AI Engineer

Overview

Title: AI Engineer
Location: Remote first with 30 percent travel. We either spend time on our Campuses or build with the team at our Igatpuri HQ together

About NavGurukul
We dream of a world where every learner has a fair chance to grow. At NavGurukul’s AI learning labs, We are on a mission to impact 1 crore underserved students in the next 1 year. We aim to leverage AI and build meaningful, joyful learning experiences.

If you believe that technology can be a tool for equity, AI can be leveraged to bridge the learning gap, and want your work to directly touch lives — this might be for you! : )

In this role, you’ll experiment, architect and build solutions, mentor engineers, and shape AI strategy that drives learning outcomes and equity for all.
What You’ll Be Doing

You will Experiment, Architect & Build AI solutions for learning at scale. You will Design, fine-tune & deploy advanced LLMs (GPT, BERT, open-source models), MOE applications for diverse real-world Learning applications.

You will establish AI-driven decision intelligence frameworks to enhance organizational efficiency and impact. This includes implementing automated evaluation and A/B testing for prompts and model outputs, with quality measured through metrics and human-in-the-loop feedback.

You are committed to a careful, iterative, and data-driven approach for optimization, innovation, and continuous experimentation. You also have experience developing evaluation datasets for benchmarking model fit and task-specific performance, ensuring AI systems deliver reliable, high-quality result

Create prompt and chain flows using best practices — build prompt templates, orchestration and tool/chain integrations.

Mentor junior engineers and guide them in AI best practices, experimentation, and rapid prototyping

Expose models and pipelines via clean, secure APIs (FastAPI/Flask) and work with infra/ops for deployment and monitoring.Write high-quality, well-tested production code (typing, pytest, packaging) and maintain good documentation.

What We’re Looking For.
Expert-level programming in Python and AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, RAG, vector search solutions).

LLM & NLP expertise – hands-on experience with GPT, BERT, vector databases, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning.

Strong MLOps and deployment experience – model training, serving, monitoring, lifecycle management, and building production-grade AI systems at scale.

A strategic mindset with hands-on execution ability – you can design architecture as well as roll up your sleeves and code.

You keep informed about developments in AI and take an active interest in emerging research and industry trends, and you understand the implications for our product’s competitiveness and performance.

Contributions to open-source AI projects or thought leadership in the AI community is a heavy plus :)

Why Join NavGurukul?
Real-World Impact – Navgurukul’s AI learning labs is on a mission to empower 1Cr underserved students by building pedagogically enabled AI applications. You will join a team of people who intend to build real world impact that can change lives, enhance learning, and optimize social impact systems.

A Place to Belong – A community that cares for your soul, challenges your mind, and strengthens your body. :) A place where you are encouraged to take paid vipassana breaks, Join 26 Paid learning Saturdays, inspire each other to make healthy lifestyle choices and grow with a circle of curious, kind, and passionate people.

Leadership & Innovation – Shape AI strategy, mentor the next generation of engineers, and drive organizational AI adoption.

Purpose Over Pay – As a nonprofit, our salaries are significantly lower than corporate benchmarks (often 60–80% lower for senior members). But what we offer in return is immense purpose, autonomy, and the chance to work with passionate, mission-driven people.

Years of experience:
We are hiring at all levels, from engineers with 2+ years of experience to senior leadership/CTO. What matters most is strong real-world AI/ML experience. If you meet 60 percent of the technical requirements, enjoy learning (Bonus points if you had excellent Math scores :P) we encourage you to apply! :)

If this speaks to you, or someone you know!

Let's build this future together! <3