Senior Staff Engineer Lead AI Engineer

We are looking for a Lead AI Engineer / Senior Data Scientist to join our AI & Tech this role you will lead the design development and delivery of AI solutions leveraging Machine Learning Generative AI and emerging Agentic AI patterns. You will play a key role in driving high-quality engineering practices including code reviews solution design and mentoring while remaining hands-on in development.

Key Responsibilities:

In this role you will operate at the intersection of development technical leadership and delivery execution.

Design & Develop AI Solutions:

Design and build scalable AI/ML solutions using Machine Learning Deep Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs). Contribute actively to development ensuring high-quality production-ready code.

Code Review & Quality Governance:

Lead code reviews and enforce best practices across the team ensuring maintainability scalability and performance of AI systems. Establish coding standards and improve engineering quality.

Generative & Agentic AI Implementation:

Develop and implement Generative AI use cases including RAG pipelines prompt engineering embeddings and LLM integrations. Contribute to building agentic workflows and multi-step reasoning systems.

Solution Delivery & Business Impact:

Deliver AI solutions across business domains (marketing supply chain retail operations) ensuring alignment with business requirements and measurable impact.

Technical Leadership:

Guide junior team members support design decisions and contribute to solution architecture under the guidance of senior architects.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

Work closely with Data Engineers Product Managers and DevOps teams to integrate AI models into scalable production systems.

Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing:

Mentor team members support onboarding and promote best practices across AI/ML development and deployment.

What We Are Looking For:

We are seeking a hands-on technical leader who can balance coding code quality ownership and team guidance with a strong focus on delivery excellence

Qualifications :

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science AI Data Science or a related field
• 89.5 years of experience in AI/ML development and delivery
• Proven experience in building and deploying production-grade AI/ML solutions
• Strong experience in code reviews and team-level technical leadership

Technical Expertise:

AI/ML & Advanced Analytics:

Strong expertise in Machine Learning Deep Learning and statistical modeling

Experience in developing and deploying ML models in production

Generative AI & LLMs:

Hands-on experience with LLMs (GPT Claude Llama Gemini)

Experience in:

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Prompt Engineering & Context Handling

Embeddings & Vector Databases

Exposure to agentic frameworks (LangGraph CrewAI AutoGen) is a plus

Programming & Engineering:

Strong proficiency in Python SQL and software engineering principles

Experience with APIs microservices and scalable backend systems

MLOps & DevOps:

Experience with CI/CD pipelines model deployment and monitoring

Familiarity with tools like MLflow Vertex AI or similar platforms

Cloud & Data Platforms:

Experience with GCP (preferred) or other cloud platforms

Understanding of data pipelines data lakes and real-time processing

Soft Skills & Mindset:

Technical Ownership: Takes responsibility for code quality delivery and technical decisions within the team

Collaboration: Works effectively across teams and contributes to a strong engineering culture

Problem Solving: Ability to break down complex problems and deliver practical AI solutions

Communication: Clearly articulates technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Additional Expectations (Lead Level):

Own code quality review processes and engineering best practices

Contribute to solution design and architecture discussions

Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of AI solutions

Support adoption of best practices in AI/ML and Generative AI development

Additional Information :

Must have skills : Data Modeling (Strong) Generative & Agentic AI Machine Learning Python (Expert) Embeddings & Vector Databases.

Nagarro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on race creed color national origin sex age disability or marital status

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time