ML Technical Lead

Azilen Technologies; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Azilen Technologies seeks a senior ML/Generative AI leader to design, implement, and deploy scalable AI solutions that drive business impact. You will architect production-ready systems, mentor engineers, and partner with product and data teams to deliver enterprise-grade AI applications.

You will own end-to-end ML pipelines, from data ingest to model deployment and monitoring, and oversee security, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 4+ years building and deploying ML/AI in production.
• 2+ years leading technical teams and delivering AI projects.
• Experience with client engagements in services, consulting, or product environments.
• Strong ability to translate business challenges into scalable AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of scalable ML/Generative AI solutions.
• Build, deploy, and maintain production-grade ML models and AI apps with high availability.
• Design end-to-end ML pipelines from data ingestion to monitoring.
• Develop APIs and backend services to integrate AI into enterprise apps.
• Collaborate with product, data science, and engineering teams to translate requirements.
• Mentor teams through reviews, guidance, and best practices.
• Drive technology choices and architectural excellence across AI initiatives.
• Ensure AI systems are secure, observable, and production-ready.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture design

Production ML

Python

REST API

MLOps

Communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS SageMaker

Azure ML

Vertex AI

LangChain

LlamaIndex

OpenAI

Hugging Face

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Job description

Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions that drive business impact. Architect production-ready AI systems, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate across functions to deliver intelligent, enterprise-grade products.

Who You Are:

• 8+ years of overall software development experience, including 4+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying Machine Learning/AI solutions in production.
• 2 years of experience leading technical teams, driving architecture, mentoring engineers, and delivering complex AI projects.
• Experience working in software services, consulting, or product engineering environments with exposure to multiple client engagements.
• possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business challenges into scalable AI solutions.
• passionate about emerging AI technologies and continuously strive to improve engineering practices and product quality.

What Will Excite Us:

• Strong expertise in Python, Object-Oriented Programming, SQL, and REST API development using FastAPI or Flask.
• Hands-on experience with Machine Learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, or XGBoost.
• Experience building and managing production ML pipelines using tools like MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, or dbt.
• Practical experience with Generative AI technologies, including LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, and Vector Databases such as Pinecone, Qdrant, Chroma, or Milvus.
• Experience deploying ML workloads on AWS SageMaker, Azure Machine Learning, or Google Vertex AI.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native application deployment.
• Strong understanding of model deployment, monitoring, scalability, and MLOps best practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and client teams.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.
• Build, deploy, and maintain production-grade ML models and AI applications with high availability and scalability.
• Design end-to-end ML pipelines covering data ingestion, model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Develop APIs and backend services to integrate AI capabilities into enterprise applications.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Engineers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor engineering teams through code reviews, technical guidance, and best engineering practices.
• Drive architectural decisions, technology selection, and technical excellence across AI initiatives.
• Ensure AI systems are secure, reliable, observable, and optimized for production workloads.
• Stay current with advancements in Machine Learning, MLOps, Large Language Models, and Generative AI to continuously improve solutions and engineering standards.