Principal GenAI Architect

Hyderabad - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Key Responsibilities

Architect and oversee AI/ML systems pipelines and application platforms for enterprise and engineering use cases.
Set engineering standards and guide technical decisions around model selection system architecture infrastructure observability security evaluation and lifecycle management.
Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews code reviews mentoring and execution guidance for a small AI engineering team.
Lead the design and implementation of applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) agentic systems enterprise connectors and workflow orchestration.
Translate business and engineering needs into practical AI architectures and phased delivery roadmaps.
Drive the full lifecycle of AI applications from research and prototyping through evaluation production deployment and operational support.
Ensure AI solutions are explainable reliable secure and aligned with regulatory expectations and internal governance policies.
Work closely with data engineering software engineering IT and business teams to ensure high-quality well-governed data availability for AI applications.
Stay current with advances in AI/ML evaluate new techniques and frameworks and drive pragmatic adoption using secure cloud-native or hybrid architectures.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Engineering or a related field.
14 years of experience in software engineering AI engineering or ML systems with at least 4 years in LLM / Generative AI application development.
Strong hands-on experience with at least 2 or more skills Python Pyspark React Flask
Proven experience architecting and delivering production-grade AI applications.
Strong understanding of Transformer architecture embeddings prompt design model steering hallucination mitigation context management structured outputs and limitations of current LLM reasoning and behavior.
Experience with RAG agentic workflows tool integrations backend service design and evaluation methods.
Experience with frameworks such as LangChain LangGraph LlamaIndex CrewAI Phidata OpenAI-compatible APIs or similar ecosystems.
Experience building backend services and APIs using FastAPI Flask or similar frameworks.
Experience with vector databases and retrieval systems such as FAISS Qdrant OpenSearch Pinecone or Weaviate.
Strong understanding of enterprise security privacy safe AI design access control prompt injection risks and governance.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical decisions and mentor engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with open-source model ecosystems model serving and deployment optimization.
Exposure to fine-tuning adapters or domain customization techniques.
Experience designing evaluation frameworks benchmarks guardrails and quality measurement processes.
Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning models.
Exposure to engineering industrial manufacturing photonics or other deep-technical domains.
Prior experience leading or mentoring a small technical team.

Working Conditions

The work mode of Finisar India is Hybrid i.e. 3 days at office.

CultureCommitment

Ensure adherence to companys values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:

Integrity Create an Environment of Trust

Collaboration Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

Accountability Own the Process and the Outcome

Respect Recognize the Value in Everyone

Enthusiasm Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Finisar India (Subsidiary of Coherent Corp) is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Required Experience:

Staff IC

DescriptionKey ResponsibilitiesArchitect and oversee AI/ML systems pipelines and application platforms for enterprise and engineering use cases.Set engineering standards and guide technical decisions around model selection system architecture infrastructure observability security evaluation and life...

Description

Key Responsibilities

Architect and oversee AI/ML systems pipelines and application platforms for enterprise and engineering use cases.
Set engineering standards and guide technical decisions around model selection system architecture infrastructure observability security evaluation and lifecycle management.
Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews code reviews mentoring and execution guidance for a small AI engineering team.
Lead the design and implementation of applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) agentic systems enterprise connectors and workflow orchestration.
Translate business and engineering needs into practical AI architectures and phased delivery roadmaps.
Drive the full lifecycle of AI applications from research and prototyping through evaluation production deployment and operational support.
Ensure AI solutions are explainable reliable secure and aligned with regulatory expectations and internal governance policies.
Work closely with data engineering software engineering IT and business teams to ensure high-quality well-governed data availability for AI applications.
Stay current with advances in AI/ML evaluate new techniques and frameworks and drive pragmatic adoption using secure cloud-native or hybrid architectures.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Engineering or a related field.
14 years of experience in software engineering AI engineering or ML systems with at least 4 years in LLM / Generative AI application development.
Strong hands-on experience with at least 2 or more skills Python Pyspark React Flask
Proven experience architecting and delivering production-grade AI applications.
Strong understanding of Transformer architecture embeddings prompt design model steering hallucination mitigation context management structured outputs and limitations of current LLM reasoning and behavior.
Experience with RAG agentic workflows tool integrations backend service design and evaluation methods.
Experience with frameworks such as LangChain LangGraph LlamaIndex CrewAI Phidata OpenAI-compatible APIs or similar ecosystems.
Experience building backend services and APIs using FastAPI Flask or similar frameworks.
Experience with vector databases and retrieval systems such as FAISS Qdrant OpenSearch Pinecone or Weaviate.
Strong understanding of enterprise security privacy safe AI design access control prompt injection risks and governance.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical decisions and mentor engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with open-source model ecosystems model serving and deployment optimization.
Exposure to fine-tuning adapters or domain customization techniques.
Experience designing evaluation frameworks benchmarks guardrails and quality measurement processes.
Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning models.
Exposure to engineering industrial manufacturing photonics or other deep-technical domains.
Prior experience leading or mentoring a small technical team.

Working Conditions

The work mode of Finisar India is Hybrid i.e. 3 days at office.

CultureCommitment

Ensure adherence to companys values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:

Integrity Create an Environment of Trust

Collaboration Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

Accountability Own the Process and the Outcome

Respect Recognize the Value in Everyone

Enthusiasm Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

Required Experience:

Staff IC

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Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor ... View more

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