AI Architect
Zimmer Biomet2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design enterprise AI architecture covering inference layers, vector stores, data ingestion, orchestration, and monitoring.
- Architect reusable LLM/RAG systems, agent frameworks, and generative AI services across business domains.
- Define standards for embeddings, vectorization, prompt orchestration, caching, and evaluation pipelines.
- Establish patterns for developing, fine-tuning, and deploying ML and LLM models.
- Evaluate foundation models, fine-tuning, and custom-model approaches.
- Define and enforce AI architecture, security, privacy, compliance, audit, and explainability principles.
- Partner with data engineering, IT security, cloud infrastructure, and product teams on architectural alignment.
- Support roadmap planning, technology selection, and build-versus-buy assessments for AI platforms, data protection, vector databases, model hosting, and MLOps tools.
Requirements
- 10+ years of total professional experience.
- 5+ years of experience in ML/AI engineering, data engineering, platform engineering, or cloud architecture.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/ML, or a related field; equivalent experience is considered.
- Strong proficiency in distributed systems, Azure cloud architecture, and Kubernetes containerization.
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying ML/LLM systems in production.
- Expertise with PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLflow, KServe, Kubeflow, Airflow, and vector databases.
- Deep understanding of LLM/RAG patterns, embeddings, prompt engineering, and caching layers.
- Experience with LangChain or OpenAI Agents API is preferred.
- Experience in healthcare, MedTech, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred.
- Experience with encryption, tokenization, PHI/PII protection, or secure ML workflows is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Bangalore with three days in the office.
- Development opportunities, employee resource groups, flexible working environment, wellness incentives, recognition programs, and performance awards.
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About Zimmer Biomet
Zimmer Biomet designs and manufactures orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, and digital/robotic systems used by hospitals and surgeons for joint replacement and musculoskeletal care. It generates revenue by selling implants, consumables, and related software and services worldwide, including the ROSA robotic surgery platform. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, the public company trades on the NYSE and sells in more than 100 countries.