Lead Machine Learning Engineer (Junagadh)

Job description

Founding Teams is a stealth AI Tech Incubator & Talent platform. We are supporting the next generation of AI startup founders with the resources they need including engineering, product, sales, marketing and operations staff to create and launch their product.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for next generation AI tech startups and working with outstanding global startup talent.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Lead Machine Learning Engineer to drive the development, deployment, and optimization of machine learning solutions. As a technical leader, you will collaborate closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to bring cutting-edge ML models into production at scale. You'll play a key role in shaping the AI strategy and mentoring the machine learning team.

Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end development of machine learning models, from prototyping to production deployment.
- Architect scalable ML pipelines and infrastructure.
- Work closely with data scientists to transition research models into robust production systems.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate ML models into applications and services.
- Manage and mentor a team of machine learning and data engineers.
- Establish best practices for model development, evaluation, monitoring, and retraining.
- Design experiments, analyze results, and iterate rapidly to improve model performance.
- Stay current with the latest research and developments in machine learning and AI.
- Define and enforce ML model governance, versioning, and documentation standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field (PhD preferred but not required).
- 5+ years of professional experience in machine learning engineering.
- 2+ years of leadership or technical mentoring experience.
- Strong expertise in Python for machine learn Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4ltxdw