Senior AI Engineer

About the role

CodeNinja seeks a highly experienced Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and operate production‑grade AI‑enabled software systems. The role focuses on applied AI, agentic systems, and model‑driven workflows that deliver measurable business value.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain sophisticated AI‑enabled systems, including autonomous agentic workflows and multi‑step tool selection.
• Define and enforce Model Context Protocol (MCP) patterns, standards, and technical guardrails across teams.
• Lead high‑impact AI initiatives, own architecture, execution strategy, and delivery outcomes.
• Identify system‑level risks, failure modes and implement safeguards for reliability, safety and cost efficiency.
• Mentor AI engineers, share patterns and lessons learned, and act as the go‑to technical resource for complex AI questions.

Required profile

• Extensive experience building and operating complex production software systems.
• Deep hands‑on experience designing and operating agentic AI systems in production.
• Strong judgment and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Proven track record taking AI systems from prototype to sustained production.

Required skills

• Model Context Protocol (MCP) or equivalent standards.
• Expertise with AI models (frontier and open‑source), model selection, latency, cost and reliability trade‑offs.
• Scaling AI systems: latency optimization, caching, parallelization, cost management.
• Cloud‑native, SaaS or platform‑oriented environments.
• Experience with regulated, enterprise or mission‑critical systems (preferred).

What we offer

• Provident Fund (PF) and medical insurance covering spouse and parents.
• Life insurance, performance‑based increments and 32 paid annual leaves.
• Easy loan facility, company‑sponsored trips, and Gym Passport membership (access to 250+ gyms).