AI Specialist, VP

Deutsche Bank AG; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best in class leave policy

Sponsorship for certifications

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Deutsche Bank AG seeks an experienced Lead AI Engineer in Pune to architect, develop, and deploy groundbreaking AI solutions for Treasury and digital transformation. You will lead end-to-end AI projects, integrating advanced language models, building agentic AI systems, and driving scalable cloud-enabled architectures.

You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineering leaders to deliver high-impact AI products, ensure governance, testing, and production readiness,

Qualifications

• 13+ years in technology, banking domain preferred.
• Lead AI initiatives and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions.
• Hands-on development of distributed applications and AI/Generative AI.
• Strong Python/Java, API, microservices and async design.
• Cloud-native architecture with CI/CD, containerization, observability.
• Experience with LLMs, AI agents, RAG, and model evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end AI architecture and leadership for scalable AI apps.
• Integrate and fine-tune large language models with Gemini focus.
• Architect Agentic AI patterns and orchestration across workflows.
• Design and implement API architectures and integrations across systems.
• Lead cloud deployment, management, and optimization on GCP.

Skills

AI architecture

Lead engineering

Python

API & microservices

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

LangGraph

ADK

Google VertexAI

BigQuery

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Job description

• As aLead AI Engineer, you will stand at the forefront of innovation, architecting, developing, and deploying groundbreaking AI solutions that redefine what's possible. We are seeking a visionary and highly motivated Engineer eager to leverage advanced AI models and platforms to conquer complex business challenges and accelerate digital transformation in Treasury. From intelligent automation to sophisticated conversational AI, you will guide projects utilizing a modern technology stack to forge impactful, scalable applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI, delivering solutions that dramatically enhance user experiences and operational efficiencies

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Strategic AI Solution Development:

• End-to-End AI Architecture & Leadership: Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of highly scalable and robust AI-powered applications and services utilizing Python, FastAPI/Flask, FastMcp LangGraph, ADK and Google VertexAI.
• Advanced Model Integration & Optimization:Architect, integrate, and expertly fine-tune large language models, with a strategic focus on the Gemini Model, for advanced NLP tasks and cutting-edge generative AI applications.

Pioneering Conversational & Agentic AI

• Agentic AI System Orchestration:Architect and implement advanced Agentic AI patterns, orchestrating complex AI workflows using frameworks like ADK and LangGraph to build robust, intelligent, and autonomous systems.
• API Architecture & Integration:Drive the design and implementation of seamless API architectures and integrations with diverse internal and external systems, ensuring optimal data flow and functionality across the enterprise.
• Cloud Infrastructure Leadership:Lead the deployment, management, and optimization of AI solutions on cloud platforms, leveraging services like GCP CloudRun/GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, and CloudSQL for resilient data processing and infrastructure management.

Operational Excellence & Quality Assurance

• Code Quality & AIOps Governance:Establish and enforce rigorous code quality standards and best practices for software development and AIOps, ensuring clean, maintainable, and well-documented code across all AI projects.
• Advanced Testing & Deployment Oversight:Architect and execute comprehensive test strategies for AI solutions, leading the deployment and continuous monitoring of models in production environments, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Thought Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Research & Innovation Leadership:Actively lead research into the latest advancements in AI, machine learning, and natural language processing, translating cutting-edge developments into innovative solutions and strategic initiatives.
• Cross-Functional Strategic Partnership:Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering leaders to define strategy, align priorities, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality, impactful AI products that meet business objectives.

Your skills and experience

• Proven experience (13+ years) in Technology industry (preferably Banking domain)
• Expertise in solving complex, real-world problems, with a track record of leading AI technical initiatives and implementation.
• Extensive hands‑on software engineering experience, including the design and delivery of enterprise-scale distributed applications and production-grade AI or Generative AI solutions.
• Deep expertise in Python or Java engineering skills and practical experience with API, microservices and asynchronous application design; experience with FastAPI, Spring Boot or comparable frameworks is beneficial.
• Strong experience with BigQuery and PostgreSQL, cloud-native architectures, Git-based development, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, observability and automated testing; practical knowledge of GitHub or Azure DevOps, Terraform and OpenTelemetry is beneficial.
• Practical expertise in LLM applications, AI agents, RAG architectures, vector databases, semantic or hybrid search, model evaluation and LLMOps, with hands‑on experience in relevant orchestration, evaluation and observability tools.
• Solid grounding in machine learning, feature engineering, model explainability and analytical modelling, using relevant Python ML libraries.
• Strong understanding of financial markets and investment products is highly desirable, with experience in Investment Banking / Treasury.
• Strong engineering mindset and ownership mentality, with sound judgement and the ability to structure ambiguity, solve complex problems, make pragmatic technical decisions and balance delivery speed, quality, risk, maintainability and long-term scalability.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to understand business needs, translate them into clear technical choices, manage expectations, influence decisions and build trusted relationships across business, product, technology and control functions.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, including the ability to set direction, lead by example, mentor and develop engineers, provide constructive challenge, drive accountability and foster an inclusive culture of learning, experimentation and engineering excellence.
• Ability to lead delivery across the engineering lifecycle, establish fit‑for‑purpose standards and working practices, manage dependencies and trade‑offs, and maintain focus on measurable business and user outcomes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.