AI Architect

Alstom Transportation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom Transportation in Bengaluru seeks a senior AI/ML expert to define, develop and sustain AI models that improve operational efficiency across projects. You will collect, transform and explore data, design robust models and collaborate with domain experts to ensure alignment with real-world needs.

You will work with Azure, Python data science stack, and Generative AI frameworks, communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders, and help industrialize AI solutions within agile teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in AI/DS/engineering.
• Excellent knowledge of Python programming.
• Fundamentals of statistics, text mining or image processing, NLP, NLU.
• Experience with Python data science stack (pandas, scikit-learn, Keras, NumPy, TensorFlow, PyTorch, openAI).
• Experience in cloud services (PaaS/SaaS) and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and sustain AI models to meet project needs.
• Collaborate with domain experts to understand requirements.
• Design, document, and maintain AI/ML models for automation.
• Support AI capabilities with dashboards, reports and prototypes.
• Industrialize AI solutions with software teams.
• Participate in conferences and contribute to AI community.

Skills

Python programming

Agile practices

AI/ML algorithms

Fluent English

Education

Degree in AI/CS/Engineering with Data Science training

Tools

Pandas & NumPy

scikit-learn

TensorFlow / PyTorch

Azure cloud

REST APIs

OpenAI APIs

Job description

Your future role

Define, develop, manage & sustain AI models to meet project/customer needs, by supporting data science and AI activities to:

• Collect, transform and explore data from disparate sources and combine them in a form suitable for model construction
• Identify biases or flaws in datasets and ensure that the training/validation design reflects actual operational needs
• Collaborate with domain experts to understand requirements, products specifics and data characteristics
• Design, build, document and maintain AI/ML models focused on automation and enhancement of operational efficiency to support business needs using a variety of techniques and tools
• Research new methods to improve robustness, explainability and trustworthiness of AI/ML algorithms
• Support showcasing of AI capabilities, convey complex ideas and illustrate findings to non-technical audiences through software prototypes, presentations, interactive dashboards, technical reports and consistent storytelling
• Work with external partners to evaluate opportunities from new mathematical approaches and AI technologies
• Provide support to software development teams for industrialization of AI solutions
• Participate in conference and events and actively contribute to the AI community through publications and projects
• Plan and execute AI training sessions

Performance measurements

• Number/complexity of models compliant with requirements designed and delivered (with relevant contributors) to the catcher entity
• On Time Delivery (OTD)
• Developments Quality Cost Delivery (QCD)

All about you

• Mandatory:
  • Degree in artificial intelligence, computer science or engineering supplemented by extensive training in Data Science and AI or related disciplines(min 8 years of Exp)
  • Excellent knowledge of Python programming
  • Knowledge of fundamentals of modern statistics,text mining or image processing, NLI, NLP,NLU.
  • Experience with Python data science stack (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn, Keras, NumPy, TensorFlow, PyTorch, openAI)
  • Experience in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
  • Strong knowledge of artificial intelligence & machine learning algorithms (e.g. classification, regression, dimensionality reduction, bayesian models, NLP, neural networks, deep learning etc)
  • Familiarity with LLMs architectures and models (e.g. BERT, GPT-4, Llama 2, Mistral, )
  • Experience working using Agile-based principles and tools
  • Knowledge of Generative AI frameworks (e.g. HuggingFace, LlamaIndex)
  • Experience in developing AI-based RAG applications
  • Experience in cloud services e.g. PaaS and SaaS, Rest API, serverless functions
• Desirable:
  • Experience with Generative AI and LLMs for model fine tuning (SFT/Reinforcemnt learning)
  • Familiarity with knowledge graphs data modelling and graph databases technologies
  • Experience in developing AI-based Knowledge RAG applications
  • Experience in developing safe and trustworthy AI-based applications

Competencies & Skills

• Proven track record in high-quality AI-oriented solutions, including implementation of testing strategies and debugging
• You are truly passionate about data science and AI, ready to take new challenges, you are proactive and possess strong organizational and planning skills, along with excellent communication and presentation capabilities
• Flexibility to work successfully with both local and remote / international teams
• Fluent English

Perspective candidates will be asked to present their previous work (if possible) to demonstrate their data science and AI proficiency levels