Description :
Experience : 15+ Years (with strong leadership in AI / ML / Search)
This leader will drive Search, recommendation system & Personalization charter for the Artificial Intelligence BU for a Leading Financial Services Group.
Role Impact : Lead a team of search engineers, build horizontal AI capabilities, deliver large-scale ML systems in production, and create state-of-the-art search & recommendation models.
Key Responsibilities :
- Develop and maintain advanced search algorithms and indexing systems (text, image, and voice search).
- Apply NLP, machine learning, and deep learning models to enhance search accuracy and relevance.
- Implement features such as faceted search, query expansion, and personalization to improve user experience.
- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver scalable, effective solutions.
- Optimize performance, ensure system reliability, and provide support for production environments.
Were looking for someone who is :
A problem solver with strong technical & leadership skillsPassionate about scaling AI solutions for real-world impactSkilled in managing multiple stakeholders & complex programsHands-on in coding, prototyping, and mentoring teamsDeep expertise in :
Information Retrieval (BM25, Vector search, Elastic / OpenSearch, Solr, FAISS, Weaviate, Pinecone)NLP & Language Models (Transformers, BERT, LLMOps)Recommender Systems (Content-based, Collaborative filtering, reinforcement learning)Personalization platforms and behavioral analyticsHands-on coding in Python, Java / Scala or similarCloud-native deployment on AWS / Azure / GCP + MLOps experienceProven leadership in managing high-scale distributed systems(ref : hirist.tech)