Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Title: Senior Machine Learning EngineerLocation: Vaishnavi Signature, Bellandur, Bengaluru( hybrid2 days onsite a week) Full timeWhat You Will Achieve and Key ResponsibilitiesResearch, Design, Develop and Deploy AI models and systemsLead the research and development of AI models - a varied portfolio ranging from small classifiers to fine-tuning LLM’s for specific use-casesDesign, implement and deploy AI-based solutions to solve business and product problemsDevelop and implement strategies to track and improve the performance and efficiency of existing and new AI models and systemsOperationalize efficient dataset creation and managementExecute best practices for end-to-end data and AI pipelinesWork closely with the leadership team on research and development efforts to explore cutting-edge technologies.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including full-stack engineers, product managers, QA engineers, data annotation experts, SMEs and other stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of AI technologiesBuild and Mentor the AI TeamWork closely with the AI & Engineering Leadership to support hiring of top AI talentUphold our culture of engineering excellence by maintaining high standards in innovation & execution Why This MattersYour contributions will be instrumental in advancing Parspec’s AI capabilities, enabling us to build intelligent systems that solve real-world problems in construction technology. By developing scalable AI solutions, you will help digitize an industry while driving innovation through state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. Who You AreYou are a motivated Machine Learning Engineer with at least 5 years of relevant experience who is passionate about working on innovative projects in a dynamic environment. You thrive on solving challenging problems using advanced AI technologies. Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science or Engineering with strong programming, data science, critical thinking, and analytical skills5+ years of experience building in ML and Data scienceRecent demonstrable hand-on experience with LLMs - integrating off-the-shelf LLM’s, fine-tuning smaller models, building RAG pipelines, designing agentic flows, and other optimization techniques with LLMsStrong conceptual understanding of foundational models, transformers, and related researchStrong conceptual understanding of the basics of machine learning and deep learning with expertise in Computer Vision and Natural Language ProcessingRecent demonstrable experience with managing large datasets for AI projectsExperience with implementing AI projects in Python and working knowledge of associated Python libraries - numpy, scipy, pandas, sklearn, matplotlib, nltk, etc.Experience with Hugging Face, Spacy, BERT, Tensorflow, Torch, OpenRouter, Modal, and similar services / frameworksAbility to write clean, efficient, and bug-free code.Proven ability to lead initiatives from concept to operation while navigating challenges effectively.Strong analytical and problem-solving skillsExcellent communication and interpersonal skillsPreferred QualificationsRecent experience with implementing state-of-the-art scalable AI pipelines for extracting data from unstructured / semi-structured sources and converting it into structured information, along with necessary technical infrastructure to support deploymentExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Kubernetes, ECS, etc.), and managed services like Bedrock, SageMaker, etc.Experience with MLOps practices, e.g. model monitoring, feedback pipelines, CI/CD flows, and governance best-practicesExperience working with applications hosted on AWS or Django web frameworks.Familiarity with databases and web application architecture.Experience working with OCR tools or PDF processing libraries.Completed academic or online specializations in Machine Learning or Deep Learning.Track record of publishing research in top-tier conferences and journalsParticipation in competitive programming (e.g., Kaggle competitions) or contributions to open-source projects.Experience working with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.