Architect AI Data Engineer

EXL; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking a senior GenAI Architect to define and lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise GenAI platforms in Gurgaon, India. You will design scalable agentic systems, orchestrate multi-agent workflows, and drive RAG pipelines with strong retrieval accuracy.

You will collaborate with data, cloud, and MLOps teams to implement best practices, governance, and cost-efficient solutions while mentoring engineering teams and guiding pre-sales and customer engagements.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years total experience with 3+ years in GenAI/LLM-based systems.
• Proven experience leading architecture and delivery of enterprise solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic AI implementations.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead end-to-end architecture for GenAI platforms.
• Design scalable agentic systems with tool calling and memory strategies.
• Build enterprise-grade RAG pipelines with retrieval accuracy focus.
• Drive prompt architecture standards and governance.
• Collaborate with MLOps for CI/CD, deployment, and monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards.

Skills

GenAI / LLM systems

Solution architecture

Python

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

Leadership

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure Databricks

Snowflake

OpenAI

Claude

Job description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Strategy
• Define and lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise GenAI platforms and use cases
• Design scalable agentic systems (single-agent, multi-agent, orchestration frameworks)
• Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks
• Lead architecture decisions on RAG vs fine-tuning vs hybrid approaches
• Conduct technology evaluations (LLMs, vector DBs, orchestration frameworks) and recommend best-fit solutions
• Agentic AI & LLM Engineering Leadership
• Design and implement complex agentic workflows with tool calling, function orchestration, and memory strategies
• Build enterprise-grade RAG pipelines with strong focus on retrieval accuracy and evaluation
• Drive prompt architecture standards (prompt libraries, chaining, orchestration governance)
• Optimise solutions for latency, cost, scalability, and reliability
• Platform & Engineering Excellence
• Lead development of GenAI platforms, APIs, and microservices (FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
• Define engineering best practices: coding standards, testing, packaging, observability
• Ensure seamless integration with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and business applications
• Collaborate with MLOps teams for CI/CD, deployment pipelines, versioning, and monitoring
• Governance, Risk & Responsible AI
• Define and enforce LLM guardrails (hallucination control, safety filters, policy enforcement)
• Implement evaluation frameworks (RAG evaluation, prompt testing, benchmarking)
• Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and enterprise governance standards
• Drive adoption of Responsible AI practices (bias mitigation, explainability, auditability)
• Data & Ecosystem Collaboration
• Partner with Data Engineering teams on: - Data ingestion, pipelines, and quality controls
• Metadata management and knowledge graph strategies
• Work with business stakeholders to: - Identify high-value GenAI use cases
• Translate business problems into AI-driven solutions
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
• Act as a solution advisor to clients/stakeholders (including pre-sales, PoCs, solutioning)
• Present architecture and design decisions to senior leadership and CXOs
• Drive COE initiatives, knowledge sharing, and internal capability building

Experience

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 12–15 years total experience, with 3+ years in GenAI / LLM-based systems
• Proven experience in leading architecture and delivery of enterprise solutions

LLM / GenAI & Agentic Engineering

• Strong hands-on experience with: - LLMs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
• RAG pipelines and retrieval optimisation
• GPT + Agentic AI implementation experience
• Experience with: - LangChain, LangGraph, or similar frameworks
• Agent orchestration and tool-calling architectures
• Deep understanding of: - LLM limitations, evaluation, and optimisation strategies

Core Engineering

• Strong Python/Pyspark engineering expertise (production-grade development) with proven API integration experience
• Deep data analysis experience and handling large volume of data
• Fabric/Azure Databricks/Snowflake data engineering integration skills
• Good exposure to: - Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• SQL
• Containers, CI/CD, monitoring

Cloud & Platform

• Hands-on experience with Azure / AWS / GCP
• Familiarity with: - Containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Monitoring & observability

Data / AI Foundations (Mandatory)

Prior Experience In One Or More

• Data Engineering (ETL/ELT, pipelines, orchestration)
• Data Science / ML lifecycle (especially NLP)
• Analytics engineering / data products

Good-to-Have / Preferred

• Fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, PEFT, prompt tuning)
• Experience with Azure AI stack (Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search)
• Knowledge of knowledge graphs, semantic layers, or enterprise search
• Experience in domain-specific GenAI solutions (Insurance, BFSI, Healthcare)