Machine Learning Engineer

Job Title: Lead Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic AI & Data Quality

Location: San Francisco, USA / Hyderabad, India

Experience: 6+ Years

About Deccan AI

Deccan AI is a fast-growing AI company founded by IIT Bombay & IIM Ahmedabad alumni. We build enterprise-grade LLM systems and AI-first operations with a mission to deliver AI for Good.

Role Overview

We’re hiring a Lead ML Engineer to drive our agentic AI strategy and enterprise data quality initiatives. You’ll design multi-agent systems, lead LLM fine-tuning and evaluation pipelines, and build scalable automated data QA frameworks for Fortune 500 deployments. This role combines deep technical ownership, production impact, and team leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Architect autonomous multi-agent systems and evaluation workflows
• Lead fine-tuning & RLHF pipelines for 7B–70B+ models
• Build data quality systems ensuring safety, accuracy & compliance
• Implement scalable MLOps, monitoring & deployment pipelines
• Develop client-aligned benchmarks, dashboards & reporting
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, research & client teams

What You Bring

• 6+ years in production ML (3+ years with LLMs/transformers)
• Proven experience deploying agentic AI systems
• Strong PyTorch, Hugging Face, Python & MLOps expertise
• Knowledge of evaluation, safety, and responsible AI frameworks
• Ability to lead architecture, guide teams & manage stakeholders

Nice to Have

• RLHF/agent research, open-source contributions, industry domain expertise
• Experience with security standards & large-scale enterprise systems

Why Join Us

• Own technical strategy for real enterprise AI systems
• Hybrid work with global teams (SF + Hyderabad)
• Competitive pay + equity
• Opportunity to build meaningful, responsible AI at scale