AI/Data Science Lead

Greetings from Sloka IT Solutions / Kamkon IT Solutions (subsidiary for our India-based requirements)

Job Title - AI/Data Science Lead

Language - English

Location - Bangalore/Mysore/Mangalore/BBSR

Duration - Minimum of a year with possible extension

Workplace type - Hybrid( 3 Days Office 2 days Home)

Experience - 8+ Years

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly skilled AI / Data Science Lead to drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI solutions, with a strong focus on RAG-based systems, Agentic AI, and AI-driven automation. This role requires a blend of technical leadership, hands-on implementation, and strategic thinking to build scalable, enterprise-grade AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and implementation of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and Agentic AI systems.
• Architect end-to-end AI solutions including data pipelines, vector databases, embeddings, and LLM integrations.
• Define best practices for prompt engineering, model evaluation, and observability.
• Guide and mentor a team of data scientists, AI engineers, and ML engineers.

Solution Development

• Build and optimize AI agents capable of decision-making, tool use, and multi-step reasoning.
• Develop intelligent assistants, knowledge bots, and workflow automation using LLMs.
• Implement vector search, semantic retrieval, and knowledge graph-based systems.
• Work with structured and unstructured data sources (documents, logs, PDFs, APIs, etc.).

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with business teams to translate use cases into AI solutions.
• Present AI strategy, architecture, and roadmaps to leadership.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and cloud teams to integrate AI into production systems.

MLOps & Governance

• Define AI governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
• Establish monitoring, drift detection, and evaluation mechanisms for AI systems.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for AI models and agents.

Required Skills & Experience:

Experience

• 8+ years in IT / Data Science / AI / ML roles
• Proven experience in building production-grade AI solutions
• Hands-on experience with RAG-based systems and Agentic AI

Technical Skills

• Programming: Python (mandatory), SQL
• LLMs & Frameworks:
• OpenAI / Azure OpenAI / Anthropic / Google Gemini
• LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, or similar frameworks
• Vector Databases: Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate, or Chroma
• Data & ML:
• NLP, embeddings, semantic search
• Machine Learning basics
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• MLOps Tools: MLflow, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Agentic AI Experience

• Building autonomous AI agents
• Tool-calling agents (APIs, databases, automation tools)
• Multi-step reasoning and workflow orchestration
• Memory, context management, and planning in AI systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate or Masters degree in Data Science, AI, Computer Science, or related field
• Experience in enterprise AI implementations
• Exposure to SAP, ERP, or business process automation (nice to have)
• Experience with Knowledge Graphs or Graph Databases

If interested, kindly share your updated CV at siva.p@kamkon.in (or) sivapriya@sloka.eu