Design Verification Engineer

Strong Data Scientist / AI Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer profiles.

Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, Applied AI, NLP, Deep Learning, or Generative AI solutions.

Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have strong hands-on experience in Python programming, SQL, data analysis, feature engineering, model development, and production-grade ML applications.

Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have experience working with Machine Learning and Deep Learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, or equivalent.

Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have hands-on experience working on NLP, embeddings, semantic search, text classification, document understanding, recommendation systems, or similar AI/ML use cases.

Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT, Llama, Mistral, Claude, Gemini, Phi, or similar foundation models.

Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have hands-on experience building or implementing RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems, vector search, knowledge retrieval, embeddings, chunking, indexing, or semantic retrieval solutions.

Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience working with Git, CI/CD practices, production environments, and scalable AI/ML systems.

Mandatory (CTC) – The CTC breakup offered will be 75% fixed + 25% variable, as per company policy.

AI/ML Engineer (Open-Source LLM – BFSI Domain)

Job Title: AI/ML Engineer (Open-Source LLM – BFSI Domain)

Location: Brookefield, Bengaluru

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Monday to Saturday (Alternate Saturdays Off)

Working Hours: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Extendable based on project requirements)

About the Role

We are seeking a talented AI/ML Engineer with hands-on experience in building, fine-tuning, and deploying Open-Source Large Language Models (LLMs) for the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) domain. The ideal candidate will have practical experience developing production-ready AI solutions and a passion for leveraging Generative AI to solve real-world business challenges.

In this role, you will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to design intelligent AI solutions that enhance customer experience, automate business processes, and improve operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, fine-tune, and deploy Open-Source LLMs for BFSI use cases.

Build AI-powered applications using modern LLM frameworks and orchestration tools.

Collaborate with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Software Engineers to understand business requirements and deliver scalable AI solutions.

Conduct model experimentation, evaluation, optimization, and performance benchmarking using real-world datasets.

Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, vector databases, and AI workflows where applicable.

Monitor model performance in production environments and continuously improve model accuracy, latency, and scalability.

Ensure AI solutions comply with enterprise security, privacy, and regulatory standards.

Develop APIs and integrate AI models into enterprise applications.

Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and deployment procedures.

Stay updated with the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Open-Source LLM technologies.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.

Experience

Minimum 2+ years of hands-on AI/ML development experience.

Experience in the BFSI domain is preferred.

Proven experience building and deploying AI/ML solutions in production environments.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python (Mandatory)

Java (Preferred)

AI/ML Frameworks

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Open-Source LLM Technologies

Experience with one or more of the following:

LangChain

LangGraph

Ollama

Hugging Face Transformers

Llama

Mistral

DeepSeek

Qwen

vLLM

FastAPI

Generative AI

Prompt Engineering

Fine-Tuning LLMs

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Embeddings

Vector Databases (FAISS, ChromaDB, Milvus, Pinecone, etc.)

Model Evaluation and Optimization

Additional Skills

Docker

Kubernetes (Preferred)

REST APIs

Git

Linux

CI/CD pipelines

Core Competencies

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent understanding of AI/ML concepts and LLM architectures.

Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Self-motivated with a passion for continuous learning and innovation.

Preferred Experience

Experience in any of the following areas will be an added advantage:

Banking & Financial Services applications

Fraud Detection

Credit Risk Assessment

Intelligent Document Processing

Loan Processing Automation

Customer Support Chatbots

Regulatory Compliance

OCR & Document AI

Agentic AI and Multi-Agent Systems

Interview Process

Round 1 – Technical Interview

Conducted by: Senior AI Engineer

Assessment includes:

Python Programming

Machine Learning Fundamentals

Open-Source LLMs

LangChain & RAG

Coding and Problem Sol…

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- Proven 3+ Years experience in automation testing for web and backend applications.

- Must have experience with API testing tools - RestAssured.

- Strong knowledge of automation testing frameworks (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Protractor).

- Familiarity with programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.

- Understanding of basic SQL queries to validate data in the databases

- Understanding of CI/CD processes and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

- Prior experience with trading applications or core financial services related applications is a big plus

The ideal candidate for this role is that you are a proven sales performer adept in direct-to consumer consultative sales. You are comfortable working with high ticket size products that require focussed nurturing over a period and yet can build urgency for the end consumer to decide fast. You have worked in a highly competitive sales environment and have been at the top 10 percentile of your team.

What will you be doing?

●Being a mentor and guide, who potential learners can look up to for career advice.

● Counselling potential learners, helping them plan their career path and understanding how upGrad can catalyse their career.

●Carrying weekly enrolment/revenue and collection targets.

●Establishing the uniqueness and effectiveness of upGrad's model of online/blended learning.

● Owning the complete sales closing life cycle for leads assigned to you. This includes making phone/video calls, product demonstration, sales closing and post-sales relationship management.

● Maintaining a detailed database of all the interactions on the CRM with the leads and providing constant feedback to the marketing team on lead quality. What are we looking for?

