Principal AI Engineer - Enterprise ML & AI Ops Leader

Evonik; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik Malaysia seeks an experienced AI/ML leader to architect and deliver enterprise-scale AI solutions across production and business processes. You will drive end-to-end design, development, and operationalization using Python, APIs, Docker/Kubernetes, and Azure cloud-native tools.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in AI/ML/DS roles, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate across multiple functions in a global company. Excellent communication and ownership are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in AI engineering, ML, software or data science with production toy in enterprise AI.
• Hands-on ML/DL, generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, evaluation and optimization.
• Strong AI systems and data architecture, Azure cloud-native platforms, secure design.
• Advanced Python, SQL, APIs, microservices, Azure AI services, Databricks, Docker, Kubernetes.
• MLOps/LLMOps, lifecycle governance, deployment pipelines and monitoring.
• Knowledge of manufacturing or chemical processes and enterprise AI tools.

Skills

AI engineering

Machine learning

Software engineering

Data science

Python

SQL

APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Azure

Databricks

MLOps

LLMOps

Goverance controls

Azure DevOps

APIs-first integration

Secure platform design

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Azure DevOps

Azure AI services

Azure Machine Learning

Azure Databricks

CI/CD

Job description

Evonik Malaysia seeks an experienced AI/ML leader to architect and deliver enterprise-scale AI solutions across production and business processes. You will drive end-to-end design, development, and operationalization using Python, APIs, Docker/Kubernetes, and Azure cloud-native tools.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in AI/ML/DS roles, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate across multiple functions in a global company. Excellent communication and ownership are essential.