Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Location : Hyderabad Mode of work : On-site (5 days a week) Timings : 12pm - 9pm Position Overview : The Vice President of Product Engineering is responsible for the end-to-end engineering strategy, execution, and delivery of the company’s product portfolio. This role leads engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, and operations to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure products. Key Responsibilities : 1. Engineering & Product Development Leadership Lead the full engineering lifecycle from concept → design → development → testing → deployment → support. Partner with Product Management to translate product vision, requirements, and roadmaps into engineering plans. Drive architecture decisions, technical design reviews, and engineering standards. Ensure products meet strict criteria for performance, scalability, reliability, usability, and security. 2. Team Leadership & Talent Development Hire, develop, and mentor a world-class engineering team. Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence. Establish best practices for performance reviews, succession planning, and skill development. Promote collaboration between product, design, engineering, QA, DevOps, and security teams. 3. Engineering Operations & Delivery Excellence Implement industry-standard methodologies—Agile, CI / CD, DevSecOps, TDD, automated QA, observability, SRE principles. Oversee sprint planning, release management, velocity reporting, and delivery metrics. Optimize engineering processes for predictability, quality, and faster time-to-market. 5. Technology, Architecture & Innovation Evaluate and modernize technology stacks, tools, and cloud infrastructure. Make build-vs-buy decisions based on long-term ROI. Ensure strong system architecture guidelines, API standards, and data governance practices. Drive innovation initiatives in AI / ML, automation, integrations, and cloud modernization. 6. Security, Compliance & Risk Management Work with security teams to integrate DevSecOps and ensure products meet compliance requirements (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, etc., as applicable). Oversee incident response, SLAs, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices. Build secure-by-design engineering frameworks. 7. Stakeholder & Executive Collaboration Act as the primary voice of engineering to the C-suite, board, and cross-functional leaders. Present engineering roadmap, progress, risks, staffing needs, and budget recommendations. Partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support to ensure customer-centric releases and ongoing reliability. Required Qualifications : - 12+ years of software engineering experience - 6+ years leading engineering / product engineering teams - Strong technical background in cloud, API, DevOps, distributed systems - Proven success delivering enterprise-grade software at scale - Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional alignment skills Preferred Qualifications : - Experience in regulated industries (healthcare, life sciences, fintech, SaaS) - Strong knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance frameworks - Experience modernizing architecture and scaling engineering teams KPIs for Success : - On-time delivery & roadmap execution - System uptime, reliability, quality, and performance - Security posture and compliance readiness - Team velocity, productivity, and retention - Cost efficiency & resource optimization - Customer satisfaction and business impact