Lead Engineer at Cloudtern Solutions · Hyderabad · 6 - 9 years · ₹15L - ₹26L / yr · Profitable · Posted 27 May 2026

Job Title: Lead Engineer – Generative AI
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Engineer with strong expertise in Generative AI to lead the design and development of scalable, intelligent systems. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical knowledge, strong reasoning ability, and leadership skills to guide teams in building next-generation AI-driven solutions.
This role requires hands-on experience with modern AI frameworks, full-stack development, and cloud technologies, along with the ability to adapt quickly to evolving technologies.
Key Responsibilities
● Lead the architecture, design, and development of AI-powered applications and platforms.
● Drive the implementation of Generative AI solutions, including LLM-based systems and agentic workflows.
● Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for AI and Data & Analytics initiatives.
● Design and implement scalable and efficient LLM orchestration pipelines.
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, data, and engineering.
● Mentor and guide development teams, ensuring best practices in coding, architecture, and AI integration.
● Deliver high-quality data products and analytics-ready solutions for stakeholders.
● Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in AI/ML and cloud ecosystems.
● Ensure system performance, scalability, and security across all deployments.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Experience
● 6+ years of experience in Python and React development
● 2+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML / Generative AI
● 4+ years of experience in AWS and SQL (PostgreSQL preferred)
Technical Skills
● Strong expertise in:
○ LangChain & LangGraph
○ Large Language Models (LLMs)
○ LLM orchestration & agentic AI systems
○ Python (backend development & AI integration)
○ React & Node.js (full-stack development)
○ PostgreSQL and database design
○ AWS services (Lambda, EC2, S3, Bedrock, Sagemaker, etc.)
○ OCR technologies and document processing
● Solid understanding of:
○ AI system design patterns
○ Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
○ Vector databases and embeddings
Leadership & Core Competencies
● Strong problem-solving and reasoning skills
● Proven ability to lead and mentor teams
● Excellent communication and stakeholder management
● Ability to work in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment
● Passion for continuous learning and adapting to new technologies
Nice to Have
● Experience in the Insurance industry
● Exposure to AI product development or AI venture studios
● Knowledge of compliance and regulatory considerations in AI systems

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Employment Type: Permanent with VDart Digital
Work Location: Marathalli, Bengaluru
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Generative AI Engineer with strong expertise in designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-scale AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs) and modern Generative AI frameworks. The ideal candidate should have hands-on production experience building scalable GenAI applications, AI agents, autonomous workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems in cloud-native environments.
This role requires deep technical expertise in LLM orchestration, AI application architecture, prompt engineering, vector databases, MLOps, and production deployment of AI systems. Candidates should have proven experience delivering real-world AI solutions in enterprise environments with strong exposure to cloud platforms and DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade Generative AI applications using Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Develop intelligent AI agents and autonomous workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar agentic AI frameworks.
- Implement and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases and semantic search technologies.
- Work extensively on prompt engineering, tool calling, memory management, agent orchestration, and multi-agent systems.
- Integrate and manage LLMs such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, or similar foundation models.
- Develop scalable AI services and APIs using Python and FastAPI.
- Build production-ready AI solutions with high availability, scalability, monitoring, and observability.
- Deploy and manage AI applications in cloud-native environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Collaborate with Data Science, ML Engineering, and DevOps teams to operationalize AI solutions.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes for AI workloads.
- Monitor model performance, latency, reliability, and operational efficiency in production environments.
- Ensure AI solutions follow enterprise security, governance, and responsible AI standards.
- Evaluate and adopt emerging Generative AI tools, frameworks, and models.
Required Skills
Generative AI & LLM Expertise
- Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Production-level experience building and deploying GenAI applications.
- Expertise in LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar frameworks.
- Experience with AI agents, autonomous workflows, and multi-agent architectures.
- Strong understanding of prompt engineering, embeddings, model evaluation, and LLM orchestration.
- Experience integrating OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, or similar models.
RAG & Vector Databases
- Strong experience implementing RAG pipelines and semantic retrieval systems.
- Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, FAISS, or Milvus.
- Understanding of chunking strategies, embeddings, indexing, reranking, and retrieval optimization.
Python & AI Development
- Strong proficiency in Python.
- Experience with FastAPI for AI service and API development.
- Experience with AI/ML libraries and data processing tools such as Pandas and NumPy.
Cloud & Production Deployment
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- Strong understanding of MLOps, AI deployment lifecycle, monitoring, and observability.
Engineering & Operational Excellence
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices.
- Experience with Git, version control, automated testing, and release management.
- Experience building secure, scalable, and high-performance AI solutions.
- Ability to troubleshoot production AI systems and optimize performance.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with AI observability and evaluation frameworks.
- Exposure to fine-tuning, PEFT, LoRA, or model optimization techniques.
- Experience with enterprise AI governance and responsible AI practices.
- Knowledge of distributed AI systems and scalable inference architectures.
- Familiarity with AI security and compliance standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
- 3–8 years of overall software engineering experience.
- Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Generative AI and LLM-based application development,
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions in production environments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Key Responsibilities:
· Architectural Leadership: Design and lead the development of robust, scalable AI architectures, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security.
· Applied Mathematics & Statistics: Apply statistical analysis, numerical computation, and mathematical modeling to derive insights from large-scale data and optimize model performance.
· Deep Learning Development: Design, train, and deploy advanced Deep Learning (DL) models.
· Technical Mentorship: Mentor engineering teams on best practices for AI/ML, coding standards, and architectural design.
