Gen AI Lead

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Software
The Role
Lead the design and development of advanced Generative AI solutions, managing a team while implementing AI technologies to enhance business outcomes and user experiences.
Summary Generated by Built In

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm.  Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity.  We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

Role: GenAI Lead Engineer

Experience: 8+ years total (with significant hands-on GenAI / LLM work)

Job Overview:

We are seeking an innovative and highly skilled Lead Generative AI (GenAI) Engineer to spearhead the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI-powered solutions. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers and data scientists to harness cutting-edge Generative AI technologies and implement them to solve complex business problems, enhance user experiences, and drive innovation. This role combines deep technical expertise, leadership, and a strong understanding of AI trends and tools.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Technical Leadership:
  • Lead the end-to-end design and implementation of Generative AI solutions.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and data scientists working on GenAI projects.
  • Stay updated with the latest trends, research, and advancements in Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Solution Development:
  • Architect, train, and fine-tune state-of-the-art LLMs and generative AI models
  • Develop and optimize pipelines for prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and domain-specific fine-tuning.
  • Develop and deploy generative AI models, particularly focusing on ChatGPT, using Python on Azure or AWS Platform or .Net on Azure platform
  • Ensure scalability, performance, and security of AI solutions deployed in production.
  • Integration and Deployment:
  • API Development: Ability to define and deliver API access for GenAI services, facilitating integration with other systems and applications.
  • Collaborate with software engineering teams to integrate GenAI solutions into enterprise applications and services.
  • Utilize cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, or GCP) to deploy and manage AI models and APIs.
  • Leverage MLOps practices for continuous model monitoring, retraining, and improvement.
  • Data Strategy and Preparation:
  • Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure high-quality data acquisition, preprocessing, and augmentation for model training and fine-tuning.
  • Implement data governance and privacy practices in line with organizational policies.
  • Innovation and Research:
  • Experiment with new generative AI techniques, such as multimodal AI, reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF), and active learning.
  • Evaluate and recommend AI frameworks, libraries, and platforms for project requirements.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration:
  • Work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, and UX designers to define AI-powered product features and use cases.
  • Present technical concepts, project progress, and AI capabilities to non-technical audiences.

Key Requirements

  • Technical Skills:
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and services for AI/ML, such as Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning, AWS Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI.
  • Hands on experience in any of LLMs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Models , Gemini, Llama 2 ,Claude 2 ,Grok
  • Hands on experience in any of the agentic frameworks like LangChain, Semantic kernel, AutoGen, CrewAi
  • Hands on experience using any of vector database like Chroma, Pinecone, Weaviate, Faiss
  • Experience with multimodal AI and advanced techniques like Tree-of-Thoughts, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF)
  • Strong expertise in LLMs and generative AI frameworks like OpenAI, Hugging Face Transformers, or similar platforms.
  • Deep understanding of natural language processing (NLP) concepts, including tokenization, embeddings, and sequence-to-sequence models.
  • Proficiency in Python and libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Scikit-learn.
  • Experience in CI/CD pipeline management and automation tools, particularly within the Azure DevOps environment. Knowledge of containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools is also important
  • Familiarity with MLOps tools and practices, such as MLflow, Kubeflow, or Docker.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field (Ph.D. preferred).
  • 8+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with 2+ years specifically in Generative AI.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in building Conversational AI applications using cloud-based services and in orchestrating AI/ML services for building a complete solution
  • Minimum of 6 years of extensive full-time experience in Data Analysis, Statistics, Machine Learning, or Computer Science
  • Proven track record of leading AI projects from inception to production.
  • Experience with multimodal AI and advanced techniques like Tree-of-Thoughts, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF).
  • Certifications in AI/ML or cloud platforms (e.g., Azure AI Engineer, AWS Certified Machine Learning).

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Your use of Orion services is governed by any applicable terms in this notice and our general Privacy Policy.


Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering
  • 2+ years specifically in Generative AI
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like Azure AI Services or AWS
  • Proficiency in Python and libraries such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in related field
  • Experience with multimodal AI techniques

Orion Innovation Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Orion Innovation and has not been reviewed or approved by Orion Innovation.

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Orion highlights health and well-being initiatives such as fitness, mindfulness, and flexibility/remote options, reinforced by recognition like Cigna’s Healthy Workforce Designation. Flexibility via hybrid/remote work is positioned as a consistent part of the overall rewards experience.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is characterized as moderately satisfactory overall, with pockets where compensation is viewed as fair, particularly for some software engineering and certain U.S. roles. Public snapshots also indicate that competitiveness can be stronger in specific markets and functions.
  • Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards Performance-linked outcomes are implied through mentions that hikes can be good when performance is demonstrated. Learning and development programs are also emphasized as part of the broader value proposition tied to career growth.

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The Company
HQ: Edison, NJ
3,410 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale.​ Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise.​ Our business has more than tripled over the last three years. ​ We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.

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