AI Engineer

Position Title: AI Engineer

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Gurgaon

Requisition ID: 34541

Job Description - AI Engineer

We know food's importance in people's lives—the power it has to bring people, families, and communities together. We aim to bring enjoyment to people’s lives through great-tasting food that reflects our values.

Brief Summary Of Position And Team

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced Agentic AI and Generative AI (Gen AI) systems. This role is ideal for individuals passionate about building intelligent agents capable of autonomous decision-making and generative models that produce novel content across various modalities, including text, image, audio, and others. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create next-generation AI solutions that drive business value and technological advancement.

Key Responsibilities

Agentic AI Development:

• Design, implement, and optimize autonomous AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and executing complex tasks with minimal human intervention.
• Develop frameworks for multi-agent collaboration, negotiation, and coordination.
• Integrate agentic systems with real-world applications, ensuring robustness, safety, and ethical alignment.
  
  

Generative AI ( Gen AI )

• Research, prototype, and deploy state-of-the-art generative models for content creation in text, image, audio, and video.
• Fine-tune and customize large language models (LLMs) and other generative architectures to meet specific business and user needs.
• Implement prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluation pipelines for Gen AI solutions.
  
  

Collaboration & Integration

• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and software engineers to integrate AI solutions into products and platforms.
• Contribute to the development of scalable, production-ready AI systems, including APIs and user interfaces.
  
  

Research & Innovation

• Evaluate emerging tools, platforms, and methodologies to enhance the AI engineering toolkit.
  
  

Governance & Ethics

• Ensure all AI systems adhere to ethical standards, data privacy regulations, and responsible AI practices.
• Participate in safety audits, bias assessments, and continuous monitoring of deployed models.
  
  

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent work experience.
• At least five years of experience working with programming languages such as Python or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in AI engineering, with demonstrable expertise in agentic systems and generative models.
• Hands-on experience with prompt engineering, fine-tuning LLMs, or deploying Gen AI in production.
• Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
• Strong understanding of reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, and large language models.
• Experience with cloud-based AI services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and MLOps best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Self-directed, independent, and comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous, and often multi-directional work environments.
  
  

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Information Technology

Division: Global Digital Technology

Department: Global Application Integration

Location(s): IN - India : Haryana : Gurgaon

Company: McCain Foods(India) P Ltd