We are currently seeking an experienced AI Architect who will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy AI-powered features and tools that optimize employee experiences and drive business outcomes.
As an AI/ML Arch, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models and AI applications that solve complex business problems.
Expert in Designing and developing search and chat applications that utilize Agentic AI.
Design and develop AI paved paths for the Alight engineering organization.
Experiment to evaluate application performance, including designing experiments to evaluate the performance of machine learning models, and then analyze and interpret the results to improve model performance.
Stay up to date with new tools and technologies and evaluating their potential impact on the business.
Work with stakeholders to develop and tune algorithms to address business needs. You should be able to effectively communicate your ideas in non-technical terms to help educate business partners
Evaluate, fine‑tune, and deploy LLMs and foundation models; implement RAG, guardrails, and prompt engineering best practices (conversant with Github Copilot).
Conversant with LLM security practices - Secure model deployment, Input validation, Data verification (guardrails) etc.
Write production quality Python code for:
Feature Engineering
Model evaluation
Interface services (APIs)
Conversant with Spring AI - building MCPs, tools, pre-plugin and post-plugin etc.
Build high performant Ingestion pipelines.
Expertise across cloud (AWS), data engineering, ML/GenAI and data ingestion techniques
Work with CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Gitlab, Jenkins)
Mentor engineers on ML best practices (without direct people management)
Collaborate on a high-performing, agile team with a global presence
Requirements
8-10 years total experience with 5+ years in AI / ML systems and strong hands-on coding skills.
Role Summary
Overall, 8 -10 years of experience into Data Engineering, Ingestion, AI ML / Gen AI related projects.
Specifically, AI / Gen AI / ML project(s) with 5+ years of experience
Master's degree with preferred concentrations in Computer Science, Data Science, Math, Actuarial Science, Engineering, or related field.
Experience writing in Python or Spark (ScalaSpark or PySpark) and with popular machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and conversant with JAVA (Spring AI)
Conversant with Spring boot services
AI/ML architects should have experience with data preparation and data engineering tasks such as data cleaning, feature engineering, and data transformation
Knowledge of deep learning architectures and techniques, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and reinforcement learning.
Familiarity with AWS data and data science tools including SageMaker, Glue, Lambdas, etc.
Experience in Agile and DevOps development process
Must be able to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Benefits
Health insurancePaid time off
Additional Information
Job Description
Our story
At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to "Be Alight."
Our Values:
Champion People - be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose - Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight - act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com
AI / ML Architect (Hands-On | Individual Contributor)
Alight · Up-noida-candor Techspace Tower 1, IN