Associate Director – AI/ML Engineering Lead

Jobtailor; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Pune, Maharashtra, India, is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive distributed applications and frontline ML model delivery.

You will architect large-scale Python services, design cloud-native AWS solutions, and lead end-to-end development including CI/CD automation and monitoring.

You will mentor a high-performing team, shaping best practices, testing strategies, and performance optimizations to meet low-latency requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience required.
• 7+ years of work experience preferred.
• Experience in machine learning engineering.
• Experience in building distributed, scalable, low-latency applications on AWS with Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for building distributed applications.
• Develop and deploy machine learning and deep learning models for business use cases.
• Architect large-scale Python applications optimized for low latency.
• Design and manage cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services.
• Drive the full software development lifecycle including CI/CD automation and monitoring.

Skills

Machine learning engineering

Distributed systems

Python development

Team leadership

Education

University Degree

Tools

AWS

Python

CI/CD

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for building distributed applications
• Develop and deploy machine learning and deep learning models for business use cases
• Architect large-scale Python applications optimized for low latency
• Design and manage cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services
• Drive the full software development lifecycle including CI/CD automation and monitoring

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience required
• 7+ years of work experience preferred
• University (Degree) preferred
• Experience in machine learning engineering
• Experience in building distributed, scalable, and low-latency applications on AWS with Python

Certifications & Qualifications

• University Degree