EXL Services - Assistant Vice President - GenAI Enterprise Architect

Experience: 8-15 years

Location: Bangalore

This overarching role combines deep technical mechanics, full-stack application design, and robust security governance to lead the enterprise AI strategy as an AVP, GenAI Enterprise Architect.

Role Overview: Design and deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions (LLMs, RAG, agents) by selecting appropriate models, building data pipelines, and integrating them with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Lead technical strategies, ensure scalability, manage AI security/hallucinations, and bridge business needs with engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

- System Design & Architecture: Architect end-to-end Generative AI systems, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and vector data systems.

- Model Selection & Tuning: Evaluate and select cutting-edge commercial (e.g., GPT-4) and open-source models, and fine-tune models for domain-specific use cases.

- LLMOps & Pipelines: Establish LLMOps standards for model versioning, evaluation, prompt management, and CI/CD, ensuring robust, production-grade AI.

- Integration & Security: Integrate AI solutions with existing APIs, applications, and databases while enforcing security, privacy, and guardrails to manage hallucinations and adversarial attacks.

- Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with stakeholders to map business challenges to AI solutions and establish AI governance frameworks.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

- Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of NLP, Python, deep learning frameworks (PyTorch/ TensorFlow), and AI frameworks like LangChain, Autogen, or CrewAI.

- Cloud & Data Systems: Extensive hands-on experience with AI services on AWS, Azure, or GCP. Expertise in vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, Chroma) and embedding techniques.

- GenAI-Specific Skills: Prompt engineering, RAG architectures, Fine-tuning LLMs, Vector databases.

- Soft Skills: Problem-solving mindset, strategic thinking, and strong communication (explaining AI to non-technical teams).

- Qualifications: Bachelors / Masters in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field; 8-15 years in software engineering, ML, or AI roles. Experience with enterprise-level systems.