Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform
guardianlife· India
About this role
Job Description:
Senior Lead Engineer – AI Platform engineer
- We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Platform Engineer to serve as a technical leader and architect responsible for designing, building, and evolving Guardian's enterprise AI Platform.
- This role will provide architecture leadership across the AI platform stack, spanning:
- Experience Plane – AI developer experience, SDKs, AI Studio, agent builder frameworks, developer portals and reusable platform assets
- Control Plane – AI governance, policy enforcement, guardrails, evaluation frameworks, AI registry, observability, and FinOps
- Execution Plane – Agent runtimes, LLM inference, orchestration frameworks, MCP services, AI gateways, RAG infrastructure and production operations
- The ideal candidate is a hands-on architect capable of defining platform standards, building reusable capabilities, solving complex engineering challenges, and driving enterprise adoption of AI and Agentic technologies.
Required
- 7+ years of AI Platform Engineering experience.
- 3+ years designing cloud-native distributed platforms.
- 3+ years architecting AI/ML or GenAI platforms.
- Proven experience building enterprise-grade platform capabilities.
Preferred
- Experience building Control Plane architectures.
- Experience with enterprise-scale AI governance.
- Experience supporting production GenAI workloads.
- Experience building AI platforms within regulated industries.
Cloud & Platform Engineering
- AWS
- EKS / Kubernetes
- Serverless Architectures
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD Platforms
AI Platform Technologies
- AWS Bedrock
- Model Gateways
- Vector Databases
- RAG Architectures
- AI Studio Platforms
- Agent Runtime Platforms
- API Gateways
Observability & Operations
- Splunk
- CloudWatch
- OpenTelemetry
- AppDynamics
- Monitoring & Alerting
- LLMOps
- AgentOps
Location:
This position can be based in any of the following locations:
Chennai, GurgaonCurrent Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday
Frequently Asked Questions
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This Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform role at guardianlife is based in 2 Locations, Chennai, Gurgaon. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform role at guardianlife full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform role in the India department at guardianlife.
Which team or department does the Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform at guardianlife belong to?
This Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform position is part of the India department at guardianlife. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
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When was the Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform job at guardianlife posted?
This Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform position at guardianlife was posted on Aug 11, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Senior Lead Engineer - AI Platform
guardianlife
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