Lead - AI/ML Engineer (Generative AI Agent Systems)

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Lead - AI/ML Engineer (Generative AI Agent Systems)ContractPosting Location: Pune, IndiaCompany DescriptionOUR STORYWe are a global technology partner built for problems that lack playbooks. We show up with clarity, confidence, and accountability where AI ambitions outpace execution, data is complex, and cloud environments are fractured. We exist because organizations are drowning in tools, vendors, and buzzwords, while struggling to turn technology into results. Our purpose is to help our clients win by making their toughest business challenges solvable, scalable, and sustainable.WORKING AT OLLIONInnovation demands bold steps and big questions, and that’s the price of making change. We’ve got our head in the cloud and two feet on the ground, channeling tech’s endless potential towards a single goal: making a world of difference. And we’re building a global team to do just that. We are a team capable of making game-changing breakthroughs without ever losing sight of the people it will impact. This is more than consulting. This is the change you can be.THE OLLION DIFFERENCEAt Ollion, we’re all in on your independence. Our teams are seasoned. Our solutions are straightforward, sometimes even groundbreaking. And our engagements are exactly as long as you need them to be. We deliver fresh thinking and hard-earned insight in a way that works for you and your customers, arming our clients’ organization with everything they need to make their transformation truly mean something.WORKING WITH OLLION (our clients’ experiences)Progress matters more than process. Our global team of cloud-native pros is all about creating new and better ways to work, not just by solving your tech challenges, but by using technology to solve your business challenges. We keep the formulas, frameworks, and ten-point plans to a minimum, tackling your most pressing problems with a proprietary mix of good-old-fashioned ingenuity and refreshing humanity.Job DescriptionWe are seeking a Principal Consultant & AI/ML Lead to head our Generative AI initiatives and serve as the core Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our enterprise service and consulting practice. In this strategic, client-facing role, you will lead the architectural design, advisory, and execution of high-impact AI agent ecosystems for our enterprise clients.Key Responsibilities1. Strategic AI Leadership & SME AdvisoryAct as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Generative AI, LLM reasoning patterns, and autonomous agent frameworks for Professional services and enterprise clients.Translate complex business requirements from client stakeholders into rigorous technical blueprints, leading pre-sales technical discoveries and high-level architectural assessments.Establish delivery playbooks and reusable patterns to standardize how our consulting firm deploys agentic workflows across different client industries.2. Core Agent Reference Architecture & Framework DesignOwn the technical vision for the core Go harness pattern, leveraging the Vertex AI Agent Development Kit (ADK) to build a robust, production-ready framework for agents.3. Per-Agent Specification & Delivery OversightLead the detailed design specifications for agents, establishing structural tool definitions (Function Calling), systemic prompt engineering, and input-context data models.Define clear graduated-autonomy criteria, ensuring a balance between autonomous agent execution and human-in-the-loop (HITL) exception handling.Establish robust distributed systems patterns, ensuring strict idempotency strategies and canonical event envelopes across bounded contexts.4. Evaluation, Safety, & GovernanceDesign and implement a continuous shadow-mode evaluation harness to validate agent performance against live production data without triggering real-world side effects.Set precision/recall thresholds and safety-critical misclassification test suites required for production graduation.Partner with the client’s Agent Governance Board to advise on SOA tier classifications, model-version-pinning strategies, and continuous model/drift monitoring.Oversee or directly build the initial shadow-mode Proof of Concept (PoC) for the first designated agent to accelerate project kickoff.QualificationsConsulting & Client Leadership: Minimum 6 years to 12 years of proven experience working in a professional services or IT consulting firm, with a track record of leading technical delivery teams and managing senior client stakeholders (CTOs, VPs of Architecture).Production Agent Systems Expertise: Deep, hands-on experience deploying production-grade, multi-agent frameworks, LLM-backed reasoning loops (Gemini), and autonomous workflows.Google Cloud Ecosystem Mastery: Expert-level familiarity with the Vertex AI suite (Agent Engine, Agent Development Kit, Tuning, Vector Search) and hardened enterprise GCP security architectures (VPC Service Controls, IAM, Pub/Sub).Software Engineering: Advanced b