Team Lead – AI Software Engineering

JOB DESCRIPTION – Team Lead – AI Software Engineering

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Highlights:

• Allegion has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA), which recognizes the most engaged workplaces across the globe.
• Allegion has been honored with two 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards for environmental initiatives in one of our U.S. distribution centers as well as one of our fire-rated glass manufacturing facilities.

About the role

AI Software Engineering Team lead will lead a team of AI Software Engineers and Data Scientists, driving the development and implementation of AI solutions and data science projects.

This role requires strong technical expertise with full stack development skills in Python and React, combined with exceptional leadership abilities. The ideal candidate is passionate about team building, developing talent, and fostering innovation within our Global Data & Artificial Intelligence organization.

What you’ll do

Major Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor Data Scientists and AI Engineers

• Conduct performance reviews and create development plans

• Foster innovation and technical excellence culture

• Recruit and onboard team members

Technical Strategy & Delivery

• Define technical roadmaps for AI initiatives

• Oversee end-to-end AI application development

• Ensure integration between data science models and production systems

• Guide generative AI implementation and best practices

Collaboration & Project Management

• Partner with Global Data & AI teams

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams

• Oversee multiple concurrent projects from concept to production

• Implement agile methodologies for diverse project types

Innovation & Technology

• Stay current with AI technologies, especially generative AI and full stack development

What we are looking for

Required Skills and Competencies

Leadership & People Development

• Experience in Senior-level role mentoring and guiding either Software Engineers, Data Scientists and AI Engineers

• Strong passion for team building, talent development, and creating collaborative environments

• Experience designing technical solutions and establishing project plans to accomplish technical plans

• Outstanding communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Technical Leadership

• 8+ years of progressive experience of full stack software engineering

• Experience leading teams delivering end-to-end applications

• Hands-on experience building solutions with generative AI technologies

Location

Bangalore

Experience

8 to 10 Years

Preferred Skills

Required Technical Skills

Full Stack Development

• Strong Python for web development experience

• Strong React and modern JavaScript experience

• RESTful API development and web services

• Database technologies and SQL programming

• Docker containerization and deployment practices

Preferred Skills (Nice to have but not mandatory)

AI & Cloud Platforms

• Cloud platforms experience (Azure preferred, AWS, GCP)

• Generative AI implementation and prompt engineering

• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps for AI/ML deployment

• Big data technologies (Azure Synapse, Spark, Databricks)

Data Science & Analytics

• Understanding of machine learning algorithms and statistical modeling.

• Data science libraries (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch)

• Business experiments design and hypothesis testing

• Data visualization (Power BI preferred)

Education

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related STEM discipline is required.

What we offer

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

You are seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.

• You value personal well-being and balance because we do too
• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.

Work Culture

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers, and the communities where we live and work.

Whatever your background, experience, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do.