
• Manage multiple concurrent AI initiatives with strong governance, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.

C. Technical Hands-on Expertise

• Architect and build complex AI systems involving:
• Large Language Models (LLMs) & GenAI apps
• Agentic workflows and autonomous task orchestration
• Predictive modeling, forecasting, optimization, and statistical modeling
• Knowledge graphs, vector databases, embeddings
• Data engineering pipelines (ETL/ELT) and cloud-native architectures
• Drive model evaluation, experimentation, benchmarking, A/B testing, and continuous improvements.

D. Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead and mentor a team of AI engineers, data scientists, MLOps engineers and developers.
• Build internal capabilities by establishing training, code reviews, reusable accelerators, and technical playbooks.
• Actively collaborate with product managers, data engineering teams, CX strategy teams, and domain SMEs.

E. Stakeholder & Client Management

• Act as a technology partner during client discussions, proposals, RFP responses, and solution demonstrations.
• Communicate complex AI concepts to CXOs, business leaders, and non-technical stakeholders seamlessly.
• Support pre-sales with solutioning, effort estimation, and technical presentations.

3. A. Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Python, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), and AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Hands-on experience building applications using:
• LLMs, RAG, fine‑tuning, prompt engineering
• Autonomous AI agents & multi-agent systems
• Predictive ML models (Regression, Classification, Clustering, NLP, CV)
• Expertise in microservices architecture, API design, scalable deployments.
• Strong command over SDLC, Agile methodologies, CI/CD, DevOps & MLOps.
• Experience with data engineering tools: Spark, Databricks, Airflow, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, and modern data lakehouse platforms.

B. Functional & Domain Skills

• Experience working in BPM, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, IT Services.
• Ability to map AI use cases to business value: workflow optimization, automation, customer experience, operations, and analytics.

C. Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong team leadership and mentoring experience.
• Excellent communication, client-facing abilities, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and delivery ownership.

4. Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related fields.
• 10–15 years total experience with at least 5+ years leading AI/ML projects.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale AI programs in enterprise environments.
• Certifications in AI/ML, cloud, or architecture (preferred).

We are India’s fastest-growing digital trust platform offering services such as background verifications, reference checks, employee/staff onboarding, etc. We have completed more than 500+ million checks across 3000+ happy clients and since its inception, the company has shown continuous uptrend growth in an ever-changing business environment. As an organization, we are self-sustainable with positive cash flows.

At OnGrid, we are focused on redefining and reimagining Trust. We are leveraging APIs to build a digital trust platform all while being accountable that provides verified credentials instantly coming from the source directly. Having built the basic pillars of trust, we now want our imaginations to be let loose and think of avenues not explored and ways never implemented before. In this pursuit, we are looking for a motivated Staff Engineer (Backend) with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications, joining us, driving this vision, and taking it to a larger scale. If you are a visionary, always on the lookout for finding the right solutions, and a technology geek, constantly seeking to learn and improve your skillset, then you are the type of person we are looking for.

Roles & Responsibilities -

● Develop new user-facing features.

● Work alongside product to understand our requirements, and design, develop and iterate, think through the complex architecture.

● Writing clean, reusable, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.

● Encourage innovation and efficiency improvements to ensure processes are productive

● Ensure the training and mentoring of the team members

● Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed.

● Research and apply new technologies, techniques, and best practices.

Requirements -

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field

• 5 - 10 years of prior relevant experience

• Experience with web technologies and microservices architecture

• Java, Spring framework

• MySQL, Mongo, Solr, Redis,

• Kubernetes, Docker

• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.

• Experience with API Design, ability to architect and implement an intuitive customer and third-party integration story • Ability to think and analyze both breadth-wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth-wise (threads, sessions, space-time complexity) while designing and implementing services

• Exceptional design and architectural skills

• Experience of cloud providers/platforms like GCP and AWS

Experience: 5+ Years

• Experience in Core Java, Spring Boot

• Experience in microservices and angular

• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale systems for global organization. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.

• Should be able to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications.

• Good development experience with RDBMS in SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle or DB2

• Good knowledge of multi-threading

• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux

• Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java

• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.

• Should be able to express their design ideas and thoughts

Key Responsibilities:

● Design, develop, and maintain applications using .NET Core, ensuring optimal

performance and scalability.

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to coding standards and best

practices.

● Diagnose and resolve technical issues, optimizing applications for maximum speed and

scalability.

Technical Skills:

● Proficiency in .NET Core,C#,Web API,EF,LINQ and related technologies.

