AI Lead

Grow with BIGFORMULA; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BIGFORMULA Solutions in India seeks an experienced AI Lead (5+ years) to drive design, development and deployment of next-generation AI solutions for real-world problems. You will be a hands-on technical lead, shaping architecture across ML, Generative AI, agentic systems, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities cover end-to-end delivery, Azure APIM integration, FastAPI backends, Docker/Kubernetes deployments, and production operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering; Master’s preferred.
• 5+ years delivering AI/ML solutions with production impact.
• Proficient in Python, FastAPI, APIs, and backend architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and delivery of AI solutions from problem definition to production deployment.
• Design scalable AI architectures integrating Azure APIM -> FastAPI/Backend -> AI Agents -> LLM/ML Models -> RAG/Databases -> Enterprise Systems.
• Lead deployment and productionization using Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, CI/CD, Azure cloud services, and GPU infrastructure.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

REST APIs

Microservices

Azure

API Architecture

LLMs

Agentic AI

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

MLOps

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Azure APIM

AKS

Job description

We are seeking a highly accomplished AI Lead with 5+ years of industry experience to lead the design, development, and deployment of next-generation AI solutions for complex, real-world problems.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical lead with strong expertise in Machine Learning, Generative AI, Agentic AI, backend engineering, and cloud architecture, with proven experience taking AI solutions from concept to production.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and delivery of AI solutions, from problem definition and POCs to production deployment.
• Design scalable AI architectures integrating Client -> Azure APIM -> FastAPI/Backend -> AI Agents -> LLM/ML Models -> RAG/Databases -> Enterprise Systems.
• Design and implement production-grade Agentic AI systems, including agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, memory, workflows, multi-agent systems, and human-in-the-loop.
• Develop scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Design, configure, and manage Azure API Management (APIM), including authentication/authorization, JWT/Entra ID, API policies, rate limiting, throttling, routing, monitoring, and versioning.
• Analyze existing AI applications, identify architecture, performance, scalability, security, and integration issues, and drive technical improvements.
• Lead deployment and productionization using Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, CI/CD, Azure cloud services, and GPU infrastructure. Own production operations including monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
• Lead architecture and code reviews, technical POCs, engineering standards, and mentor AI/ML and backend engineers. Evaluate emerging AI technologies and contribute to the organization’s AI strategy and technical roadmap.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; Master's preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering AI/ML solutions, with strong knowledge of ML, Deep Learning, NLP, Generative AI, and Agentic AI.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end AI projects from concept to production.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, FastAPI, REST APIs, microservices, and backend architecture.
• Strong experience with Azure API Management (APIM) and enterprise API architecture.
• Strong experience with LLMs, RAG, Transformers, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, embeddings, and vector databases.
• Hands-on experience designing Agentic AI architectures, including tool calling, orchestration, memory, workflows, and multi-agent systems.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, CI/CD, Azure cloud, and production AI deployments.
• Experience with MLOps, monitoring, observability, scalability, and production troubleshooting.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.

BIGFORMULA Solutions is a leading provider of custom software development in Dubai and India. It strives to enhance efficiency within organisations and empower its participants through innovative, customisable, and AI-powered solutions.