Regional Engineering Lead - AI Platform

Persistent Systems Limited; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 5,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Long Service awards

Group term life

Mediclaim hospitalization

Job summary

Persistent Systems Limited is seeking a Regional Engineering Lead to design, develop, and scale the regional on-prem orchestration layer for a distributed AI platform. You will lead backend services, drive Kubernetes-based deployment, and ensure secure, scalable microservices across devices and environments.

As a senior technologist, you will mentor engineers, define architecture, and establish engineering best practices while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable,

Qualifications

• 10+ to 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong backend system development background.
• Exposure to Rust is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and development of regional backend services for distributed orchestration platforms.
• Build and maintain scalable microservices for registry, policy, trust, routing, and monitoring.
• Design secure communication frameworks between devices, PC components, and regional services.

Skills

Golang

Microservices

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Rust exposure

TLS/mTLS

X.509

gRPC

REST APIs

Consul/etcd

Observability

Security best practices

AI orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Consul

etcd

TLS libraries

gRPC frameworks

Job description

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what's next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

We are looking for an experienced Regional Engineering Lead to design, develop, and scale the regional/on-premises orchestration layer for a distributed AI platform. This role will be responsible for building highly reliable backend services that enable secure communication, fleet coordination, policy enforcement, task routing, and orchestration across multiple devices and execution environments. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in Golang, microservices architecture, cloud-native technologies, and distributed systems while driving engineering excellence and technical leadership across cross-functional teams.

• Role: Regional Engineering Lead - AI Platform
• Experience: 10 to 12 Years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of regional backend services for distributed orchestration platforms.
• Build and maintain scalable microservices for registry, policy management, trust management, routing, task dispatch, monitoring, and result aggregation.
• Design secure and reliable communication frameworks between devices, PC components, and regional services.
• Implement service discovery, health monitoring, heartbeat management, failover strategies, and fault-tolerant mechanisms.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, mobile, PC, QA, and integration teams to ensure seamless end-to-end interoperability.
• Drive Kubernetes-based deployment, scaling, configuration management, and operational readiness.
• Conduct technical reviews and provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes.
• Optimize system performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Own technical delivery and execution of critical platform initiatives.
• Support platform observability, troubleshooting, and production incident management.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the overall technical growth of the team.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 10 to 12 years of experience in software engineering with strong expertise in backend system development.
• Exposure to Rust programming is an added advantage.
• Strong experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native platform engineering principles.
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs and gRPC services.
• Strong knowledge of API-first architecture and service-oriented design patterns.
• Experience working with service discovery, registry, configuration management, and distributed coordination tools such as Consul or etcd.
• Practical experience implementing secure communication using TLS/mTLS.
• Strong understanding of X.509 certificate-based authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Excellent knowledge of distributed systems, high availability, resiliency patterns, retry mechanisms, and fault tolerance.
• Experience with observability tools, monitoring platforms, logging frameworks, and performance analysis.
• Exposure to AI orchestration platforms, agentic workflows, task routing, workflow engines, or distributed AI execution environments.
• Experience with fleet management or device management platforms is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

"Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind."