About the role
JD Role: SDE-3 (AI) As an SDE-3 (AI), you will build and scale the core AI capabilities that power PeopleStrong AI Studio—a governed, enterprise-grade agentic platform, not a chatbot. This role exists to translate AI intent into reliable, secure, and production-ready systems that operate on trusted HR data. You will own the design and delivery of production-grade AI services and agent capabilities with clear reliability, security, and performance guarantees. You will build and evolve agent runtimes, orchestration flows, MCP-backed tools, and AI service APIs, influencing platform standards used across all future agents. You will work closely with Principals, Senior Research Engineers, PMs, and Platform/Backend teams within the Production and Prototype pods. Experience: 4 - 8 Years Educational Qualifications: B.E/B.Tech/MCA from Tier I College Must-Have Skills - Strong backend engineering skills in Python and/or Java with production ownership experience - Hands-on experience building AI/ML-powered services (LLMs, embeddings, classifiers, or hybrid systems) - Solid understanding of REST/async APIs, data pipelines, and stateful services - Experience shipping systems with auth, RBAC, audit logging, and observability - Ability to debug and optimize latency, cost, and reliability in AI-augmented workflows Good-to-Have Skills - Experience with agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks, or tool-calling architectures - Familiarity with vector databases, retrieval systems, or search infrastructure - Exposure to MLOps, eval frameworks, or model monitoring in production - Experience working in SaaS platforms with multi-tenant constraints - Prior work in HR tech, fintech, or compliance-heavy domains Ideal Candidate - Has built production AI features, not just prototypes or notebooks - Comfortable operating at the boundary of AI logic and core backend systems - Experience scaling systems used by hundreds or thousands of enterprise customers - Understands that AI systems require guardrails, fallbacks, and governance - Thrives in environments where platform reuse > one-off solutions