Generative AI Engineer - Chennai

HCLTech; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech in Chennai is seeking a hands-on AI Builder (Senior Engineer) to transform business needs into GenAI solutions. You will prototype AI agents, prompts, RAG patterns and orchestrations, and integrate APIs/connectors to deliver end-to-end AI workflows in a hybrid setup.

The role requires 3–5 years of experience and deep GenAI/LLM expertise, with collaboration across AI COE, AI Factory, and Value Streams to ensure quick, incremental delivery.

Qualifications

• GenAI/LLM needs and capabilities.
• Ability to translate business needs into GenAI POCs/MVPs.
• Experience designing and configuring GenAI agents and workflows.
• Strong alignment between business framing and technical feasibility.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into GenAI POCs/MVPs that create measurable value.
• Design and configure GenAI agents and workflows using provided frameworks and technical enablers.
• Support business and technical framing to secure feasibility, clarity, and architectural alignment.
• Build, test, and optimize GenAI prototypes, including agents, prompts, RAG patterns, and orchestrations.
• Assemble end-to-end AI workflows using LLM, connectors, APIs, and automation tools.
• Collaborate with AI COE, AI factory and Value Streams to refine scope and ensure reuse of enablers.

Skills

GenAI & LLM

Prompt Engineering

RAG

Agent Frameworks

API Integration

Connectors

Workflow Development

Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Problem Solving

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SAP

Job description

Location Chennai

Work mode -- Hybrid

Mandatory skills ---GenAI / LLM:Prompt Engineering, RAG, Agent Frameworks, API Integration, Connectors, Workflow Development Communication
Gen AI & LLM expertise: prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation; GEN AI/ML Optimization
Designation: Senior Engineer

Experience: 3 to 5 years

Role: AI BUILDER

Role overview

• An AI Builder is a hands-on GenAI practioner who transforms business needs into functional

GenAI POCs/MVPs, designs and configures AI agents and workflows, and supports bothbusiness framing and technical alignment across the AI ecosystem.

• Translate business needs into GenAI POCs/MVPs that create measurable value.
• Design and configure GenAI agents and workflows using provided frameworks and technical enablers.
• Support business and technical framing to secure feasibility, clarity, and architectural alignment.
• Build, test, and optimize GenAI prototypes, including agents, prompts, RAG patterns, and orchestrations.
• Assemble end-to-end AI workflows using LLM, connectors, APIs, and automation tools.
• Collaborate with AI COE, AI factory and Value Streams to refine scope, solve blockers, and ensure reuse of enablers.
• Help structure business framing (process, pain points, value, KPIs) managed by Product Owners.
• Contribute to technical framing managed by Product Leaders (feasibility, integra on, enablers,architecture).
• Support deployment readiness by clarifying environments, constraints, and integration prerequisites, from GEN AI point of view.

Technical skills

• GenAI & LLM expertise: prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation.
• Agen c & orchestration frameworks: templates, boilerplates, low-code AI platforms.
• Integra on & automation: APIs, connectors (Jira, Confluence, SAP), workflow tools.
• Software engineering basics: coding to adapt agents, workflows, and templates.
• Broad understanding of AI techniques beyond GenAI (ML, optimization,), to assess when GenAI is (or is not) the right approach.
  
• Business framing & communica on with non-technical stakeholders.
• Collabora on in mul-team environments (AI COE, AI Factory, Value Streams, IT).
• Problem-solving & pragma sm oriented toward quick, incremental delivery.
• Mandatory skills --- GenAI / LLM:Prompt EngineeringRAGAgent FrameworksAPI Integration, Connectors, Workflow DevelopmentCommunication
  GenAI & LLM expertise: prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation; GEN AI/ML Optimization
  Designation: Senior EngineerExperience: 3 to 5 yearsRole: AI BUILDERRole overview