Engineering Head - AI/ML Platforms

Role : Head of Engineering

Company : MarketsandMarkets

Location : Pune / Hybrid

Reports To : Founder & Leadership Team

This Is Not a Traditional Engineering Leadership Role :

Most engineering leaders spend their careers building :

- SaaS applications

- Workflow automation tools

- Dashboards and reporting systems

- AI wrappers around existing products

At MarketsandMarkets, we're building something fundamentally larger.

An AI-native Growth Intelligence Platform that helps enterprises predict where revenue will move next across markets, customers, competitors, technologies, and ecosystems.

We believe the world is undergoing a multi-trillion-dollar shift in value creation as industries transform, technologies converge, and business models evolve.

Most companies recognize these shifts too late.

Our mission is to help them move first.

Why This Opportunity Is Unique :

For over 17 years, MarketsandMarkets has built one of the world's most valuable enterprise intelligence assets :

- Trusted by ~80% of Fortune 2000 companies

- 13,000+ global enterprise customers

- 90 of the world's top 100 companies across major industries

- Recognized in leading global rankings and industry reports

- Tens of thousands of business professionals actively seeking growth intelligence every month

Unlike most startups, we already possess :

- A significant proprietary data moat

- Deep enterprise credibility

- Proven customer demand

- Validated market opportunities

- Strong product-market fit

The next chapter is about building category-defining technology.

Our Product Vision :

Most platforms help users search for information.

We are building systems that help enterprises answer :

- Where will growth emerge next?

- Which customers, markets, technologies, and ecosystems will create the next revenue opportunity?

Our platform combines :

- Proprietary market intelligence

- AI-powered copilots and agents

- Ecosystem intelligence

- Growth prediction engines

- Account intelligence systems

- Opportunity discovery workflows

- Enterprise decision support

This is not simply software.

It is a continuously learning enterprise intelligence system.

The Engineering Challenge :

As Head of Engineering, you will lead the architecture and execution of a highly scalable AI-native platform.

You will help build :

- Multi-agent AI systems

- Enterprise intelligence graphs

- Real-time signal processing engines

- Recommendation and prediction systems

- Autonomous opportunity discovery workflows

- AI-assisted research and decision engines

- Workflow-embedded enterprise copilots

You will play a critical role in transforming MarketsandMarkets from a research-driven organization into a product and platform company.

Key Responsibilities :

Engineering Leadership & Architecture :

- Define and drive the long-term technology vision

- Architect scalable, secure, and AI-native platforms

- Establish engineering standards, frameworks, and best practices

- Ensure platform reliability, performance, and scalability

AI & Agentic Systems :

- Lead the development of AI-powered products and multi-agent systems

- Build orchestration frameworks for enterprise-grade AI applications

- Drive adoption of modern LLM, RAG, Graph AI, and Agentic architectures

- Convert AI research into production-ready products

Data & Intelligence Infrastructure :

- Design large-scale intelligence platforms and knowledge systems

- Build graph-based intelligence architectures

- Enable real-time data processing and signal detection

- Create foundations for predictive and recommendation systems

Product Engineering :

- Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Business teams

- Translate ambitious product vision into scalable execution plans

- Drive rapid experimentation and product innovation

- Deliver exceptional enterprise user experiences

Team Building & Culture :

- Recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering talent

- Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation

- Develop future engineering leaders

- Establish execution excellence while maintaining startup agility

What We're Looking For :

Experience :

- 12-18+ years of software engineering experience

- 5+ years leading engineering teams and complex platforms

- Experience building and scaling SaaS, data, AI, or platform products

- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade technology products

Technical Expertise :

Strong experience in several of the following areas :

- AI/ML Platforms

- Large Language Models (LLMs)

- Agentic AI Systems

- RAG Architectures

- Knowledge Graphs & Graph Databases

- Distributed Systems

- Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

- Data Engineering & Real-Time Processing

- Microservices Architecture

- Enterprise SaaS Platforms

Leadership Traits :

- Systems thinker who can connect technology with business outcomes

- Builder mindset with strong execution capabilities

- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating structure

- Product-oriented engineer who understands customer value

- Passionate about building category-defining products

Why Join MarketsandMarkets :

- Opportunity to build a category-defining AI platform

- Massive proprietary intelligence and data advantage

- Existing enterprise customer base and strong market credibility

- Founder-led organization with long-term vision

- Ability to shape technology, product, and company strategy

- Direct impact on transforming MarketsandMarkets into a global AI-powered Growth Intelligence Platform

If you're excited about building the intelligence layer that helps enterprises identify growth before the market does, we'd love to talk.

(ref:hirist.tech)