Lead AI Platform Engineer– FastAPI, Snowflake, LangGraph, …, Ernakulam

We are looking for a highly hands-on AI-native Technical Lead / Founding Engineer type profile who can build and scale production-grade AI systems end-to-end. This is NOT a conventional Python developer or standard Tech Lead role. The ideal candidate is someone already operating in modern AI-first engineering environments— actively building with frontier LLMs, agentic workflows, AI coding systems, and scalable backend/data architectures.Role Overview You will work closely with leadership and product stakeholders to architect, build, and optimize AI-powered systems and engineering workflows. You should be capable of: Owning architecture decisions Building production-grade AI systems Leading engineering execution Improving developer productivity using AIDesigning scalable backend + data platforms Working independently with minimal hand-holding This role requires a strong builder mindset, startup execution speed, and deep hands-on technical capability. Mandatory Skills Backend&System Engineering Strong hands-on experience in: Python FastAPI REST APIs Microservices architecture Distributed systems Strong understanding of: System design Scalable backend architecture API integrations Performance optimization AI / LLM Engineering Must have real production experience with:Generative AI systems Agentic AI workflows RAG pipelines LangChain / LangGraph OpenAI / Claude / Gemini ecosystem Prompt orchestration AI-assisted engineering workflows AI coding tools in daily development lifecycle Data Engineering Mandatory experience with: Snowflake ETL / ELT pipelinesData modeling Large-scale data systems Structured + unstructured data processing Cloud&Infrastructure Experience with one or more: AWS / Azure / GCP Docker Kubernetes CI/CD pipelines Observability&monitoring Key Responsibilities Architect and build AI-native backend systems Design and deploy scalable RAG and agentic AI pipelines Build APIs and intelligent automation frameworks Optimize engineering workflows using AI tooling Review and improve existing codebases and architectures Own technical decision-making and delivery qualityTranslate product requirements into technical execution plans Mentor and guide a small engineering team Collaborate directly with leadership and stakeholders Deliver high-quality systems at startup speed Ideal Candidate Traits Strong ownership mindset Extremely hands-on engineer Fast executor and problem solverComfortable with ambiguity AI-first engineering mindset Strong communication and stakeholder management Ability to independently drive execution Strong Bonus Signals GitHub projects Open-source contributions AI side projects Production AI demos Multi-agent systems AI developer tooling experienceAI copilots / internal AI platforms Preferred Experience AI infrastructure engineering AI platform engineering Recommendation systems Search systems Vector databases AI observability/evaluation frameworks LLMOps / MLOps Experience Required 7+ years overall engineering experience Strong recent experience in AI/LLM systemsProven experience building production-grade applications Location Flexible / Remote / Hybrid