HCLTech – Hungary

Senior Technical Lead

HCLTech – Hungary  •  Onsite  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Summary

Role Summary

The AI Engineer will design, build, deploy, and operate production-grade Large Language Model (LLM) solutions. This role focuses on engineering rigor—turning LLM capabilities into reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise applications, and continuously improving them based on performance, cost, and user feedback.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build LLM-powered applications using proprietary and open-source models.
  • Implement prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), tool/function calling, and agent workflows.
  • Deploy LLM solutions into cloud and enterprise environments with scalability and reliability.
  • Build inference APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines for AI applications.
  • Monitor model quality, latency, cost, drift, and hallucinations in production.
  • Fine-tune and enhance models using parameter-efficient techniques where required.
  • Optimize inference performance using caching, batching, quantization, and prompt optimization.
  • Ensure security, privacy, and responsible AI guardrails in all deployments.
  • Collaborate with product, platform, and engineering teams to deliver enterprise AI solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong programming skills in Python; experience with backend APIs.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, or equivalent).
  • Experience building RAG pipelines using vector databases.
  • Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with LLMOps / MLOps tools and monitoring systems.

Experience Level

  • 6–8 years of overall software or ML engineering experience.
  • 1–3+ years of hands-on experience delivering LLM or Generative AI solutions in production.

Success Expectations

  • Production-grade LLM solutions running reliably at scale.
  • Continuous improvement in quality, cost-effectiveness, and user outcomes.
  • Reusable AI engineering patterns that accelerate enterprise AI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

  1. To be responsible for providing technical guidance to a team of developers, enhancing their technical capabilities and increasing productivity.
  2. To conduct comprehensive code reviews, establish and oversee quality assurance processes, performance optimization , implementation of best practices and coding standards to ensure successful delivery of complex projects.
  3. To ensure process compliance in the assigned module| and participate in technical discussions/review as a technical consultant for feasibility study (technical alternatives, best packages, supporting architecture best practices, technical risks, breakdown into components, estimations).
  4. To collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables and accordingly prepare and submit status reports for minimizing exposure & closure of escalations.

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HCLTech – Hungary

About HCLTech – Hungary

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 226,600 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2025 totaled $14.2 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for you, visit hcltech.com.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Budapest, HU
Year Founded
2006
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