Tata Consultancy Services

Senior AI Tech Lead

Tata Consultancy Services$120K — $140K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in AI/ML or intelligent automation.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM applications, AI agents, RAG pipelines, and cloud-native services.
  • Proven leadership experience in agile engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and DevSecOps practices.
  • Experience in insurance or financial services technology delivery preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical delivery of AI agent capabilities and automation workflows.
  • Translate architectural solutions into detailed engineering designs and implementation tasks.
  • Guide developers on AI patterns and optimize performance and secure coding.
  • Build and review components like agent orchestration services and API layers.
  • Coordinate with architects, product owners, and designers for end-to-end delivery.
  • Establish best practices for technical standards and coding reviews.
  • Support deployment planning and production readiness processes.

Benefits

  • Discretionary Annual Incentive.
  • Comprehensive Medical Coverage including Health, Dental, and Vision.
  • Maternal & Parental Leaves for family support.
  • Insurance Options for Auto, Home, and Identity Theft Protection.
  • Commuter Benefits and Training Reimbursement for professional growth.
  • Generous Time Off including Vacation and Sick Leave.
  • Legal Assistance and 401K Plan with Performance Bonuses and Student Loan Refinancing.
Full Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

§ Strong hands-on capability in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, REST APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns, and containerized deployments.

§ Experience with AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda, Step Functions, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch, and CI/CD tooling.

§ Deep understanding of prompt engineering, agent orchestration, tool integration, vector stores, embeddings, model evaluation, and AI guardrails.

§ Ability to enforce engineering standards, code quality, secure coding, performance tuning and observability practices.

§ Strong leadership, mentoring, estimation, planning, and stakeholder communication skills.

§ Familiarity with compliance, audit logging, model risk controls, and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

§ Lead technical delivery of AI agent capabilities, reusable platform components, integrations and automation workflows.

§ Translate solution architecture into detailed engineering designs, sprint plans, and implementation tasks.

§ Guide developers on AI patterns, cloud-native implementation, secure coding, testability & performance optimization.

§ Build and review core components such as agent orchestration services, API layers, RAG services, tool connectors, and model interaction modules.

§ Coordinate with architects, product owners, UX designers, security SMEs, and QA to drive end-to-end delivery.

§ Establish technical best practices, coding standards, review processes, and reusable accelerators.

§ Support environment readiness, deployment planning, defect triage, production readiness reviews & knowledge transition.

Generic Qualifications

§ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering, Data Science, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

§ 10+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in AI/ML, Gen AI, or intelligent automation delivery.

§ Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications, AI agents, RAG pipelines, APIs & cloud-native services.

§ Experience leading engineering teams in agile delivery models for enterprise-scale platforms.

§ Strong exposure to AWS cloud services and modern DevSecOps practices.

§ Insurance or financial services technology delivery experience preferred.

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000 a year

About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a subsidiary of Tata Group and operates in 149 locations across 46 countries. TCS is the largest Indian company by market capitalization and is ranked 11th on the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's biggest public companies. TCS is also the second-largest IT services company in the world by revenue and the largest employer of women in India. The company provides services in areas including IT, consulting, and business solutions.
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