Applied AI engineer

Applied AI Engineer – Agentic AI / RAG

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 5–15 Years

Job Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of complex multi-step reasoning chains and agentic RAG pipelines using LangGraph and structured output patterns.
• Architect and implement AI safeguard mechanisms, including prompt injection defense, hallucination mitigation, and context-window management across AI agents.
• Serve as a technical reference for Applied AI Engineers in Hyderabad by conducting code reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering standards.
• Integrate AI components with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable agents to access shared, grounded knowledge bases and generate reliable, auditable outputs.
• Collaborate with Germany-based AETHER teams to integrate AI services into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring deployment, observability, and compliance with EU AI Act and DORA requirements.
• Continuously evaluate and optimize prompt strategies, retrieval mechanisms, and model configurations to improve agent accuracy, latency, and reliability at enterprise scale.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• 5–15 years of overall experience, with strong hands-on experience building production AI/ML systems.
• Expert-level Python programming skills.
• Strong practical experience with LangGraph, Agentic RAG architectures, and structured output design patterns.
• Proven experience implementing AI safety and quality mechanisms, including:
• Prompt injection defense
• Hallucination mitigation
• Context-window management
• Strong understanding of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and LLM orchestration patterns.
• Experience with foundation models such as Anthropic Claude.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience working with cloud environments; GCP preferred.
• Strong understanding of enterprise AI deployment, observability, and reliability.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in regulated industries, particularly financial services.
• Knowledge of EU AI Act and DORA requirements.
• Experience with GitHub Actions.
• Experience collaborating with global engineering teams.