AI Engineering Manager (India)

AppSierra; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

AppSierra seeks an AI Engineering Manager in Bengaluru to lead the India-based AI engineering team, shaping architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise AI solutions globally.

You will recruit, mentor, and guide engineers, drive production-grade applications, and partner with the US Enterprise AI manager on priorities and resource planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT/Data Science or related field.
• 10+ years in software/AI/cloud engineering or related tech roles.
• Strong Python development with hands-on experience.
• Experience delivering production-grade enterprise apps.
• Experience with generative AI, LLMs, embeddings, and RAG.
• APIs, databases, cloud platforms, security, CI/CD, and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the India-based AI engineering and implementation team.
• Recruit, interview, hire, onboard, and mentor AI engineers.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching.
• Contribute to development of high-priority AI applications and integrations.
• Design enterprise-grade AI applications, agents, and copilots.
• Lead technical design for LLMs, generative AI, and RAG.
• Partner with US-based Manager, Enterprise AI on priorities and resourcing.
• Establish coding and engineering standards across projects.

Skills

Team leadership

Python development

Enterprise AI

LLMs / RAG

Cloud platforms

APIs / integration

CI/CD / security

Code reviews

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, Data Science or related

Job description

We are seeking an AI Engineering Manager (India) to lead our India-based AI engineering team, driving architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise AI solutions across Midera's global operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the India-based AI engineering and implementation team.
• Recruit, interview, hire, onboard, and develop AI engineers and developers.
• Provide day‑to‑day technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching.
• Personally contribute to development of high‑priority AI applications and integrations.
• Design and architect enterprise‑grade AI applications, agents, and copilots.
• Lead technical design for solutions involving LLMs, generative AI, and RAG.
• Partner with the U.S.‑based Manager, Enterprise AI on team structure, priorities, and resource planning.
• Establish coding and engineering standards across projects.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 10+ years of professional software engineering, cloud engineering, data engineering, AI/ML, or related technical experience.
• Strong Python development skills with hands‑on software engineering experience.
• Experience designing and delivering production‑grade enterprise applications.
• Demonstrated experience developing generative AI or LLM‑based applications and working with LLMs, RAG, embeddings, and vector search.
• Experience integrating applications with APIs, databases, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, authentication, authorization, APIs, security, source control, and CI/CD.
• Experience performing code reviews and technical design reviews.

Nice to have

• Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Fabric, or Microsoft Power Platform.
• Experience with Dynamics 365, CRM systems, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial technology, engineering, or supply‑chain environments.
• Knowledge of MLOps, LLMOps, or cloud‑based AI operations.