● Experience in developing applications using microservice architecture

● Experience with cloud platforms

● Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., Angular, React) is a plus.

● Knowledge of version control systems like Git.

● Demonstrated proficiency in database design and the ability to write complex queries

● Proven experience in leading development teams and driving technical initiatives.

Want to work with an established & growing IT company? Join team Benison to have the right challenges that will help you accelerate your career growth to the next level, faster!   

Benison Technologies was started in 2011 with a mission to revolutionize the silicon industry in India, with a host of amazing big clients like Google, Cisco, McAfee, Intel, and so on, you get to experience the best of both worlds. If you consider yourself an engineer who is capable to join our ever-growing team, then this is the right opportunity for you:  

Why Benison Tech?   

We have a partial acquisition from one of the biggest names in the world (well we can’t name them thanks to confidentiality) it’s one of the FAANG companies, and you can “Google” it if you like.  

Oh! & one more thing, this did not happen by accident, our team put a ton of efforts to turn this gigantic dream into a reality.  

Benison Tech has a consistent history of demonstrating growth through innovation time and again.   

We don’t stop there, we then re-invest our profits back into the initiatives for the growth of our people, our culture and the company. Now enough with us, let’s talk about the job roles & responsibilities:    

What you will be working on: 

• Key contributor for developing product strategies and features. 
• Software development for industries leading SaaS platform 
• You will be involved closely in planning, designing, integration of client requirements. 

• You will be working with one of the leaders in data resiliency and data protection. 

Here are some technical skills require:  

• Independently own features and create feature test plans/strategies based on development and feature completion milestones.   
• Identify quality assurance process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement.   

• Design automation framework for automating feature tests.   
• Participate in test cases, test plans, s and code reviews.  
• Resolve functional queries coming from other business units such as support, escalation, product management, etc.   
• Participate in bug trailing, tracking quality assurance metrics.  
• Hands-on experience with Python-Selenium or Cypress, will be preferred.   

• Familiarity with Test Management systems like XRay and bug tracker like JIRA tools.  

What we expect from you:    

• 3-10 Years of relevant experience in QA Automation.   
• Expert at test automation, creating test plans, test strategies for testing multiple product modules   

• Should be able to quickly analyze failures and trace back to issues in the product or the automation suite.  
• As a Software Development Engineer in Test you should be an expert at test automation for APIs as well as UI, creating test plans and test strategies for testing product features.  
• You will guide and mentor junior team members by reviewing their automation code and test cases to ensure good coverage and quality of a feature  
• Resolve functional queries coming from other business units such as support, escalation, product management, etc.  
• Be a quick learner and be open to working on new technologies if needed.    

• Excellent team player with strong verbal & written communication skills.    
• Be able to step up when the situation demands such as meeting deadlines and critical production issues.    
• Propose changes or enhancements to the framework for enabling new feature tests.  

 Few Skills which will add brownie points to your role  

• Working knowledge of Dockers and Kubernetes will be an advantage   
• Awareness of general manual and automation concepts and all types of testing methods  
• Knowledge of the Backup or Storage domain will be an advantage.  

If the above fits your skill-sets and tickles your interest then read below about the additional benefits that our company offers to talented folks like you:  

Work Culture and Benefits    

• Competitive salary and benefits package  
  (H1-B which means a chance to work onsite out of India)   
• A culture focused on talent development where you get promoted within the quarterly cycle of your anniversary.         
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge & challenging technologies including legacy tech.      

• Open cafeteria to grab some munchies while you work, we make sure the space feels like your second home, you can also wear pyjamas if you like.         
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and long service awards, team bonding activities within the company, extra learning and personal development trainings, because why stop your learning at one thing!   
• Insurance coverage: Group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and your parents. (With some of the best insurance partners in India)  
• Enjoy collaborative innovation (each members gets to innovate & think out of the box), along with highly experienced team managers who maintain diversity and work-life well-being.  
• And of course, you get to work on projects from some of the most recognised brands within the networking and security space of the world, unlocking global opportunities to learn, grow & contribute in a way that is truly impactful yet purposeful at the same time.  

Still not satisfied, and want more proof?  

Head to our website https://benisontech.com/">https://benisontech.com to learn more. 

1. Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks like Laravel and working on other skills.
2. Strong knowledge of MYSQL, RDBMS
3. Familiar with Apache Configuration
4. Experience in object-oriented PHP programming
5. Understanding of MVC design patterns
6. User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
7. Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
8. Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

The maximum notice period considers being 30 days.

Male candidates will be considered in the development profile.

The mode of Interview will be telephonic and the final round will be on Skype.