
Principal Technical Consultant – AI
Posted Aug 22

Posted Aug 22
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of AI solutions: developing, testing, integrating, deploying, and launching GenAI services and agentic workflows into production.
• Transition solutions from prototype to production, managing deployment, releases, version control, rollback processes, and ensuring reliable live operations.
• Make informed design and trade-off decisions while actively participating in technical architecture discussions.
• Create estimates, break down tasks, and provide delivery updates; identify risks, blockers, and dependencies.
• Design, implement, and maintain Python-based services and workflows that integrate LLMs and GenAI capabilities with client systems and applications.
• Construct agentic and multi-step workflows utilizing frameworks and patterns such as LangGraph, AgentCore, and LangChain.
• Develop tools and APIs for agents, including schemas, error contracts, versioning, and observability hooks.
• Utilize retrieval/RAG and search abstractions, optimizing top-k results, scoring, and filtering.
• Oversee monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and the iterative enhancement of workflow operational health.
• Establish tracing, logging, metrics, LLM observability, evaluation, regression, and safety tooling.
• Operate within platform, security, and governance frameworks, including RBAC, data access boundaries, PII management, logging, and auditing.
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, UX designers, clients, engineers, product owners, and domain experts.
• Engage in design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and consultants through code reviews and collaborative work.
• Contribute to internal enablement through the creation of playbooks, examples, and reusable patterns.
• Leverage AI tools such as Glean, Devin, Windsurf, and Claude to expedite design, development, testing, and documentation.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in a data science-related position, concentrating on machine learning and deep learning.
• Proficient Python programming skills with a focus on creating efficient, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Experience in developing and training custom deep learning models using TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
• Practical experience with Jupyter Notebooks, Azure Machine Learning Studio, Azure OpenAI, AWS SageMaker, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and DGX platforms.
• Hands-on experience with prominent open-source and major model providers such as Llama, Anthropic's Claude, and OpenAI.
• Strong understanding of transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, and advanced deep learning principles.
• Familiarity with generative AI concepts, including fine-tuning, transfer learning, and RAG methodologies.
• Experience with the machine learning lifecycle, encompassing model deployment, monitoring, drift detection/retraining, and canary testing.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of conveying complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with pre-sales activities, covering project scoping, estimation, and solution design.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend to dependents.
• Paid time off and company holidays, in addition to other leave benefits as per policy.
• Flexible work arrangements that promote work-life balance.
• Learning and development opportunities that encourage continuous growth and skill enhancement.
• Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on both physical and mental health.
• Retirement and statutory benefits compliant with Indian regulations.
• An inclusive and people-first culture with a strong emphasis on collaboration and ownership.
• Opportunities for cross-department training and development.
• Sponsored certifications and credentials for ongoing education.
• Access to a multi-million-dollar technology lab.
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