Principal AI & Data Engineer (Technical Lead)

Electronikmedia; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronikmedia invites a Principal AI & Data Engineer (Technical Lead) to guide design and delivery of enterprise AI, data, and cloud solutions. You’ll mentor engineers, influence technical strategy, and partner with clients on solution design.

This hands-on leadership role emphasizes architecture, coding, and solving complex engineering problems while guiding teams to deliver scalable AI-powered platforms.

Qualifications

• Architect mindset with hands-on engineering capability.
• Strong ownership from design through production.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Passion for continuous learning and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build production-ready AI applications using LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and LangChain/LangGraph.
• Architect enterprise-scale data lakehouse and ETL/ELT platforms.
• Build scalable batch and streaming pipelines using Spark, PySpark, Kafka, and Databricks.
• Develop cloud-native backend services and distributed systems.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor engineering teams.
• Work directly with enterprise clients on technical strategy and solution design.

Skills

Python

PySpark

SQL

C#

.NET Core

Apache Spark

Kafka

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

LLMs

RAG

AI Agents

Prompt Engineering

Vector Databases

AI Evaluation

Tools

Spark

PySpark

Databricks

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Azure

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Principal AI & Data Engineer (Technical Lead)

Location: Kochi (Hybrid) / Remote (India)

Experience: 12 to 18+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Time: 1.30 Pm to 10.30 PM

About Electronikmedia

Electronikmedia is a fast-growing AI and software engineering company delivering enterprise solutions across AI, Data Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Custom Software Development, and Quality Engineering for clients across the US, UK, and Europe.

We’re building the next generation of AI-powered products, enterprise data platforms, and intelligent automation solutions. We are looking for exceptional engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges and want to shape the future of AI within a growing engineering organization.

The Opportunity

As a Principal AI & Data Engineer (Technical Lead), you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade AI, Data, and Cloud solutions. You will work directly with clients, influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, and help build modern AI-first platforms.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on architecture, coding, solving complex engineering problems, and mentoring teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build production-ready AI applications using LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and LangChain/LangGraph.
• Architect enterprise-scale data lakehouse and ETL/ELT platforms.
• Build scalable batch and streaming pipelines using Spark, PySpark, Kafka, and Databricks.
• Develop cloud-native backend services and distributed systems.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor engineering teams.
• Work directly with enterprise clients on technical strategy and solution design.

Required Technical Skills

• Python, PySpark, SQL, C#, .NET Core
• Apache Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory
• Azure, AWS and/or GCP
• Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
• SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB
• LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Vector Databases, AI Evaluation

We’re Looking For

• Architect mindset with hands-on engineering capability.
• Strong ownership from design through production.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Passion for continuous learning and innovation.

Why Join Electronikmedia

• Build production AI systems for global clients.
• High ownership and technical autonomy.
• Engineering-first culture.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale architectures.
• Work with Claude, OpenAI, Azure AI, Amazon Bedrock, LangGraph, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, and Kubernetes.

Learning & Growth

Electronikmedia invests heavily in continuous learning.

Opportunities include:

• Earn Anthropic Partner Network Certifications and work with the latest Claude AI technologies.
• Microsoft Azure AI certifications.
• AWS and Google Cloud certifications.