AI Lead
- Location
- Kuwait
- Rate, USD
- $66 / hour
- Work schedule
- Full Time,
- Language skills
- English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
- Available for Hire
- Yes
About me
I am a senior AI/ML technical leader with 9+ years of experience delivering AI, LLM, RAG, agentic AI, MLOps, and data-driven solutions across telecom, banking, manufacturing, HR, healthcare, and enterprise domains.
I have led end-to-end AI platform development, from business requirements and architecture design to ETL pipelines, model development, deployment, monitoring, and governance. My work spans supervised ML, NLP, deep learning, multimodal AI, recommendation systems, forecasting, and enterprise copilots.
I focus strongly on business impact. I have helped drive revenue growth, cost optimization, and process automation through AI systems, including measurable enterprise outcomes such as incremental revenue gains and vendor-cost reduction through automation and voice-to-text solutions.
I have extensive experience building and fine-tuning open-source and proprietary LLMs and multimodal models using tools such as Hugging Face, LangChain, LangGraph, Ollama, and cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, GCP, and Databricks. I also work across hybrid and on-prem environments with CI/CD-driven MLOps pipelines.
In my recent roles, I have led AI initiatives for Ooredoo Group, Randstad Digital, Tech Mahindra, ZF Group, and Wipro, delivering production-grade solutions such as AI assistants, recommendation engines, document extraction systems, forecasting models, and HR and resume-related copilots.
I also enjoy mentoring teams, collaborating with senior stakeholders, and translating complex AI capabilities into practical business solutions. I have delivered training sessions through platforms such as upGrad, KnowledgeHut, and Analytics Vidhya, and I continue to build scalable AI systems that create measurable value.
Professional area
Education
- 2021 - 2023 M.Tech. in Data Science & Engineering @ BITS Pilani
CGPA 8.65
- 2015 - 2019 B.Tech. in Computer Science @ Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
CGPA 8.05
- 2013 - 2015 12th @ Sri Chaitanya IIT College, Tirupati
98.3%
- 2013 10th @ Vijaya Bharathi E.M. School, Chittoor
CGPA 10
Experience
- Nov 2024 - Present Senior Manager, DS - AI @ Ooredoo Group
Led enterprise AI systems including propensity models, forecasting models, LLM-based recommendation engines, NMS AI Assistant, CX Agent, telemarketing assistants, and market lens agents. Managed scheduled AI operations and collaborated with stakeholders to improve customer retention, experience, investment prioritization, and process automation. Delivered measurable revenue growth and cost optimization.
- Nov 2023 - Nov 2024 Lead AI Scientist @ Randstad Digital
Worked on Resume GPT, HR GPT, Resume Builder, ETL and BI report rationalization, BRD test case generation, and software component AI copilot for Airbus. Implemented end-to-end AI solutions using PyCaret, Chroma, Pinecone, graph databases, and cloud/on-prem deployments.
- Sep 2021 - Nov 2023 Senior Data Scientist @ Tech Mahindra
Built AI-enabled systems for Microsoft projects including CRS VLC Chatbot, AskPDF Copilot, smart quotes generation, anomaly detection, recommendation LLMs, and document extraction. Used OpenAI, transformer models, Azure services, Databricks pipelines, and MLOps strategies to reduce redundant work and improve operational efficiency.
- May 2021 - Sep 2021 Senior AI Engineer @ ZF Group
Developed ADAS-related automation for object labeling, lane labeling, and ground truth label generation. Built visualization tools, dashboards, and AI modules to reduce redundant work and improve budgeting and planning.
- May 2019 - May 2021 Data Scientist @ Wipro Ltd.
Worked on quality analytics, application shared services, HR analytics, disease management analytics, inventory management, image classification, speech-to-text conversion, and other AI/ML projects. Improved incident handling, reduced human effort, and delivered multiple automation solutions.
