Gen AI – Engineering Lead

EXL

AI Engineer designing and deploying advanced AI-driven solutions leveraging large language models. Focusing on building scalable systems and ensuring secure handling of sensitive data.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and deploy Generative AI and machine learning solutions using large language models and modern AI frameworks.
Implement LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and model optimization techniques.
Deploy and manage AI/ML pipelines and GenAI applications in production environments using cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP.
Build and maintain agentic AI systems leveraging modern orchestration and agent frameworks.
Work with large datasets to build data pipelines and ensure effective model training and evaluation.
Develop AI solutions using Python and modern ML libraries.
Manage deployments and infrastructure in Linux-based environments.
Ensure secure processing and governance of sensitive data, including PII and PHI, adhering to enterprise security and compliance standards.
Optimize AI models and infrastructure for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI models into enterprise applications and production systems.
Document model architectures, experiments, deployment pipelines, and operational processes.
Stay current with emerging developments in Generative AI, LLMs, and AI engineering practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or a related technical field
10+ years of overall professional experience in software engineering, machine learning, or AI engineering.
Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience working with Generative AI technologies and LLMs.
Strong programming experience in Python.
Proven experience fine-tuning, deploying, and optimizing large language models.
Experience deploying Generative AI solutions into production environments.
Hands-on experience working with Linux-based systems.
Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience building ML pipelines and deploying AI models using modern MLOps practices.
Experience handling and securing sensitive data such as PII and PHI in compliance with security and regulatory requirements.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexibility in working hours
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Generative AImachine learninglarge language modelsLLM fine-tuningprompt engineeringretrieval-augmented generationmodel optimizationPythonMLOpsdata pipelines

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in AI/MLBachelor’s degree in Data Science