Ciklum

Gen AI Principal Lead

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2 days ago
Remote, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Assess the end-to-end SDLC and map stages to agent autonomy, agent assistance, or human ownership.
  • Design and implement agentic architecture, including orchestration, tool and permission scoping, approval gates, escalation paths, and integrations with CI/CD and code review systems.
  • Define guardrails for agent-generated code, security review, cost and usage controls, rollback, auditing, and human sign-off on high-risk changes.
  • Select and integrate agent tooling through build-versus-buy decisions across orchestration, coding, testing, and deployment agents.
  • Lead a phased rollout with metrics for cycle time, defect rate, agent-error rate, developer trust, and adoption.
  • Drive change management by training engineering teams, redefining code-review and QA workflows, and collaborating with security and compliance.
  • Report ROI, risk, adoption, and the distinction between autonomous and assisted processes to engineering leadership.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior or staff-level architecture ownership.
  • Production experience with AI agent frameworks and LLM tool-use patterns.
  • Deep knowledge of modern SDLC, DevOps tooling, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience leading a cross-functional technology change initiative beyond a purely technical build.

Benefits

  • Full-time role based in India, with teams in Chennai and Pune.
  • Internal meetups, conferences, workshops, Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications.
  • Opportunities for internal mobility and work across diverse domains and large-scale global projects.
  • Company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial and legal consultations.
  • Collaborative community and open-door culture with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies.

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About Ciklum

1,001-5,000 employees

Ciklum is an IT services firm that builds custom digital products and provides nearshore engineering teams, QA, DevOps, data analytics, and UX for enterprises and high-growth startups. It operates a services model spanning product engineering, e-commerce solutions, and managed delivery centers. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in London, the privately held company serves global clients including Just Eat and Zurich Insurance.

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