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Akrys.ai

Posted 28 Aug 2026

Lead AI Engineer

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Employment
Full time
Team
Software Engineering
Posted
28 Aug 2026

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Lead AI Engineer to build and optimise Speech AI and Clinical AI solutions. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in fine-tuning LLMs and ASR models, model evaluation, distributed training, and deploying production-grade AI systems.


Responsibilities:

  • Fine-tune Speech AI (ASR) and LLM models for clinical applications.
  • Build training datasets and evaluation pipelines.
  • Optimise models for latency, scalability, and production deployment.
  • Lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product, Clinical, and MLOps teams.
  • Design robust AI systems using fine-tuning, RAG, and distributed training techniques.


Required Tech Stack:

  • Programming: Python, SQL, Bash.
  • ML Frameworks: PyTorch, Hugging Face (Transformers, PEFT, TRL, Accelerate).
  • LLMs: Llama, Qwen, Mistral, Gemma.
  • Fine-Tuning: LoRA, QLoRA, SFT, RLHF, DPO, ORPO, PPO.
  • Speech AI: Whisper, wav2vec2 HuBERT, Conformer, NeMo, ESPnet, SpeechBrain.
  • RAG and NLP: RAG, Vector Databases, Prompt Engineering, Clinical NLP.
  • Distributed Training: DeepSpeed, PyTorch FSDP, Multi-GPU.
  • Inference: ONNX, TensorRT, vLLM, Triton Inference Server.
  • Cloud and MLOps: AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow/W& B, Git, CI/CD.

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