Engineering Manager, Data Scientist at financing company · Mumbai, Navi Mumbai · 10 - 15 years · Posted 17 Apr 2023

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• You will be involved in directly driving application of machine learning and AI to solve various product and business problems including ML model lifecycle management with ideation, experimentation, implementation, and maintenance.
• Your responsibilities will include enabling the team in moving forward with ML/AI solutions to optimise various components across our music streaming platforms.
• Your work would be impacting millions of users the way they consume music and podcasts, it would involve solving cold start problems, understanding user personas, optimising ranking and improving recommendations for serving relevant content to users.
• We are looking for a seasoned engineer to orchestrate our recommendations and discovery projects and also be involved in tech management within the team.
• The team of talented, passionate people in which you’ll work will include ML engineers and data scientists.
• You’ll be reporting directly to the head of the engineering and will be
instrumental in discussing and explaining the progress to top management and other stake holders.
• You’ll be expected to have regular conversations with product leads and other engineering leads to understand the requirements, and also similar and more frequent conversation with your own team.
REQUIREMENTS:
• A machine learning software engineer with a passion for working on exciting, user impacting product and business problems
• Stay updated with latest research in machine learning esp. recommender systems and audio signals
• Have taken scalable ML services to production, maintained and managed their lifecycle
• Good understanding of foundational mathematics associated with machine learning such as statistics, linear algebra, optimization, probabilistic models
Minimum Qualifications
• 13+ years of industry experience doing applied machine learning
• 5+ years of experience in tech team management
• Fluent in one or more object oriented languages like Python, C++, Java
• Knowledgeable about core CS concepts such as common data structures an algorithms
• Comfortable conducting design and code reviews
• Comfortable in formalising a product or business problem as a ML problem
• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field
• Industry experience with large scale recommendation and ranking systems
• Experience in managing team of 10-15 engineers
• Hands on experience with Spark, Hive, Flask, Tensorflow, XGBoost, Airflow

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Job Description:
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Lead AI/ML Engineer with deep expertise in Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs). This role requires a leader who can take full ownership of the
AI lifecycle—from initial architectural design to final production execution. You will lead the development of scalable AI-powered applications, demonstrating exceptional execution skills and the ability to deliver high-performance results under pressure in demanding production environments.
Machine Learning & LLM Capability:
End-to-End ML Engineering: Build and manage comprehensive ML pipelines, including data ingestion, preprocessing, training, and evaluation using frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Scikit-learn. Advanced LLM Systems: Design and implement sophisticated LLM-based applications such as autonomous agents, chatbots, and complex automation tools.
Generative AI Specialization: Architect and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases like FAISS, Pinecone, or Weaviate.
Model Optimization: Fine-tune open-source and proprietary models (e.g., LLaMA, GPT) using advanced techniques like LoRA, QLoRA, or instruction tuning.
Agentic Frameworks: Develop complex agentic workflows utilizing frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex.
Prompt Engineering: Implement expert-level prompt engineering, tool/function calling, and structured output generation.
Project Ownership & Execution
Full Lifecycle Ownership: Take complete accountability for the full ML and GenAI lifecycle, spanning data processing, model development, monitoring, and optimization.
Architectural Leadership: Drive strategic architectural decisions for AI platforms, ensuring they are modular, scalable, and maintainable.
Execution Excellence: Write clean, high-performance Python code following strict OOP principles and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless project execution.
Leadership & Mentoring: Act as a key technical leader, managing stakeholders and mentoring team members to ensure all project milestones are met with quality.
System Integrity: Manage model and prompt versioning, experiment tracking, and comprehensive documentation for all pipelines and workflows.
Performance Under Pressure
Production Reliability: Ensure all AI systems maintain extreme scalability and performance under heavy production workloads, including both batch and real-time processing.
High-Pressure Optimization: Rapidly optimize inference latency and system costs for ML and LLM systems to meet urgent business and technical requirements.
Proactive Problem Solving: Apply strong analytical thinking to address complex challenges such as system drift, hallucinations, and latency in fast-paced environments.
Robust Guardrails: Implement and manage strict evaluation frameworks and feedback loops to maintain system quality under stress.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, ML, or a related field.
Proven expertise in Python, system design, and scalable AI/ML architecture.
Deep knowledge of NLP, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning models.
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, and major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
🔹 Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI/ML and Generative AI solutions
• Work on GEO, AEO, and SGE initiatives to improve visibility across AI-driven search platforms
• Optimize content and digital experiences for conversational queries and LLM-based search
• Develop solutions using LLMs, NLP, embeddings, semantic search, RAG, and vector databases
• Analyze search intent, AI-generated responses, citations, retrieval patterns, and content discoverability
• Build frameworks to measure GEO/AEO strategies and AI-search performance
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Content, SEO, Marketing, and Business teams
• Improve solution accuracy, relevance, latency, and user experience
🔹 Mandatory Requirements
✅ 1–4 years of professional experience
✅ Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience in GEO, AEO, or SGE
✅ Experience with prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, or RAG systems
✅ Understanding of semantic search and entity-based optimization
✅ Exposure to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or similar LLM platforms
✅ Knowledge of schema, context building, content structuring, and knowledge representation
🎓 Preferred Education
B.Tech, M.Tech, Integrated M.Sc., or MS from a Tier-1 engineering institute such as IIT, NIT, BITS, VIT, DTU, or NSUT.







