PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - AI & MACHINE LEARNING

Keka Technologies Private Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lepton Software is seeking a Principal Engineer - AI & Machine Learning to lead the technical strategy for data platforms, ML systems, and GenAI infrastructure. This individual contributor role focuses on architecture, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration, defining data architecture, ML platforms, and GenAI infrastructure powering enterprise products.

The role encompasses designing scalable data pipelines, managing Data Lake/Lakehouse, and enabling reliable access for analytics and AI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building production data and AI/ML systems.
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale data platforms and ML infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI and LLM-based applications in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead modern data platform architecture.
• Build scalable systems for data ingestion, processing, transformation, and storage.
• Enable governed and reliable data access for analytics, ML models, and AI applications.
• Build and manage large-scale data pipelines and ETL/ELT systems.
• Implement Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Lakehouse architectures.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of data infrastructure.
• Build infrastructure for training, deploying, and monitoring ML models.
• Develop scalable ML pipelines and feature engineering systems.
• Enable AI-powered capabilities within applications.
• Drive adoption of Generative AI technologies across products.
• Build architectures for AI agents and copilots.

Skills

Data platforms

ML pipelines

GenAI / LLMs

MLOps

Data governance

Geospatial data

Job description

PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - AI & MACHINE LEARNING

GURGAON

Full-Time

About Lepton Software

Lepton Software builds enterprise technology platforms combining location intelligence, large-scale data platforms, and cloud-native systems. Solutions support telecom operators, enterprises, and government organizations with data analytics, geospatial intelligence, and AI-driven systems.

Job Summary

Lepton Software is hiring a Principal Engineer - AI & Machine Learning to lead technical strategy for data platforms, machine learning systems, and AI/GenAI infrastructure. This is an individual contributor role focused on architecture, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. The role includes defining data architecture, ML engineering platforms, and GenAI infrastructure powering enterprise products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead modern data platform architecture
• Build scalable systems for data ingestion, processing, transformation, and storage
• Enable governed and reliable data access for analytics, ML models, and AI applications
• Build and manage large-scale data pipelines and ETL/ELT systems
• Implement Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Lakehouse architectures
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of data infrastructure

3. AI / Machine Learning Engineering

• Build infrastructure for training, deploying, and monitoring ML models
• Develop scalable ML pipelines and feature engineering systems
• Enable AI-powered capabilities within applications

4. Generative AI & LLM Systems

• Drive adoption of Generative AI technologies across products
• Build architectures for:
  • AI agents and copilots
  • Evaluate and integrate GenAI frameworks and tools

5. MLOps & AI Infrastructure

• Build infrastructure for:
  • Monitoring and observability
  • Experimentation frameworks

6. Data Governance & Quality

• Data quality monitoring
• Compliance and governance

7. AI Adoption Across Products

• Partner with engineering teams to enable:

Technical Skills & Qualifications

Data Platforms

• Strong experience with:
  • Data pipelines and distributed data processing
  • Data lake and lakehouse architectures
  • Streaming and real-time data processing
• Experience with:
  • ML pipelines and feature stores
  • Model training and deployment
  • ML model monitoring and lifecycle management

Generative AI

• Strong understanding of:
  • Vector databases and embedding systems
  • AI agents and copilots
  • Prompt engineering and LLM orchestration frameworks

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building production data and AI/ML systems
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale data platforms and ML infrastructure
• Strong understanding of Generative AI and LLM-based applications in production

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI-powered enterprise platforms
• Experience integrating GenAI features into production systems
• Experience with large-scale data environments
• Familiarity with geospatial or location intelligence data

Why Join Lepton Software

• Work on large-scale data and AI platforms
• Build next-generation AI and GenAI capabilities
• Solve complex real-world problems using data and AI