YOUR ROLE
Lead Developer/Architect – Role Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Developer/Architect to design and support AI-driven architecture services across enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud-native technologies, and system integration, with hands-on experience enabling AI/ML solutions within scalable ecosystems. This role focuses on architecting platforms that support AI workloads, data pipelines, and intelligent applications, ensuring scalability, security, and seamless integration across systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement AI-centric enterprise architecture frameworks and standards
- Design scalable cloud-native architectures supporting AI/ML workloads and data platforms
- Architect and integrate AI services (ML models, APIs, data pipelines) into enterprise systems
- Lead design of end-to-end AI solutions: data ingestion, processing, model deployment, monitoring
- Ensure seamless integration across applications, analytics platforms, and AI services
- Drive MLOps adoption for model lifecycle management (deployment, monitoring, retraining)
- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business teams on AI use cases
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams
- Lead architecture reviews, design governance, and technology decisions
- Ensure performance, scalability, reliability, and security for AI platforms
- Support modernization initiatives, including AI enablement of legacy systems
- Evaluate emerging AI tools, frameworks, and platforms
- Mentor development and DevOps specialists, providing technical leadership across the team
Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years in software development, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership
- 3–5+ years designing/implementing cloud-native enterprise solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Proven experience architecting scalable, distributed, microservices-based enterprise applications
- Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML solutions and data platforms into enterprise ecosystems
- Experience defining enterprise architecture standards, roadmaps, and design best practices
- Experience leading end-to-end solution architecture from requirements through production support
- Experience collaborating with Data Science, Data Engineering, DevOps, and business stakeholders
- Experience mentoring teams and conducting architecture reviews
- Experience in Agile environments delivering enterprise-scale digital transformation
Technical Skills
- Python, Java, or Node.js
- AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn)
- Data engineering pipelines (ETL/ELT, streaming, batch)
- MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI)
- Docker, Kubernetes
- API-driven architecture (REST, GraphQL)
- Event-driven systems/messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Service Bus)
- Data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
- SQL/NoSQL databases and data modeling
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation)
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
YOUR PROFILE
Education
B.Tech/B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field; 5+ years hands-on experience in software development, architecture, or technical leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Self-motivated, customer-focused, detail-oriented
- Experience deploying AI-powered enterprise applications
- Exposure to Generative AI/LLM integration (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI)
- Knowledge of responsible AI, model governance, and compliance
- Cloud architecture or AI/ML certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Familiarity with TOGAF or other enterprise architecture frameworks
- Hybrid/multi-cloud experience
- SAP/ERP knowledge strongly preferred
- Six Sigma Yellow/Green Belt or ITIL certification a plus