GenAI Tech Lead — Production AI & ML Architect

Finago; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexitime

Hybrid setup

Healthcare coverage

Monthly allowance

Wellness perks

Job summary

Finago is hiring an AI Tech Lead to steer a new AI engineering team in Kuala Lumpur. You will translate architectural vision into scalable, production‑ready GenAI capabilities across core products, while staying hands‑on and writing code alongside the team.

You’ll shape engineering standards and lead the team to deliver reliable, secure GenAI features. You’ll collaborate with Nordic offices, mentor engineers, and participate in hiring as the team grows.

Qualifications

• Proven production GenAI experience: designed, built and shipped LLM/GenAI-based features to production with real users.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience in backend, data or ML engineering roles.
• Strong system design skills: production-grade services, APIs and data flows within a wider architecture.
• Fluent English with ability to communicate technical choices to engineers and business stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Translate target architecture into concrete designs and implementation plans for the team.
• Stay hands-on: design, build and ship LLM-powered features with the team.
• Define and uphold engineering standards for code review, testing, CI/CD and evaluation of GenAI features.
• Mentor and grow AI engineers through pairing and design reviews.
• Break product goals into technical plans and help prioritize work.
• Ensure GenAI features are reliable, secure, privacy‑compliant and cost-efficient.

Skills

GenAI production

Python

System design

CI/CD

Team leadership

Tools

Databricks

Azure

LangChain

REST APIs

GitHub

SQL

Job description

Finago is hiring an AI Tech Lead to steer a new AI engineering team in Kuala Lumpur. You will translate architectural vision into scalable, production‑ready GenAI capabilities across core products, while staying hands‑on and writing code alongside the team.

You’ll shape engineering standards and lead the team to deliver reliable, secure GenAI features. You’ll collaborate with Nordic offices, mentor engineers, and participate in hiring as the team grows.