Lead Machine Learning Engineer

About The Role In this role, you will set the technical direction for ML engineering and oversee the delivery of production-grade AI systems, from LLMOps infrastructure and agentic pipelines to scalable multimodal solutions, within SoftServe’s AI and Data Science Center of Excellence. You’ll bridge applied research and real-world impact, leading cross-functional teams and shaping ML strategy for world-leading clients Responsibilities Define and drive technical standards and architecture for end-to-end ML systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with business objectivesOversee the design and delivery of production-ready LLMOps pipelines using MLflow, LangSmith, Langfuse, or Weights & Biases, establishing observability, reproducibility, and quality standards across teamsLead collaboration with Data Scientists, Engineers, and clients, translating complex business requirements into robust ML solutions for NLP, RAG systems, and multimodal modelsAdvance agentic AI capabilities by architecting and overseeing multi-agent systems using LangGraph or CrewAI, driving autonomy and real-world problem-solving at production scaleEstablish and continuously improve ML engineering processes, from CI/CD/CT pipeline governance and cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP to monitoring and security best practicesMentor and guide ML Engineers, embedding engineering excellence, MLOps best practices, and a culture of continuous learning across the teamContribute to technical strategy and thought leadership, supporting client engagements and innovation initiatives within the CoE Requirements Strong Python proficiency across the core ML ecosystem, with a proven track record of building and deploying complex ML systems in productionDeep expertise in LLMOps, AgentOps, and experiment tracking tools such as MLflow, Langfuse, LangSmith, and Weights & BiasesProven experience architecting and deploying cloud-based AI/ML solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP, with strong knowledge of CI/CD/CT practices and workflow orchestration toolsAdvanced knowledge of agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph or CrewAI, with experience designing multi-agent systems for production environmentsDemonstrated experience leading or mentoring ML Engineering teams, driving technical vision, and establishing engineering best practicesStrong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to shape ML strategy and communicate complex technical decisions to clients and executive audiencesMaster’s degree in Computer Science or a related fieldStrong proficiency in English, both spoken and written SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.