Machine Learning Tech Lead, GenAI

Team: AI practice - David Sarkisyan

Location: Yerevan, Poland, Tbilisi, Serbia

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management
-Lead and manage a team of 5-10 engineers, providing mentorship and fostering a collaborative team environment;
-Drive the roadmap for machine learning projects aligned with business goals;
-Coordinate cross-functional efforts with product, data, and engineering teams to ensure seamless delivery.
• Machine Learning & LLM Expertise
-Design, develop, and fine-tune LLMs and other machine learning models to solve business problems;
-Evaluate and implement state-of-the-art LLM techniques for NLP tasks such as text generation, summarization, and entity extraction;
-Stay ahead of advancements in LLMs and apply emerging technologies;
-Expertise in multiple main fields of ML: NLP, Computer Vision, RL, deep learning and classical ML.
• AWS Cloud Expertise
-Architect and manage scalable ML solutions using AWS services (e.g., SageMaker, Lambda, Bedrock, S3, ECS, ECR, etc.);
-Optimize models and data pipelines for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency in AWS;
-Ensure best practices in security, monitoring, and compliance within the cloud infrastructure.
• Technical Execution
-Oversee the entire ML lifecycle, from research and experimentation to production and maintenance;
-Implement MLOps and LLMOps practices to streamline model deployment and CI/CD workflows;
-Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize production ML models for performance.
• Team Development & Communication
-Conduct regular code reviews and ensure engineering standards are upheld;
-Facilitate professional growth and learning for the team through continuous feedback and guidance;
-Communicate progress, challenges, and solutions to stakeholders and senior leadership.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience with LLMs and NLP frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face, OpenAI, or Anthropic models);
• Strong expertise in AWS Cloud Services;
• Strong experience in ML/AI, including at least 2 years in a leadership role;
• Hands-on experience with Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, and model optimization;
• Familiarity with MLOps tools and best practices;
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities;
• Strong communication skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams;
• Passion for mentoring and developing engineers.

What We Offer:

• Long-term B2B collaboration;
• Fully remote setup;
• Comprehensive private medical insurance or budget for your medical needs;
• Paid sick leave, vacation, public holidays;
• Continuous learning support, including unlimited AWS certification sponsorship.

Interview stages:

• Recruitment Interview;
• Tech interview;
• HR Interview;
• HM Interview.