Lead AI Engineer

As a Lead Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Leapfrog Technology, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of data-driven solutions. You'll lead a talented team, drive the development of innovative AI projects, and work collaboratively across functions to turn complex business challenges into actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership Excellence: Lead and inspire a team of AI Engineers and Data Scientists, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth.

• End-to-End Ownership: Take full ownership of the AI project lifecycle, from ideation and design to development, deployment, and maintenance.

• Technological Innovation: Explore and assess emerging technologies to enhance the performance, maintainability, and reliability of AI systems.

• Engineering Best Practices: Apply robust software engineering practices to AI, including CI/CD pipelines, automation, and quality assurance.

• Architectural Leadership: Collaborate with technology experts to make informed architectural decisions, and ensure thorough technical documentation.

• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify and address project risks, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Engage closely with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, product managers, software engineers, and data engineers, to deliver impactful data-driven solutions.

• Continuous Learning: Stay at the cutting edge of data science, ML, and AI developments, and leverage emerging technologies to solve complex business problems.

• Mentorship and Growth: Coach and motivate team members, identify training needs, and foster their professional development.

• Organizational Excellence: Actively uphold and promote the company's culture, processes, and standards to ensure consistent excellence in our work.

• Education and Experience:

  • A degree (Masters preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.

  • Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML or Data Science, preferably in real industry settings, with a track record of building data products that have positively impacted customer satisfaction and revenue growth.

• Technical Skills:

  • Proficiency in a wide range of Machine Learning techniques and algorithms, with the ability to apply advanced analytics methods, including Bayesian statistics, clustering, text analysis, time series analysis, and neural networks on large-scale datasets.

  • Expertise in at least one specialized area of application, such as Computer Vision or Natural Language Processing (NLP). (NLP Expertise preferred)

  • Strong programming skills in Python, including expertise in the data ecosystem (Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, etc.) or equivalent skills in languages like R, Java, Scala, or Julia, with a focus on producing production-quality code.

  • Hands-on experience with popular ML frameworks like Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.

  • Expertise with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) along with their implementation in real-life applications.

  • Experience building end-to-end ML systems (MLOps).

  • Experience in deploying code in web frameworks such as Flask, FastAPI or Django.

  • Experience working in a cloud environment like AWS, Azure, or GCP for ML work.

  • Good grasp of SQL/NoSQL databases and scripting skills, particularly within analytics platforms and data warehouses.

  • Good grasp of software engineering concepts (SDLC, Version Control, CI/CD, Containerization, Scalability and so on), programming concepts, and tools/platforms like Git and Docker.

  • Bonus: Experience with Big Data technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Kinesis, and cloud-based ML platforms like AWS SageMaker or GCP ML Engine.

  • Bonus: Experience with data visualization and dashboard tools like Tableau or Power BI.

• Soft Skills:

  • Highly motivated, self-driven, entrepreneurial mindset, and capable of solving complex analytical problems under high-pressure situations.

  • Ability to work with cross-functional and cross-regional teams.

  • Ability to lead a team of Data/AI professionals and work with senior management, technological experts, and the product team.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable with client communication.

  • Good leadership skills - ability to motivate and mentor team members, ability to plan and make sound decisions, ability to negotiate tactfully with the client and team.

  • Results-oriented, customer-focused with a passion for resolving tough technical and operational challenges.

  • Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

  • Good documentation skills.

  • Experienced with Agile methodologies like Scrum/Kanban

🌞 Life at Leapfrog:

• Work with talented engineers and remarkable professionals in Nepal, the US and Europe, building state-of-the-art digital health products.

• Have an amazing career growth plan with support from experienced mentors and unlimited learning opportunities.

• Be a part of an experienced team—apply the best industry practices, get mentored by experienced professionals and be ready to mentor the new ones.

• Get exposure to clients who are leading entrepreneurs and startups from Silicon Valley.

• Your work will be at the cutting edge of healthcare innovation and make a difference in the lives of thousands of people worldwide.

• You will get the flexibility to work remotely or in the office— we value accountable freedom.

• Get growth opportunities, not just in your work. We organize various internal initiatives where you can be a part of a bigger learning community with webinars, Knowledge Sharing Sessions (KSS), and internal conferences.

• Be a part of a safe workplace where it’s okay to fail fast— get constructive feedback and grow as you move ahead.

• Get recognized for your work and all the changes you will make. We always look for, NO, create opportunities to celebrate efforts, play games, and have fun together!

• You will have a lot of fun at Leapfrog— there’ll never be a dull day.

🎁 Benefits and perks:

We believe our people are our greatest strength. And with perks and benefits, we intend to offer everything our people need to do their best while maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life.

Daily Work Support

• 🏠 Hybrid work: Flexibility to work from office or home

• 💻 Support for resources: Get internet and laptop allowance monthly, and request resources for convenient WFH

• 📆 5-day workweek: Take the weekend off and come back refreshed on Monday

• 🍔 Food: Eat healthy food while you’re here.

Professional Growth

• 📚 'Growth mindset' fund: Investment in your post-grad degree, learning opportunities, and career growth

• 👶 Child scholarship: Scholarships for your child in selected schools

• 📈 Bi-annual bonus: Get timely festival and company bonus

• 💸 Advance salary: Request salary in advance

Work/Life Balance

• ✈️ Paid time-offs: Annual, sick, compensation, and bereavement leaves

• 🍼 Maternity leave: 3 months of paid leave, 1 month of unpaid leave, and 90 days of reduced workload

• 🐣 Paternity leave: 11 days of paid paternity leave and reduced workload after

• 💊 Menstruation leave: 6 days of paid menstruation leave annually

We take care of you

• 🌿 Your well-being: Company-funded counseling services from certified therapists as well as covid care services.

• 💰 Retirement fund: Social security fund with health and accidental insurance.

Celebrating your efforts

• 🎉 Engagement and Events: Team lunch/dinner, company outing, and festival celebrations with your favorite co-workers!

• 😎 Exposure: Visit and work in the States and build better client rapport.

• 💖 Recognition: In-house awards, appreciation platforms, and 5th-anniversary gifts!