· Model Optimization: Optimize models for speed, efficiency, and accuracy using techniques like pruning, quantization, or GPU acceleration.
· Strategy & Innovation: Evaluate and select appropriate AI frameworks, tools, and platforms, staying abreast of cutting-edge research and industry trends.
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Required:
· Education: Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related quantitative field.
· Experience: 10+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3-5 years in a Applied Mathematics and Deep learning.
· AI/ML Expertise: Proven experience designing and deploying deep learning models in production using frameworks.
· Mathematics/Statistics: Strong proficiency in linear algebra, calculus, probability, and statistical methods.
· Programming Skills: Expert-level coding skills in Python (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn) and experience with languages like Java or C++.
Key Competencies:
- Strategic mindset with deep operational awareness.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for executive reporting.
- Strong leadership, people development, and cross-functional influencing skills.
Bias for action and a relentless focus on continuous improvement.
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We are seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to design, build, and integrate AI-driven systems that automate and enhance real-world business workflows. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys full-stack ownership — from backend AI architecture to frontend user experiences — and can align engineering decisions with measurable product outcomes.
You will begin as a strong individual contributor, independently architecting and deploying AI-powered solutions. As the product portfolio scales, you will lead a distributed team across India and Australia, acting as a System Integrator to align engineering, data, and AI contributions into cohesive production systems.
Example Project
Design and deploy a multi-agent AI system to automate critical stages of a company’s sales cycle, including:
- Generating client proposals using historical SharePoint data and CRM insights
- Summarizing meeting transcripts
- Drafting follow-up communications
- Feeding structured insights into dashboards and workflow tools
The solution will combine RAG pipelines, LLM reasoning, and React-based interfaces to deliver measurable productivity gains.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and implement AI workflows using LLMs, vector databases, and automation frameworks
- Act as a System Integrator, coordinating deliverables across distributed engineering and AI teams
- Develop frontend interfaces using React/JavaScript to enable seamless human-AI collaboration
- Design APIs and microservices integrating AI systems with enterprise platforms (SharePoint, Teams, Databricks, Azure)
- Drive architecture decisions balancing scalability, performance, and security
- Collaborate with product managers, clients, and data teams to translate business use cases into production-ready systems
- Mentor junior engineers and evolve into a broader leadership role as the team grows
Ideal Candidate Profile
Experience Requirements
- 5+ years in full-stack development (Python backend + React/JavaScript frontend)
- Strong experience in API and microservice integration
- 2+ years leading technical teams and coordinating distributed engineering efforts
- 1+ year of hands-on AI project experience (LLMs, Transformers, LangChain, OpenAI/Azure AI frameworks)
- Prior experience in B2B SaaS environments, particularly in AI, automation, or enterprise productivity solutions
Technical Expertise
- Designing and implementing AI workflows including RAG pipelines, vector databases, and prompt orchestration
- Ensuring backend and AI systems are scalable, reliable, observable, and secure
- Familiarity with enterprise integrations (SharePoint, Teams, Databricks, Azure)
- Experience building production-grade AI systems within enterprise SaaS ecosystems
We are looking for an Engineering Lead to own the entire technology stack — from onboarding and underwriting to disbursals, repayments, and collections — and to build the engineering function into something genuinely AI-native.
What You'll Own
● Full tech stack: backend, frontend, infrastructure, integrations, and data pipelines
● Real-time underwriting and decisioning systems
● LOS/LMS architecture — onboarding, disbursals, repayments, and collections
● Integrations with bureaus, KYC providers, account aggregators, and payment gateways
● Reconciliation systems — disbursement, repayment, and NACH reconciliation end-to-end
● AWS infrastructure: scaling, reliability, uptime, and cloud cost ownership ● Data infrastructure for the credit and risk team — feature pipelines, model serving, experiment infrastructure
● Engineering leadership: hiring, sprint planning, code reviews, and execution standards
● Compliance systems: RBI guidelines, DPDP, KYC/AML, e-NACH, e-sign
AI-Native Engineering
This is a core part of the role, not a bonus. You will build a machine-readable knowledge base of the entire codebase — architecture, data models, service contracts, coding standards, decision history — so that AI agents working on code have the context to produce accurate, consistent output. You will build skills for code review, developer onboarding, and recurring engineering workflows. You will build a code review pipeline where agents do the first pass on every pull request. The knowledge base and the skills improve over time as the team grows and the product evolves.
What We're Looking For
● 7+ years in software engineering, with at least 2 years leading teams or architecture
● Strong hands-on experience with Python, Django, and React Native
● Deep expertise in AWS and cloud-native architecture
● Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases
● Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and API design
● Experience owning reconciliation or payment flow infrastructure in a lending or payments context
● Prior experience in fintech / NBFC / digital lending — mandatory
● Strong understanding of the full loan lifecycle — mandatory
● You have used LLMs seriously as engineering tools and have strong opinions about what makes AI-assisted development produce good output versus mediocre output
Bonus: Kubernetes / Kafka, AI/ML-driven underwriting, Account Aggregator framework, e-NACH / e-Sign / Video KYC integrations
What Success Looks Like
● scales with strong uptime, performance, and reliability
● Reconciliation runs cleanly — no financial discrepancies surface late ● A new engineer joins and is writing standard, correct code within their first week
● The credit team is never blocked on an engineering dependency
● Engineering health metrics are tracked and visibly improving
● AI agents are doing the structured first pass on code reviews, and the system gets smarter over time






