IN_Senior Associate_AI Engineer_Financial Services_Advisory_Mumbai

PwC; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC India is building a GenAI engineering team focused on developing intelligent AI-powered applications and scalable solutions. The role requires deep software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings, and RAG architectures.

As a GenAI Engineer at Senior Associate level, you will design, develop, and deploy AI-driven services, APIs, and interfaces, working with clients to translate needs into production-ready systems while emphasising performance, reliability, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in GenAI engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications, accelerators, prototypes, and production-ready solutions.
• Build applications using LLMs, RAG architectures, AI agents, multi-agent systems, and orchestration frameworks.
• Develop backend services, APIs, integrations, and user interfaces for AI solutions.
• Integrate foundation models and AI services from leading AI platforms.
• Implement semantic search, vector databases, and enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions.
• Build and integrate AI solutions using APIs, enterprise systems, tool calling, and modern integration frameworks such as MCP.
• Optimize AI applications for quality, performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Implement evaluation, testing, and monitoring mechanisms to improve AI solution quality.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
• Contribute to reusable frameworks, accelerators, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

Prompt engineering

RAG architectures

Embeddings

Vector databases

Tool calling

Python

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Education

MBA

Tools

LangGraph

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

LangSmith

Job description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. These individuals work closely with clients to identify opportunities for growth, optimise operations, and enhance overall business performance.

As a corporate and business strategy consultant at PwC, you will analyse client needs, provide consulting services across different strategic areas, and offer guidance and support to help clients develop and implement effective strategies that align with their business objectives and drive growth.

Why PWC

At PwC , you will be part of a vibrant community of solvers that leads with trust and creates distinctive outcomes for our clients and communities. This purpose-led and values-driven work, powered by technology in an environment that drives innovation, will enable you to make a tangible impact in the real world. We reward your contributions, support your wellbeing, and offer inclusive benefits, flexibility programmes and mentorship that will help you thrive in work and life. Together, we grow, learn, care, collaborate, and create a future of infinite experiences for each other. Learn more about us.

At PwC , we believe in providing equal employment opportunities, without any discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, religion or other beliefs, perceived differences and status protected by law. We strive to create an environment where each one of our people can bring their true selves and contribute to their personal growth and the firm's growth. To enable this, we have zero tolerance for any discrimination and harassment based on the above considerations.

Job Description & Summary

We are building a team of GenAI engineers focused on developing intelligent applications and solutions using modern AI technologies. The team works across the full lifecycle of AI solution development—from ideation and rapid prototyping to enterprise-scale production deployments.

We are seeking a GenAI Engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building AI-powered applications. The ideal candidate is passionate about emerging technologies, enjoys solving complex problems, and can rapidly learn and apply new tools and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications, accelerators, prototypes, and production-ready solutions.
• Build applications using LLMs, RAG architectures, AI agents, multi-agent systems, and orchestration frameworks.
• Develop backend services, APIs, integrations, and user interfaces for AI solutions.
• Integrate foundation models and AI services from leading AI platforms.
• Implement semantic search, vector databases, and enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions.
• Build and integrate AI solutions using APIs, enterprise systems, tool calling, and modern integration frameworks such as MCP.
• Optimize AI applications for quality, performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Implement evaluation, testing, and monitoring mechanisms to improve AI solution quality.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
• Contribute to reusable frameworks, accelerators, and engineering best practices.

Mandatory skill sets

• Generative AI
• Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, embeddings, vector databases, agentic AI, and tool calling.
• Hands-on experience with one or more GenAI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar technologies.
• Experience working with one or more leading AI platforms such as Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Vertex AI/Gemini, AWS Bedrock, or similar technologies.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience building APIs using FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks.
• Experience developing applications using React, Next.js, Streamlit, or similar technologies.
• Good understanding of software design principles and development best practices.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Understanding of CI/CD and cloud-native development practices.

Preferred skill sets

• Experience with AI evaluation and observability tools such as LangSmith, RAGAS, DeepEval, Langfuse, Arize, or similar platforms.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications and business systems.
• Familiarity with AI governance, guardrails, and responsible AI practices.

Years of experience required

3+

Education qualification

MBA