Lead – AI / LLM Engineer =Hyderabad Onsite from Day One

Job Title : Lead – AI / LLM Engineer

Location :

Hyderabad / Onsite from Day One

Department : AI & Data Science

6+ Years Must

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Lead AI / LLM Engineer

to drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI and GenAI solutions. This role will focus on

LLM fine-tuning, prompt optimization, model evaluation, and production deployment

for real-world enterprise use cases.

You will lead a small team of ML and AI engineers, collaborating closely with product and architecture teams to deliver scalable and intelligent AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end development of AI and

GenAI projects

— from data preparation to deployment.

Design, fine-tune, and optimize

Large Language Models (LLMs)

for domain-specific use cases.

Build and manage

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

pipelines and

agentic AI systems .

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI models into production environments.

Evaluate model performance, optimize accuracy, and ensure reliability and efficiency.

Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building the internal AI knowledge base.

Stay updated on the latest research in GenAI, multimodal learning, and transformer architectures.

Required Skills & Experience

6 years of overall experience in

Machine Learning / AI , with at least 3+ years in

LLM / GenAI

projects.

Proficiency in

Python

and frameworks such as

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers (Hugging Face) .

Proven experience in

fine-tuning and deploying LLMs

(e.g., GPT, Llama, Falcon, Mistral, etc.).

Strong understanding of

NLP, text embeddings, vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Chroma) .

Experience with

LangChain / LlamaIndex

and

prompt engineering .

Hands-on with

cloud environments (AWS / Azure / GCP)

and

containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) .

Knowledge of

MLOps, CI / CD for ML pipelines , and version control (Git).

Good to Have

Experience in

multimodal AI

(text, image, voice).

Exposure to

open-source LLMs

and

custom fine-tuning techniques

(PEFT, LoRA, QLoRA).

Understanding of

data privacy, AI governance, and responsible AI practices .

Prior experience in leading small AI / ML teams.

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to drive innovation and foster a learning culture within the team.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in

Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence , or related field.

Best Regards,

Mohammed Moid

India : +91-9573322310

USA : 609-934-5337

Email :

moid.m@aviradigital.com