Senior AI/ML Python Lead — Innovation & Production

HCLTech; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is seeking a Senior Technical Lead AI Python Developer for a full-time on-site role. The position offers opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI projects and grow within a dynamic team in Kuala Lumpur.

You will join the IT Innovation team to develop, integrate and deploy AI models, collaborating across Data Scientists and IT teams to deliver scalable solutions and robust AI tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of Python development with an AI/ML focus.
• Proven experience with vibe coding and productive AI tool usage.
• Expertise in ML/DL frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face, LangChain.
• Experience with LLMs (fine-tuning, prompts, RAG, agents).
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI).
• Knowledge of MLOps tools and CI/CD for AI models.
• Data engineering skills (preprocessing, feature engineering, pipelines).
• Proficiency in databases (SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs).
• Experience in API development (FastAPI, Flask, REST).
• Good containerisation knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Testing and code quality expertise (pytest, unittest).
• Version control (Git, GitLab/GitHub).
• Nice to have: CV or NLP experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize AI/ML models for business use cases.
• Integrate and deploy models in production (APIs, microservices).
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, solution architects, and IT teams.
• Implement MLOps pipelines (training, versioning, monitoring).
• Conduct automated testing and validation of models (performance, robustness).
• Maintain thorough technical documentation (code, models, APIs).
• Optimize performance, latency, and costs; ensure scalability.
• Share vibe coding best practices with the team.

Skills

Critical thinking

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Agile mindset

Knowledge sharing

Education

Bachelor's or Master degree in IT/related

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Hugging Face

LangChain

GitHub Copilot

Docker

Kubernetes

FastAPI/REST

AWS SageMaker/Azure ML/GCP Vertex AI

MLOps

Job description

HCLTech in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is seeking a Senior Technical Lead AI Python Developer for a full-time on-site role. The position offers opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI projects and grow within a dynamic team in Kuala Lumpur.

You will join the IT Innovation team to develop, integrate and deploy AI models, collaborating across Data Scientists and IT teams to deliver scalable solutions and robust AI tooling.