Summary of Position:
We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Gen AI Architect/Lead AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions. This role combines technical leadership, solution architecture, and active engineering contributions across Generative AI, Agentic AI, Intelligent Automation, and Enterprise AI platforms.
This role requires a hands-on technical leader who is expected to actively contribute to architecture, prototyping, development, code reviews, and solution delivery while providing technical leadership across AI initiatives.
The ideal candidate will define architectural direction, mentor development teams, partner with business stakeholders, and deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Act as the technical lead and architect for enterprise AI initiatives while remaining actively involved in solution development.
- Conduct feasibility assessments and define the optimal delivery approach using No-Code/Low-Code platforms (Copilot Studio, Power Platform) or Pro-Code solutions built on AWS and Azure.
- Design scalable, secure, and maintainable architectures for Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG, and intelligent automation solutions.
- Establish and govern engineering standards, architecture patterns, testing frameworks, security controls, and deployment practices.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and technology selection decisions.
- Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solution designs.
- Partner with Business Technology Partners, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to evaluate AI opportunities, shape solution roadmaps, and define implementation strategies.
- Lead AI initiatives through the complete lifecycle, including discovery, solution design, development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous optimization.
- Mentor engineers, foster engineering excellence, and promote continuous learning and innovation.
Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree with 7-10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years architecting and leading production-grade AI, GenAI, or intelligent automation solutions.
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions in regulated environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Proven ability to lead distributed engineering teams and drive technical excellence.
- Experience evaluating emerging AI technologies and defining enterprise adoption strategies.
Required Technical Skills
Cloud & Platform Expertise
Microsoft Azure Ecosystem
- Microsoft Copilot Studio and
- Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, etc.)
- Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
AWS
- Amazon Bedrock
- OpenSearch
- Lambda
- ECS/EKS
- API Gateway
- S3
- CloudWatch
- Step Functions
- AWS IDP
Gen AI & Agentic AI
- Proven experience designing and implementing:
- Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications
- Multi-Agent Systems and AI orchestration frameworks
- Enterprise AI platforms and reusable AI capabilities
- Strong understanding of LLM evaluation, guardrails, testing, observability, and Responsible AI practices.
AI Frameworks & Technologies
- LangGraph, LangChain, Semantic Kernel
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Agent orchestration and tool-calling frameworks
- Prompt engineering and AI workflow design
- Vector databases and semantic search technologies.
Integration & Engineering
- REST APIs and microservices architecture
- Event-driven architectures
- Enterprise application integration patterns
- Docker and Kubernetes
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
Work hours: 1 PM to 10 PM IST
Relocation assistance: Yes
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree
- 7-10+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years architecting and leading production-grade AI, Generative AI, or intelligent automation solutions
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions in regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving technical excellence
- Experience evaluating emerging AI technologies and defining enterprise adoption strategies
- Experience with Generative AI, Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, multi-agent systems, and AI orchestration
- Knowledge of LLM evaluation, guardrails, testing, observability, and Responsible AI practices
- Experience with Azure and AWS AI, cloud, container, integration, and DevOps services
- Experience with REST APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD
Alcon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as unusually strong, pairing a 401(k) match with an additional employer-funded retirement plan contribution. Stock purchase access and performance bonuses are also positioned as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support. Distinctive vision-related perks, including free contact lenses in some cases, reinforce the perceived strength of the health-and-wellness offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are characterized as robust, including paid holidays, PTO/vacation, paid sick time, and parental leave. Flexible time off for certain exempt roles and reported year-end shutdown periods further strengthen perceived coverage.
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What We Do
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.
