Founding Technical Lead - AI/ML

Hiring a Technical Lead candidate for a Startup firm who can develop product with AI expertise.

Ideal Candidate :

- 0 - 1 startup builder with a product mindset.

- Strong AI/ML, GenAI and software engineering fundamentals.

- Experience deploying AI solutions into production.

- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and influencing business strategy.

Role Overview :

- Lead architecture and development of production-grade AI/ML systems.

- Remain hands-on with coding, experimentation and technical design.

- Drive AI innovation across GenAI, LLMs, NLP and intelligent automation.

- Build and mentor the founding AI engineering team.

- Partner with product and business stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes.

Preferred Technical Expertise :

- Generative AI : GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, Prompt Engineering, RAG, AI Agents / Agentic Workflows, Function Calling, MCP

- ML & NLP : Deep Learning, Transformers, Fine-tuning, Embeddings, Recommendation Systems, Time-series Forecasting

- Frameworks : LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen, Haystack

- Programming : Python, FastAPI, REST APIs, Async Programming

- Cloud : AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform

- Data : Vector DBs (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Qdrant), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka

- MLOps : MLflow, Weights & Biases, Model Monitoring, Feature Stores

- Engineering : Microservices, Secure AI, Scalable SaaS, System Design

What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months :

- Architect and launch the first production AI platform.

- Build an AI Copilot for financial advisors.

- Establish scalable cloud infrastructure and engineering best practices.

- Hire and mentor the founding AI team.

- Deliver secure, enterprise-grade AI capabilities for BFSI.

Why Join :
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- Founding leadership role with meaningful ownership.

- Opportunity to shape an AI company from inception.

- Work directly with visionary founders.

- Build technology with large-scale impact in financial services.