● Individual with outstanding English communication skills (written and verbal), interpersonal and presentation skills.

● Hardworking Individuals with high dedication and extreme determination.∙ Experience in EdTech sales would be an advantage.

●Rockstar sales performers with proven track records.

● Great listeners and trustworthy individuals who can bond with our potential learners. Individuals with the ability to approach any situation with patience and powerful empathy.

● Individuals who take a disciplined approach towards building funnels, tracking feedback, prioritising tasks and overachieving targets and deadlines.

● Sales bent of mind, to understand and effectively communicate what upGrad is offering to its prospective learners and achieve revenue targets.

●Passion for always delivering the highest levels of customer service.

●Basic proficiency in MS Office Suite is required.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Noida, Uttar Pradesh: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Preferred)

Hi

About the Co.-

Our Client aims to be the country’s first food platform that brings together digital-first brands, experiences and retail destinations that will influence and shape the narrative around food amongst India’s most discerning consumers.

The company's first brand, was launched earlier this year. Best known for its namesake restaurant in Mumbai, It now offers a range of fresh and packaged food products and FMCG range available through multiple digital platforms, marketplaces, its own D2C platform and leading modern trade and gourmet stores in India.

What you’ll be doing?

• Design and develop new, engaging, fast, end-to-end product experiences led by a content to commerce approach for our consumers as part of India’s biggest venture in the omnichannel gourmet food space.

• Work closely with your's and other engineering teams (SAP, PoS, OMS etc) with a keen eye towards scalable architecture to design and implement new 0 to 1 integrations with an appetite to quickly scale from 1 to n across products.

• Work cross-functionally across multiple teams to drive buy-in on new product experiences and engineering frameworks.

• Recruit and build an entirely new engineering team and move fast in converting new ideas to product collaborating with Product, Design, Leadership and other functions, while maintaining high product quality and reliability.

• Complete responsibility for leading a team of application and front-end / Back-end engineers to drive product experiences in full-stack product development, while relentlessly improving performance, scalability, and maintainability.

• Staying ahead of the curve by lending a stable structure to the teams and products while bringing operational excellence as products mature.

• Coaching, mentoring managers and Architects in the team. Good team management skills with ability to multitask, strong problem solving and analytical skills.

What you’ll bring?

• 9+ years of overall experience with 5+ years of digital engineering management experience, managing a diverse set of candidates (frontend, backend, mobile), across various technologies.

• Experience building high performance websites and mobile apps with scalable architecture. Experience in building headless magento preferred.

• Ability to bring in software engineering life cycle best practices - meaningful and deeply-rooted opinions about testing, security and code quality, ability to make sound quality/speed trade-offs.

• Exceptional technical skills with significant experience building and operating critical high-scale systems with a hands on approach to lead from the front.

• Ability to think and analyse 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.

• Expertise and interest in growing teams- interviewing junior and senior engineers, collaborating with a recruiting team, smoothly onboarding new team members.

• Great management and team development skills: ability to set roadmap and goals for a team and every one of its members, delegate intelligently, mentor engineers, deliver frequent and honest feedback, help team members grow in their careers, and deliver results.

• Passionate, entrepreneurial, technically hands-on with a love for 0 to 1 and delivering premium experiences for our customers.

Why work with us?

• You will be part of our founding team and get your hands dirty in the 0-1 stage of building a D2C brand.

• You will work with a solid set of people from diverse backgrounds.

• You will independently lead projects and have ownership of your deliverables.

• You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and watch your learning curve spike

Regards

Team Merito

What You'll Do:

• Understand the upcoming development requirement of product in depth.
• Design product architecture as per vision, insights and concurred direction.
• Design and develop the APIs using Java, Spring, and Hibernate required for the product and expose them to be used by the front-end developers.
• Design the database and tables in MySQL/PostGreSQL/NoSQL (whichever is suitable for the need of the product) and guide the team to utilize them in the best possible way.
• Get involved in continuous maintenance of the product and get the bugs fixed in time.
• Coordinate the workflow between the UX Designers and front-end developers.
• Work on integrating flows with external tools - Segment, Branch, Clevertap.

Ideal Profile:

• Proficiency in Core Java & Spring framework.
• Expertise in Web Service technologies.
• Experience in building the architecture as per the product’s need.
• Experience in building REST APIs using Java/Spring.
• Excellent knowledge in Databases and code integrations such as Postgres SQL, SQL Server, MySQL.
• Experience in full life cycle development of a product (specifically mobile products) is a plus.
• Experience with Java/Spring-Boot, Hibernate Cloud Services, AWS.
• Experience with security principles and frameworks.
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token and OAuth2 - Familiarity with code versioning tools (primarily Git).
• Essential skills are Core Java/J2EE, functional aspects, Spring Framework, Tomcat, SVN, Git, Postman/Newman.
• Should have worked in Agile methodologies.
• Good object-oriented and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills along with the ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.