Job Description

Position: Senior Software Engineer – AI

Location: Hyderabad (Work from Office)

Salary Range: As per market standards

About the Company

NStarX is an AI-native, cloud-native services & platform company that helps enterprises accelerate digital transformation through:

• AI Engineering & Data Modernization
• Enterprise GenAI & Agentic AI
• Federated Learning & Confidential Computing
• Predictive & Prescriptive AI Solutions
• “Service-as-Software” – our core platform model
• Domain solutions across Healthcare, Media, Manufacturing, Finance & Retail

For more information, please visit:
https://nstarxinc.com/

Job Summary

NStarX is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer – AI with a strong focus on Generative AI to join our team in Hyderabad.

This individual will play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying innovative AI solutions, mentoring a team, and contributing to enterprise-grade GenAI product delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and AI algorithms to address complex business challenges.
• Lead and mentor a team of AI/ML engineers, ensuring quality and scalability in solution design and implementation.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including data scientists, software engineers, product managers, and UX designers.
• Lead the development and deployment of Generative AI applications across text, code, image, and audio modalities using state-of-the-art LLMs.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for the GenAI model lifecycle including training, validation, packaging, and deployment.
• Apply best practices for model performance tuning, cost optimization, and scalable deployment in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Develop prompt engineering, fine-tuning strategies (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT), and evaluation protocols tailored to business use cases.
• Stay current with emerging trends in AI, ML, and Generative AI and drive adoption across teams.
• Document processes, model architectures, and deployment strategies for traceability and knowledge sharing.

Project Collaboration

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in project discussions, provide technical insights, and share recommendations.

Leadership & Guidance

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Take ownership of deliverables and ensure alignment with organizational standards.

Additional Skills

• Java web application development for integration purposes (preferred but not mandatory).
• Strong cloud computing knowledge for building scalable and efficient solutions.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field (PhD is a plus).

Experience

• 9+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or related roles.
• 3+ years of experience in Generative AI with team leadership responsibilities.
• Proven track record of production-grade ML and GenAI model development and deployment.

Technical Expertise

• Programming: Python (preferred).
• GenAI Frameworks: Hugging Face Transformers, Diffusers, LangChain, TGI.
• Serving & Inference: FastAPI, gRPC, NVIDIA Triton, TorchServe.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS (SageMaker, EKS), GCP (Vertex AI, GKE), Azure (Azure ML, AKS).
• MLOps & DevOps: Kubeflow, MLflow, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Helm, Terraform.
• Optimization Techniques: Model quantization, distillation, pipeline and tensor parallelism.
• Data Science & Evaluation: pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn, statistical modeling, A/B testing.

Soft Skills

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to bridge technical and non-technical teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Why NStarX?

NStarX is an AI-first, Cloud-first engineering services provider committed to delivering transformational value through innovative technologies.
Join us to lead the frontier of Generative AI innovation and make a meaningful impact.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with market standards.
• Opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment.