Engineering Manager – AI Platforms

Sia Partners is looking for an Engineering Manager AI Platforms to support the design and delivery of next-generation AI and Generative AI platforms within Sias AI Factory. This role is pivotal in bridging high-level product vision with robust cloud-native engineering execution. 

As an Engineering Manager you will serve as the bridge between Data Science research and production-grade software engineering. You will be responsible for the health growth and delivery of a cross-functional team ensuring that our data-driven AI services are scalable secure and seamlessly integrated into our global consulting framework. You will not only guide the technical architecture of our Large Language Model (LLM) platforms but also foster a culture of scientific excellence rapid experimentation and professional development. 

Your leadership will ensure that Sia remains at the forefront of the AI landscape transforming complex statistical models and algorithms into robust platform-centric solutions that deliver measurable value to our clients worldwide. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Team Leadership & Mentoring: Manage coach and grow a team of Software Engineers ML & GenAI Engineers. Conduct performance reviews define career paths and foster an inclusive environment that encourages innovation in algorithmic design and deployment. 

• Platform Strategy: Own the roadmap for Sias AI Platforms evolving them from experimental models to enterprise-grade foundations that support RAG agentic workflows and automated model fine-tuning at scale. 

• Data Science Excellence: Oversee the development of scalable machine learning workflows ensuring best practices in statistical rigor model validation and the transition from research notebooks to production-ready code. 

• MLOps & GenAIOps Governance: Drive the adoption of robust MLOps pipelines (CI/CD model monitoring drift detection) to ensure the reliability and observability of deployed Data Science models. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Lead Data Scientists Product Managers and Cloud Architects to align technical execution with business objectives and client needs. 

• Technical Oversight: Provide architectural guidance and conduct reviews for complex AI integrations involving vector databases orchestrators (LangChain LlamaIndex) and multi-cloud environments. 

• Security & Compliance: Ensure all AI platforms adhere to global security standards (GDPR SOC2) and implement Responsible AI guardrails to mitigate bias and ensure data privacy in model training and inference. 

• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a technical advocate translating complex Data Science and platform capabilities into clear value-driven insights for executive leadership. 

Qualifications :

• Experience: 8 years of experience in the data/software space with at least 3 years in a formal people management or technical leadership role leading Data Science or ML teams. 

• Data Science Mastery: Deep understanding of the Data Science lifecycle including exploratory data analysis feature engineering and advanced modeling techniques (Deep Learning NLP etc.). 

• AI/GenAI Depth: Hands-on experience building and scaling applications powered by LLMs (OpenAI Claude Llama) and implementing complex RAG architectures. 

• Platform Expertise: Proven track record with Kubernetes Docker and cloud-native AI services (AWS Bedrock/SageMaker Azure AI or Google Vertex AI). 

• Infrastructure: Solid understanding of vector databases (Milvus Pinecone Weaviate) and distributed system design for large-scale data processing. 

• Management Skills: Strong experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies capacity planning and managing globally distributed teams. 

• AI-Native Engineering Leadership: Experience managing teams that utilize Cursor GitHub Copilot or Claude Code as a core part of their daily workflow. 

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science Computer Science AI or a related quantitative field. 

• Soft Skills: Exceptional emotional intelligence conflict resolution and the ability to inspire a team during rapid technological shifts. 

EM - Product Traits (What Success Looks Like) 

• Platform Ownership: Owns AI platform foundations (infra tooling pipelines) as long-lived products 

• Enablement First: Measures success by how fast and safely product teams ship using the platform 

• Technical Depth: Understands AI/ML platform trade-offs (compute latency cost scalability security) 

• Production Readiness: Ensures platforms support model productionization monitoring and lifecycle management 

• Reliability & Scale: Drives uptime resilience and performance for multi-team AI workloads 

• Developer Experience: Reduces friction in CI/CD environments experimentation and deployments 

• Cost & Efficiency Awareness: Balances performance with cloud and compute cost controls 

• Cross-Team Alignment: Works closely with Product EMs Staff Engineers and DevOps to align platform roadmaps 

• Team Leadership: Builds and grows strong platform DevOps and ML-infra engineers 

• Calm Ownership: Leads with clarity and accountability during incidents and scaling challenges 

Additional Information :

What We Offer 

• Opportunity to lead cutting-edge AI projects in a global consulting environment. 

• Leadership development programs and training sessions at our global centers. 

• A dynamic and collaborative team environment with diverse projects. 

Position based in Mumbai (onsite)

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including hiring promotion remuneration or discipline are based solely on performance competence conduct or business needs. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time