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and data-driven capabilities. This role oversees the entire AI development lifecycle, including research, model design, training, deployment, monitoring, and optimization, while leading a team of engineers and collaborating with product, data, and business stakeholders. Key responsibilities include architecting and implementing machine learning and deep learning models for use cases such as NLP, computer vision, large language models (LLMs), recommendation systems, and predictive analytics. The AI Lead Developer builds end-to-end AI pipelines for data processing, feature engineering, model training, and deployment, and ensures scalable inference systems using microservices, APIs, or distributed frameworks. The role also focuses on optimizing models for accuracy, fairness, and cost efficiency, implementing MLOps practices for model versioning, CI/CD, automated retraining, and monitoring, and deploying solutions on cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP using services such as SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Azure ML. Additional responsibilities include researching emerging AI technologies, conducting POCs, and driving innovation through experimentation. Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential for translating complex AI concepts into actionable insights for stakeholders and promoting AI adoption across the organization. Required qualifications include 6–12+ years of experience in software and AI engineering, hands-on expertise with Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and transformer-based frameworks, proficiency in NLP, LLMs, computer vision, or predictive modeling, and experience with cloud-based ML platforms and MLOps tools like MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, and Docker. A solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and API development, along with leadership and mentoring capabilities, is critical.
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Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.
Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.
Virtusa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive fair and impartial treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or on any other basis which is protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government-issued ID during each interview. All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA.
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