Senior Applied AI Engineer

About phData: phData is an elite, award-winning data and AI consulting partner that bridges enterprise information stacks with cloud intelligence layers. Recognized globally as the 7-time consecutive Snowflake Implementation Partner of the Year, the 2026 Snowflake AI Partner of the Year, and an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, phData builds highly robust Intelligence Platforms and custom agentic solutions. Operating as a remote-first powerhouse with expert distributed nodes across the United States, Latin America, and India, phData empowers Fortune 1000 brands to transition from elementary reporting modules into closed-loop prescriptive automation environments.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly autonomous, systems-fluent, and orchestration-focused Senior Applied AI Engineer to join our Applied AI practice under our Agentic Delivery Center based in India. In this critical consulting and delivery-focused engineering seat, you will take absolute ownership of architecting, coding, and operationalizing production-grade agentic AI systems that reason, retrieve, and act securely across complex enterprise tech environments. Shifting completely away from non-technical content copywriting loop routines, generic website user interface theme styling, or simple helpdesk support ticket log management, you will lead an active Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AgentOps telemetry tracking, and reusable pipeline accelerator laboratory—partnering face-to-face with global client architects, data engineers, and account delivery leads. This position requires an artificial intelligence software authority with 4+ years of professional history who structures multi-agent workflows fluidly natively using AI Engineer and backend mechanisms, evaluates LLM performance metrics and context constraints cleanly across cloud nodes like Snowflake Cortex and AWS Bedrock, implements custom tool-calling frameworks via LangChain or LlamaIndex, manipulates large relational arrays using optimized SQL scripts, and executes production-grade guardrail architectures confidently to generate high-value intelligence outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Agentic AI Solution Governance: Architect, prototype, and operationalize end-to-end production-grade agentic AI solutions, including complex RAG pipelines, multi-agent state machines, and human-in-the-loop workflows natively utilizing AI Engineer systems.
• Production Stack Engineering: Translate abstract client requirements into secure, clean, and well-tested backend code structures primarily utilizing Python and custom REST API definitions.
• Cloud-Native AI Platform Deployment: Configure, manage, and scale intelligent agent nodes directly within prominent cloud ecosystems, demonstrating master-level tool literacy via Snowflake Cortex, AWS Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, or Azure AI.
• AgentOps & Guardrail Instrumentation: Design, implement, and track rigorous validation frameworks, security policies, evaluation metrics, and live observability strategies to safeguard system output accuracy before and after deployment.
• Reusable Accelerator IP Creation: Contribute hands-on to the construction of modular engineering blocks, reusable code repositories, templates, and playbooks that accelerate agent deployment velocity across multiple enterprise clients.
• Distributed Systems SQL Tuning: Author, debug, and optimize multi-layered, distributed SQL database queries to interact cleanly with unified enterprise data warehouse fabrics.
• Cross-Functional Architecture Mentorship: Collaborate across a distributed global footprint of forward-deployed developers, DevOps pods, and business leaders, helping to establish technical engineering standards within our growing India delivery center.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• A minimum of 4+ years of proven professional history operating inside a Machine Learning Engineer, Software Engineer, Data Architect, or closely related quantitative software development capacity with an established history deploying AI/ML solutions directly into live production.
• Expert LLM Orchestration Fluency: Extensive, recent hands-on history building multi-step or agentic applications utilizing frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex along with model SDKs (e.g., Anthropic Claude, OpenAI).
• Profound command over advanced prompt engineering, context window optimization, semantic memory networks, tool calling protocols (such as MCP), and RAG vector search boundaries.
• Deep production proficiency managing cloud-native data or computing environments, specifically within Snowflake, AWS, or Microsoft Azure infrastructures.
• Outstanding analytical and communication strengths in English, with a proven ability to present complex technical code choices to non-technical client stakeholders during fixed-bid deliverables.
• Location Context: Position operates under remote guidelines open exclusively to qualified AI engineering leads residing permanently inside India.

Preferred Strategic Indicators (Nice to Have)

• Prior experience or structural domain familiarity building tailored AI/ML architectures for the life sciences, financial services, retail, or manufacturing sectors.
• Demonstrated history contributing to open-source software libraries, presenting at regional tech communities, or authoring technical engineering papers.
• Possess a formal Advanced Degree (Master or Ph.D.) centered within Data Science, Computer Science, or closely related technical engineering streams.

What We Offer

• Elite Global Consulting Compensation Matrix: A market-competitive annual base salary structure customized precisely to your systems engineering history, supplemented by content creation bonuses, paid certification allowances, and global rewards.
• 100% remote workspace infrastructure freedom across India, providing high personal schedule autonomy within a supportive, high-performing global team.
• Direct AI-Native Operating Credentials: Unique professional experience building state-of-the-art intelligent agents alongside elite technicians recognized as the absolute gold standard in modern cloud architecture.
• Comprehensive health preservation benefits, including dedicated medical insurance coverage for yourself, your family, and your parents.
• Generous wellness allowances, broadband connectivity reimbursements, structured continuous learning tracks, and a vibrant, casual corporate movement built on trust and technological curiosity.