Masters with 10+ years of experience or PhD with 6+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Deep Learning Minimum 5+ years of experience architecting and building Machine Learning solutions Minimum 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) Experience building ML models and strong knowledge of ML techniques Experience with hugging face, TensorFlow/pytorch, transformer architectures, prompt engineering, agentic systems, LLMs Strong coding experience in Python and architectural patterns like microservices Solid understanding of agile methodologies and experience in planning machine learning projects from inception to production deployment Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead a team Excellent communication and presentation skills