Lead AI Engineer

🇮🇳Hybrid - Pune, IndiaJust now

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Role Snapshot

Lead AI Engineer role at Academian (EdTech) responsible for spearheading development and deployment of cutting-edge AI solutions including Generative AI, RAG systems, and Agentic AI technologies. The position involves designing scalable AI products, building real-time data pipelines, and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities: Design, train, and deploy AI models for Computer Vision, NLP, and Generative AI use cases; develop and integrate real-time data pipelines using Kafka/Spark; implement MLOps/LLMOps pipelines for model deployment and monitoring. Mentor junior engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and establish best practices for AI system development.

Skills & Tools: Expert-level Python proficiency with async programming; strong expertise in TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face, LangChain, LangGraph, and cloud AI platforms (AWS Bedrock/SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Azure ML). Advanced knowledge of RAG architectures, Graph Databases, prompt engineering, and MLOps tooling.

Qualifications: 5+ years of AI/ML system development and deployment in production environments with 2+ years of team leadership experience. Proven track record designing AI systems in cloud environments with hands-on experience in data-intensive pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and SQL optimization.

Location: Hybrid - Pune, India

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation for this role is ₹25,00,000 – ₹40,00,000 per year based on title, seniority, and location.

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Job Description

Position: Lead AI Engineer

Experience Required: 5 + Years

Company: Academian (EdTech Domain)

Work Location: Pune

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead AI Engineer to spearhead the development and deployment of cutting-edge AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong foundations in AI algorithms, hands-on expertise with machine learning and deep learning frameworks, and a forward-thinking approach to leveraging emerging AI technologies like Agentic AI, RAG, LangGraph, LangChain, Graph Databases, and open-source LLMs.

This role involves designingand implementing advanced AI capabilities, building real-time data pipelines, integrating with modern cloud AI platforms, and mentoring junior engineers to deliver scalable, efficient, and impactful AI products aligned with the EdTech domain.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-powered applications, workflows, and agents.
Build solutions using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, APIs, vector databases, and structured data.
Translate business requirements into technical designs, implementation plans, and production-ready solutions.
Use AI coding agents effectively to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and code modernization.
Direct coding-agent workflows by providing clear specifications, context, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
Determine the appropriate level of agent autonomy and establish checkpoints for human review.
Review, validate, and improve AI-generated code for correctness, security, scalability, and maintainability.
Customize coding-agent environments with project standards, tools, reusable instructions, and development workflows.
Integrate AI solutions with enterprise platforms, content repositories, data sources, and third-party systems.
Implement evaluation, monitoring, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop processes for AI applications.
Collaborate with architects, product managers, domain experts, QA, DevOps, and client teams.
Maintain technical documentation and contribute reusable components, patterns, and engineering standards.

High-Level Skills Required:

Strong software-engineering fundamentals, including application architecture, APIs, databases, testing, debugging, and version control.
Proficiency in Python and/or modern application-development languages and frameworks.
Experience building and deploying applications using large language models and generative AI.
Understanding of prompting, context management, structured outputs, tool calling, RAG, embeddings, and vector databases.
Hands-on experience with AI coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools.
Ability to plan and direct agent workflows, manage autonomy, and review agent-generated work.
Experience integrating AI capabilities into cloud-based and enterprise applications.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and secure development practices.
Understanding of AI evaluation, hallucination management, responsible AI, data privacy, and security controls.
Ability to convert ambiguous business needs into clear technical requirements and working solutions.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Why Join Us

Opportunity to lead AI initiatives that shape the future of education technology.
Work in a collaborative, mission-driven environment with a focus on innovation.
Engage with impactful projectsand cutting-edge AI technologies.
Competitive salary,benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Employee Benefits

Health Insurance: Employee + Spouse + Two Children+ Parents
GPA Coverage for Employee
Hybrid Work Model
Compliance: PF and Gratuity

About Academian

Website: www.academian.com

Academian is a carve out of an existing22 years IT company – Intraedge Inc (www.intraedge.com )

Academian is a service,products and learningdevelopment company in

the education domain with a current headcount of 500+ team members.We are rapidly becoming a leading force in the education technology space.

We specialize in delivering innovative services, products, and learning development solutions tailored for the education sector. Our expertise spans across K-12, higher education, professional institutions, publishers, online program managers (OPMs), and corporate learning environments.

At Academian, we combine deep industry knowledge with a product-oriented design approach, enabling us to craft high-impact learning experiences and technology solutions. From content development and media production to strategic staffing and custom software development, we support every phase of the educational lifecycle.

Our Specialties Include:

EdTech Solutions: LMS, CMS, CustomSoftware, Cloud Architecture
Digital Learning: ContentDesign, Learning Experience Design, Accessibility, MediaDevelopment
Education Services: K-12, Higher Education, Workforce Development, Publishing & Prepress
Strategic Services: Product Management, StrategicConsulting, Technology &Digital Transformation, Staffing.

We’re passionate about shaping the future of learning—and we’re looking for talented, mission-driven individuals to grow with us. Join our team and be part of building meaningful solutions that make a real impact in education.

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