Principal Engineering Manager (Head of AI)

About Deep Sync: Deep Sync is the industry leader in deterministic identity and AI-powered data solutions. Leveraging our 35-year foundation of compiling direct mail-grade datasets Deep Sync develops data-first technologies that power marketing measurement AI and business intelligence for agencies and brands with our fully deterministic identity graph privacy-first audiences comprehensive data solutions and integrations with leading platforms and cloud providers.

Position Overview: Deep Sync is seeking a Principal Engineering Manager (Head of AI) to join as a founding member of our new Agentic Platform team in Hyderabad India. This is a high-impact hands-on leadership role where you will build and lead the team responsible for architecting our next-generation Agentic AI platform from the ground up.

You will not only lead the strategy and recruitment for this vertical but also write code and define the technical architecture. We are looking for a visionary technologist with a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade AI solutions in a fast-paced hybrid environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Founding Leadership: Build and lead the Agentic Platform team from scratch serving as the technical visionary and Head of AI for the region.
• Platform Architecture: Architect and develop the core Agentic AI platform designing autonomous agents that can reason plan and execute complex workflows to drive operational excellence.
• Hands-on Engineering: Actively code and prototype key components of the system (Python/LLM frameworks) setting the standard for code quality and architectural patterns.
• Strategy & Roadmap: Collaborate with global executive leadership to define the AI product roadmap ensuring alignment with Deep Syncs broader data and identity strategy.
• Team Building: Recruit hire and mentor a high-performing team of AI engineers and data scientists fostering a culture of innovation ownership and technical excellence.
• LLM & GenAI Integration: Drive the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI technologies into our deterministic identity graph and marketing solutions.

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• Experience: 12 years of total software engineering experience with at least 4 years in a technical leadership or management role.
• AI/Agentic Expertise: Deep understanding of the Agentic AI landscape (e.g. LangChain AutoGPT CrewAI Semantic Kernel) and experience building autonomous agent workflows.
• Technical Proficiency: Expert-level programming skills in Python; proficiency in Java or C is a plus. Strong experience with vector databases (Pinecone Milvus) and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures.
• Cloud & Scale: Experience designing scalable systems on cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and using containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
• Founding Mindset: Previous experience in a startup environment or as a founding member of a new team/product vertical is highly desirable.
• Location: Must be located in Hyderabad India (Hybrid work model).

Benefits:

We are proud to offer a best-in-class benefits package designed to support the well-being and professional growth of our team members. Our comprehensive benefits are highly competitive and considered to be among the best offered by companies in India ensuring you are well-cared for as part of the Deep Sync family.