Senior AI Engineer (AI -Customer Support Copilots) SE II

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior AI Engineer to lead the development of scalable AI-driven systems that power next-generation Customer Support Copilots. This role focuses on building and integrating models for text, translation, image, and audio processing, with a strong emphasis on production-grade deployments, API integration, and intent/sentiment understanding.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with a deep understanding of AI technologies and strong backend development experience. You will work at the intersection of AI and system design, ensuring our AI services are robust, scalable, and production-ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI-powered systems for multilingual translation, image understanding, audio transcription, and sentiment/intent analysis.
• Improve and optimize classification models for intent detection and sentiment analysis in real-world support conversations.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs, webhooks, and real-time data pipelines using Kafka.
• Build scalable microservices for AI model inference, training, and retraining pipelines.
• Collaborate with ML researchers and product teams to translate prototypes into robust applications.
• Deploy and manage AI services in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Integrate with databases like YugabyteDB, Snowflake, and other storage backends for feature storage and logging.
• Monitor performance, reliability, and scalability of AI systems in production.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 3+ years in AI/ML systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python for backend and ML development.
• Solid experience working with NLP/NLU, audio processing, image models, or translation models.
• Good understanding of intent classification, sentiment analysis, and multimodal AI systems.
• Proficiency in building and scaling APIs, integrating webhooks, and managing Kafka-based messaging pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and scalable system design.
• Familiarity with databases like PostgreSQL, Yugabyte, and Snowflake.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Clojure or interest in functional programming paradigms.
• Background in customer support, conversational AI, or AI copilots.
• Experience integrating audio transcription models (e.g., Whisper), image analysis models, or multilingual translation APIs.
• Exposure to MLOps and LLMOps practices.

• Hybrid setup
• Worker's insurance
• Paid Time Offs
• Other employee benefits to be discussed by our Talent Acquisition team in India

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