Lead AI Software Engineer

Fulcrum Digital Inc; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulcrum Digital Inc is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for a workstream building complex, multi-agent AI systems. You will own the architecture, set technical standards, and bridge engineering, product, security, and compliance.

You will guide architecture reviews, design scalable AI solutions spanning data engineering, model training, and LLMOps, and drive cost/performance optimization at enterprise scale, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Lead AI workstreams or small teams.
• Architect complex multi-agent/multi-model AI systems at scale.
• Own architecture decisions and ADRs.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, Security and Compliance.
• Optimize AI systems for cost and performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for a team/workstream building multi-agent and multi-model AI systems.
• Own architecture decisions and lead ADRs for key AI initiatives.
• Architect scalable, full-stack AI solutions spanning data engineering, model training/fine-tuning, and MLOps.
• Drive cost and performance optimization for AI systems at enterprise scale.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, Security, and Compliance to shape solution design.
• Mentor and upskill engineers and balance hands-on work with planning.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecting AI systems

ADR design reviews

Cross-functional partnership

Cost/performance optimization

Mentoring engineers

Job description

As a Lead AI Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership for a workstream building complex, multi-agent AI systems — owning the architecture, setting the technical bar, and acting as the bridge between engineering, product, security, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for a team/workstream building multi-agent and multi-model AI systems
• Own architecture decisions and lead design reviews (Architecture Decision Records) for key AI initiatives
• Architect scalable, full-stack AI solutions spanning data engineering, model training/fine-tuning, and LLMOps
• Drive cost and performance optimization for AI systems running at enterprise scale
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Security, and Compliance to shape solution design
• Evaluate and select AI tools, frameworks, and vendors for the team
• Mentor and upskill engineers, fostering technical growth within the team
• Balance hands-on technical contribution with team-level planning and delivery accountability

Must-Have Technical Skills

• Technical leadership of AI engineering workstreams or a small team
• Architecting complex multi-agent/multi-model AI systems at scale
• Owns architecture decisions and design reviews (ADRs)
• Cross-functional partnership with Product, Data Science, Security, and Compliance
• Cost and performance optimization of AI systems in production
• Mentors and upskills engineers

Good-to-Have Technical Skills

• Experience building/owning internal AI platforms or agent frameworks
• Vendor and AI tool evaluation/selection
• Contribution to AI governance and compliance frameworks (GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA-aware design)
• Experience in regulated or highly audited environments
• Balances big-picture architectural thinking with a willingness to get into the weeds
• Decisive under ambiguity — can make an 80%-confidence call and move the team forward
• Strong stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences
• Builds trust quickly with both engineers and cross-functional partners
• Invests genuinely in growing people, not just shipping features
• Holds a high technical bar without being a bottleneck