Technical Lead (AI & Digital Transformation)

Bennett University; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Times Group is seeking a hands-on AI Tech Lead to drive architecture and development of next‑generation AI, Generative AI, and intelligent products at scale. You will design production‑grade LLM applications, RAG pipelines, and multi‑agent systems.

The role requires strong hands‑on experience in AI/ML, open‑source LLMs, vector search and cloud platforms, with leadership across engineering teams and technology evaluation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AI/ML development and leadership experience.
• Strong expertise in Generative AI and LLM integrations.
• Experience designing scalable AI systems and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of AI/ML and Generative AI products.
• Build production-grade LLM applications and RAG pipelines.
• Design scalable RAG and vector search architectures.
• Evaluate LLMs, open-source models, and AI platforms.
• Drive model fine-tuning, GPU inference and performance.
• Mentor engineers and provide architectural direction.

Skills

GenAI / LLM

Prompt Engineering

RAG Pipelines

Embeddings

AI Agents

Cloud Platforms

Transformers

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

AI Tech Lead

About Times Group

Times Group is one of Indias leading media and entertainment organizations, with a strong presence across digital media, news, publishing and entertainment. We are looking for a hands‑on AI Tech Lead to drive the architecture and development of next‑generation AI, Generative AI and intelligent products at scale. Role Overview We are looking for an AI Tech Lead with 79 years of experience in software engineering and AI/ML, with strong hands‑on expertise in Generative AI, Open‑Source LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Cloud. The role requires someone who can design scalable AI systems, build production solutions, lead engineering teams and evaluate emerging AI technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design and development of AI/ML and Generative AI products and platforms. Build production‑grade LLM applications, RAG pipelines, AI Agents and multi‑agent systems. Design scalable RAG and Vector Search architectures, covering ingestion, embeddings, retrieval, reranking and context optimization. Evaluate and integrate LLMs, open‑source models and AI platforms, balancing quality, latency, cost, privacy and scalability. Drive model fine‑tuning, GPU inference, model serving and performance optimization for production workloads. Establish LLM evaluation, observability and monitoring practices to continuously improve AI quality and reliability. Design highly scalable, reliable and cost‑efficient AI services across AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud. Mentor engineers, conduct technical reviews and provide technical direction and architectural leadership across AI initiatives.

Technical Skills

• GenAI / LLM / Agents: LLMs, Open-Source Models, Prompt Engineering, RAG, Embeddings, Reranking, Transformers, AI Agents, Agentic & Multi-Agent Workfl