AI Technical Lead

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Key Responsibilities:

• Architect multi-product AI systems: APIs, data flows, cloud infra, security
• Design shared AI service layers (OCR, NLP, embeddings, document parsing)
• Drive LLM/RAG/Agent pipeline design, prompt engineering, and model evaluation
• Bridge Research PoCs into production-grade, deployable services
• Own CI/CD pipeline health, code quality standards, and PR review process
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and architecture discussions

AI Domain:

• Document intelligence & multilingual OCR / translation
• Generative AI chatbots and workflow automation agents
• Computer vision for retail and document analysis
• Data pipeline automation and ETL intelligence

Tech Stack:

• LLMs: GPT, Gemini, Claude, OSS models
• Cloud: Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI
• Agent frameworks: LangChain / LangGraph / LangFlow / Deep Agents, Google ADK, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI AgentKit
• OCR/Vision: Cognitive Services and Vision LLMs
• Backend: Python, REST APIs, microservices

Required experience:

• 5+ years in software engineering, 2+ years leading AI/ML projects, with Product Mindset
• Hands-on experience building LLM/RAG pipelines in production
• Comfortable with cloud AI services and multi-service architectures
• Experience with agent frameworks
• Strong Development skills and API design fundamentals
• Track record of mentoring engineers and running sprints
• Able to communicate technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
• English or Japanese communication ability preferred

Workplace type: About NTT DATA NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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