Senior Technical Lead

Technology, Data & Digital · Data, AI & Analytics · Machine Learning · Artificial Intelligence · Data Engineering

In short

Seeking a Senior AI/GenAI Engineer with 7+ years of experience to lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale AI and Generative AI solutions on Microsoft Azure in Bangalore. The role focuses on cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, GenAI, agentic workflows, and MLOps, requiring strong technical leadership and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions on Microsoft Azure using cloud-native architectures.
  • Build, run, and optimize AI/ML workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for production use.
  • Architect and integrate AI solutions with Azure Databricks for large-scale feature engineering and data pipelines.
  • Develop production-grade Generative AI applications using OpenAI models and Google Gemini.
  • Design and implement agentic AI workflows using LangGraph for multi-step reasoning and orchestration.
  • Build event-driven AI services using Apache Kafka.
  • Design, document, and maintain asynchronous APIs using AsyncAPI specifications.
  • Implement and manage scalable inference services for both real-time and batch AI use cases.
  • Apply and mature MLOps practices, including model deployment, versioning, monitoring, and observability.
  • Lead efforts to optimize AI systems for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Collaborate closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Platform, and DevOps teams.
  • Ensure adherence to security, governance, and enterprise compliance standards.
  • Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural direction to junior engineers.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering / platform engineering / AI systems
  • Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure for AI and data workloads
  • Proven experience deploying ML workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Solid expertise in Azure Databricks for data processing and feature engineering
  • Hands-on experience building Generative AI applications using OpenAI and Google Gemini
  • Experience designing agentic systems with LangGraph
  • Strong understanding of event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka
  • Experience designing asynchronous APIs with AsyncAPI
  • Strong understanding of real-time and batch inference architectures
  • Deep knowledge of MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, model monitoring, and production support
  • Enterprise & Leadership Skills
  • Ability to work independently and own end-to-end AI solutions
  • Strong collaboration skills across data, engineering, and platform teams
  • Experience working in large-scale, enterprise environments

Benefits

  • Supercharge your potential
  • Find your career
  • Find your spark
  • A place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.
#AI#GenAI#Cloud#Azure#Kubernetes#MLOps
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Company

HCLTech

Job Posted

1 month ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bangalore, India

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