Ai Ml Tech Lead (Pune)

Company Description Assent is the leading solution for supply chain sustainability tailored for the world s top-tier sustainability-driven manufacturers Hidden risks riddle supply chains many of which weren t built with sustainability in mind That s where we step in With insights from experts Assent is the tool manufacturers trust for comprehensive sustainability We are proud to announce that Assent has crossed the US 100M ARR milestone granting us Centaur Status This accomplishment reached just 8 years following our Series A makes us the first and only Certified B Corporation in North America s SaaS sustainability industry to celebrate this milestone Our journey from 5 million to US 100M ARR in just eight years has been marked by significant growth and achievements With our 350 million US funding led by Vista Equity Partners we re poised for even greater expansion and are on the lookout for outstanding team members to join our mission Hybrid Work Model At Assent we proudly embrace a remote-first work model valuing the flexibility and autonomy it provides our team We also acknowledge the intangible benefits of occasional in-person workdays For team members situated within 50 kms 31 miles of our five global offices in Ottawa Eldoret Penang Columbus Pune and Amsterdam you can expect to come into the office 1-3 days a week Similarly those near our co-working spaces in Nairobi and Toronto are encouraged to work onsite once a month We are seeking a Technical Lead AI ML to play a pivotal role in the design development and delivery of Assent s AI and machine learning solutions including the development of Assent s next generation of Agentic AI systems intelligent autonomous and context-aware solutions that reason over Assent s deep regulatory and product data ecosystem This role combines technical depth with leadership and mentorship ensuring the team builds scalable reliable and responsible AI systems that enhance Assent s products and data platform You will collaborate with Data Science Data Engineers MLOps and Product teams to translate complex business challenges into AI-powered solutions guide model architecture decisions and oversee end-to-end development from data preparation through deployment and monitoring As a technical leader you will help establish Assent s AI ML engineering standards accelerate adoption of Generative AI capabilities and ensure all models align with Responsible AI principles transparency and governance requirements Key Requirements Responsibilities Lead the design and implementation of AI ML and Generative AI systems including model development fine-tuning evaluation and deployment across multiple business domains Provide technical direction and mentorship to ML engineers data scientists and annotation teams ensuring adherence to best practices and fostering a culture of quality and experimentation Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Data and Engineering teams to define use cases contracts success metrics and delivery milestones aligned with business and regulatory goals Architect and optimize end-to-end pipelines from data ingestion and feature engineering to model training validation and monitoring in production environments Lead initiatives in Generative AI including Large Language Model LLM evaluation retrieval-augmented generation RAG prompt engineering fine-tuning and output quality assessment Champion Responsible AI practices embedding fairness transparency and explainability into data collection model design and deployment workflows Establish and maintain technical standards for python code quality model development experiment tracking version control and CI CD pipelines to ensure reproducibility and scalability Partner with MLOps and Data Engineering teams to integrate model observability drift detection and monitoring into deployed systems Collaborate with data governance and security teams to ensure data integrity compliance and adherence to corporate security and privacy policies Stay ahead of industry trends in AI LLMs and applied ML evaluating new techniques and tools for their applicability to Assent s roadmap Contribute to planning and prioritization ensuring the AI ML technical roadmap supports product innovation while maintaining operational reliability Be familiar with corporate security policies and follow the guidance set out by processes and procedures of Assent Qualifications We strongly value your talent energy and passion It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications 10 years of experience in machine learning engineering applied AI or data science with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or team lead role Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science Data Science Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning or a related technical field Advanced certifications in AI ML Generative AI or AWS are considered an asset Proven experience developing and deploying Agentic and Generative AI applications including LLM .