Team Lead- AI/LLM Engineering

We are looking for a seasoned Python/Django expert with 7-12 years of real-world development experience and a strong background in leading engineering teams. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing complex technical initiatives, mentoring team members, ensuring best coding practices, and partnering closely with cross-functional teams. This position demands deep technical proficiency, strong leadership capability, and exceptional communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead, guide, and mentor a team of Python/Django engineers, offering hands-on technical support and direction.
• Architect, design, and deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing web applications.
• Manage the complete software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, system design, development, testing, deployment, and post-launch maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with coding standards, architectural patterns, and established development best practices.
• Collaborate with product teams, QA, UI/UX, and other stakeholders to ensure timely and high-quality product releases.
• Perform detailed code reviews, optimize system performance, and resolve production-level issues.
• Drive engineering improvements such as automation, CI/CD implementation, and modernization of outdated systems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation while providing regular updates to leadership and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in software development with strong expertise in Python and Django.
• Solid understanding of key web technologies, including REST APIs, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience working with relational and NoSQL databases (such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB).
• Familiarity with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container tools like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Proficient in Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in designing scalable and high-availability systems.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in mentoring teams and managing technical deliverables.
• Must be available to work on-site in the Hyderabad office; remote work is not allowed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices, asynchronous frameworks (such as FastAPI or Celery), or event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Previous background as a technical lead or engineering manager.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain web and backend components using Python, Node.js, and Zoho tools

Design and implement custom workflows and automations in Zoho

Perform code reviews to maintain quality standards and best practices

Debug and resolve technical issues promptly

Collaborate with teams to gather and analyze requirements for effective solutions

Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Manage and optimize databases to support changing business needs

Contribute individually while mentoring and supporting team members

Adapt quickly to a fast-paced environment and meet expectations within the first month

Selection Process

1. HR Screening: Review of qualifications and experience

2. Online Technical Assessment: Test coding and problem-solving skills

3. Technical Interview: Assess expertise in web development, Python, Node.js, APIs, and Zoho

4. Leadership Evaluation: Evaluate team collaboration and leadership abilities

5. Management Interview: Discuss cultural fit and career opportunities

6. Offer Discussion: Finalize compensation and role specifics

Experience Required

2-4 years of relevant experience as a Zoho Developer

Proven ability to work as a self-starter and contribute individually

Strong technical and interpersonal skills to support team members effectively

Company: Ethara AI

Location: Gurgaon (Work From Office)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Required: 2–4 Years

Open Roles: Software Engineers (Python Fullstack)

About Us

Ethara AI is a leading AI and data services company in India, specializing in building high-quality, domain-specific datasets for Large Language Model (LLM) fine-tuning. Our work bridges the gap between academic learning and real world AI applications, and we are committed to nurturing the next generation of AI professionals.

Role Overview:-

We are looking for experienced Python Fullstack Software Engineers who can contribute to post training AI development workflows with strong proficiency in coding tasks and evaluation logic. This role involves working on high-impact AI infrastructure projects, including but not limited to:

 Code generation, validation, and transformation across Python, Java, JavaScript, and modern frameworks;

 Evaluation and improvement of model-generated code responses;

 Designing and verifying web application features, APIs, and test cases used in AI model alignment;

 Interpreting and executing task specifications to meet rigorous quality benchmarks;

 Collaborating with internal teams to meet daily throughput and quality targets within a structured environment.

Key Responsibilities:-

 Work on fullstack engineering tasks aligned with LLM post-training workflows;

 Analyze model-generated outputs for correctness, coherence, and adherence to task requirements;

 Write, review, and verify application logic and coding prompts across supported languages and frameworks;

 Maintain consistency, quality, and efficiency in code-focused deliverables;

 Engage with leads and PMs to meet productivity benchmarks (8–9 working hours daily);

 Stay updated with AI development standards and contribute to refining internal engineering processes.

Technical Skills Required:-

 Strong proficiency in Python and nice to have: Java, Node.js;

 Strong experience in frontend technologies: React.js, HTML/CSS, TypeScript;

 Familiarity with REST APIs, testing frameworks, and Git-based workflows;

 Ability to analyze, debug, and rewrite logic for correctness and clarity;

 Good understanding of model response evaluation and instruction-based coding logic

Qualifications:-

 Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field;

 2–4 years of experience in a software development role (Fullstack preferred);

 Prior exposure to AI/LLM environments or code-based evaluation tasks is a plus;

 Excellent written communication and logical reasoning abilities;

 Comfortable working from office in Gurgaon and committing to 8–9 hours of productive work daily

Why Join Us

 Be part of a high-growth team at the forefront of LLM post-training development;

 Work on real-world AI engineering problems with production-grade impact;

 Competitive compensation with performance-driven growth opportunities;

 Structured workflow, collaborative culture, and technically challenging projects

What you need to have:

Thoughtworks is a global software consultancy with an aim to create a positive impact on the world through technology. Our community of technologists thinks disruptively to deliver pragmatic solutions for our clients' most complex challenges. We are curious minds who come together as collaborative and inclusive teams to push boundaries, free to be ourselves and make our mark in tech.

Our developers have been contributing code to major organizations and open source projects for over 25 years. They’ve also been writing books, speaking at conferences and helping push software development forward, changing companies and even industries along the way. We passionately believe that software quality is driven by open communication, review and collaboration. That’s why we’re such vehement supporters of open source and have made significant contributions to open source tools for testing, continuous delivery (GoCD), continuous integration (CruiseControl), machine learning and healthcare. 

As consultants, we https://www.thoughtworks.com/careers/hub/consultant-life">work with our clients to ensure we’re evolving their technology and empowering adaptive mindsets to meet their business goals. You could influence the digital strategy of a retail giant, build a bold new mobile application for a bank or redesign platforms using event sourcing and intelligent data pipelines. You will use the latest Lean and Agile thinking, create pragmatic solutions to solve mission-critical problems and challenge yourself every day.

For a team to thrive, it needs active collaboration and room for healthy, respectful debate. Senior Developers are the technologists who cultivate this environment while driving teams toward delivering on an ambitious tech vision and acting as mentors for more junior-level consultants. You will leverage deep technical knowledge to solve more complex business problems and actively assess your team’s health, code quality and nonfunctional pipelines. 

You’ll spend time on the following:

• You will use continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible.
• You will work in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients
• Create large-scale distributed systems out of microservices
• You will apply the latest technology thinking from ourhttps://www.thoughtworks.com/radar"> tech radar to solve client problems
• Efficiently utilize DevOps tools and practices to build and deploy software
• You will lead or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to deployment and everything in between
• You will act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills 

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 4-8 years of experience with two or more development languages such as Java/C#/Python/Go/Node.js etc
• You can skillfully write high-quality, well-tested code and you are comfortable with Object-Oriented programming
• Presence in the external tech community: you proactively share your expertise with others via speaking engagements, contributions to open source, blogs and more
• Comfortability with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban
• You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed 
• You’re willing and able to commit to travel to client sites in order to solve their business problems
• You’re resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
• Bonus points if you have working knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker

Relevant work experience in ASP.net, C#

At least 2 years of experience with WCF Services

Very strong C# fundamentals
Has experience in building applications in C#

Experience and proficiency in client-side scripting languages, in particular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Experience and proficiency in cloud environment, in particular AWS

Additional skills-

- experience of handling Photon Engine

- knowledge of Scripting language like Python, Shell

- Knowledge of apache web server and php application deployment

- Performance monitoring- apps and cloud infra