Senior Python 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).

Solution Oriented Mindset

• Assist project in all technical aspects of tooling and DevOps
• Proactively lead tools new versions release cycle and documentation
• Proactively identify risks related to application /deliverables and propose a mitigation plan
• Provide custom solutions as per customer requirements

Autonomy & Problem Solving Mindset

• Work in complete autonomy to deliver project deliverables, for advanced technical deliverables, with required level of quality
• Must have troubleshooting skills

Agile Mindset

• Contribute to improvement of internal process, tooling, and quality process
• Design, build and collect technical materials as part of project executions in a spirit of reusability for future engagements and maintain knowledge on best practices, tools, and reusable components for CAST analysis

• BS in CS or EE or equivalent
• Experience working on large scale systems in rapid growth environments
• Experience with public cloud offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Solid programming skills; preferred experience in Java, and/or Python
• Experience with modern web frameworks, advanced algorithms/data intelligence, public
• cloud platforms and streaming data pipelines
• Familiarity with containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, and delivery
• 5+ years’ experience preferred

Requirements:

• Experience in system automation development
• Good proficiency in the following coding languages: Python, C#, AutoIT, Batch scripting, Shell scripting
• Strong knowledge in OOPS
• Worked on REST and automation of API requests
• Worked on Loggers and Config Parsers
• Knowledge of Power shell commands, wmic commands and Registry Editor
• Worked on test deployment frameworks like Jenkins
• Experience in configuring and building jobs using Shell/Bash/Python
• Hands-on experience with Tools like :
• Scripting: Python, Visual Studio
• Configuration files: INI and JSON
• Operating System: Windows, Linux
• Source code management: GIT and Gerrit
• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Ticketing and Management: JIRA, ServiceNow, Confluence
• Good Communication skill
• Good Analytical and Problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• You will design and develop large scale distributed services
• You will analyse and improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of the platform as a whole.
• You will act as the primary owner of one or more components while driving innovation in your area of ownership
• You will proactively research & evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system.
• You will work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex development issues.
• You will work independently and handle dependencies with very minimal oversight
• You will take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the back-end.
• You will help identify systemic issues, performance bottlenecks and work on design/architect improvements.

Requirements

• You have 1 - 9 years of experience in software development.
• You have designed and scaled up the system.
• You have a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• You are an incessant problem solver and tougher the problem gets, more fun you have.
• You have strong command in any one or more of the following languages: Python and Django
• You understand the business impact of your decisions.

Good To Have

• You have prior experience in fintech companies

Traits We Are Looking For

• Experience in a specific tech stack doesn't matter for us.
• The general engineering mindset and aptitude is what matters more.
• Technically strong and curious.
• Should have a hacker mindset and should love exploring new technologies.

Desired Skills and Experience

Java, Python, Data Structures, Algorithms

At Cityflo, we are solving the problem of commuting to the office which affects employees in big, populated Indian cities every day. Cityflo provides a bus experience like no other - we run premium AC buses for daily commuters. We’re changing the way urban Indians commute and enabling everyone to reclaim hours of their time every day. Before the imposed lockdown due to coronavirus, we were serving about 7500 commuters per day. We plan to scale to 5,00,000 per day in the next 4 years in a profitable and sustainable manner.

You can read more about our engineering and culture on our blog: https://blog.cityflo.com/tag/engineering/" target="_blank">https://blog.cityflo.com/tag/engineering/

Role & Requirements

• 2+ year experience in application development
• ability to write efficient SQL queries and design schemas for relational databases
• good knowledge of operating systems and networking concepts
• experience in using and understanding code from Open Source
• experience with implementing best software engineering practices like version control with git, code reviews, writing unit-tests, writing readable code
• experience with Python and Django is a plus.
• inclination towards researching new technologies and adapt them to solve challenges we face

We look for engineers who

• Are committed to their growth and learning
• care about working in and building a strong engineering culture
• want to take significant ownership and decision making power
• want to make an impact in the real world while working with a great team in a hyper-growth environment