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Associate Director Engineering - Machine Learning Platforms @ Myntra

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 Associate Director Engineering - Machine Learning Platforms

Job Description

Job Title : Associate Director of Engineering - Machine Learning Platforms
Location: Bengaluru, India
About the Role: The Associate Director of Machine Learning Platforms at Myntra will spearhead the development and expansion of the company's state-of-the-art, end-to-end ML platform. The vision is to build an integrated platform that enables data scientists and ML engineers to efficiently manage the entire ML lifecycle, accelerating time-to-market and maintaining our leadership in fashion and technology. This role involves building and leading high-performing engineering teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Ultimately, this leader will drive AI-powered growth and operational excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategy & Leadership :
    • Define and own the technical roadmap and architectural vision for the entire MLOps lifecycle, from feature engineering to model serving and monitoring.
    • Implement the ML platform strategy, overseeing the architecture of core components like the feature store, model registry, and experiment tracking frameworks.
    • Collaborate with Engineering, ML, and Insights teams to foster a data-driven culture across the organization.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration:
    • Collaborate closely with Data Scientists to understand their modeling needs and translate them into robust platform capabilities.
    • Engage with key stakeholders across Product, Marketing, and Operations to drive data governance, quality, and compliance.
  • Team Leadership :
    • Build and lead high-performing machine learning engineering teams.
    • Mentor and guide senior ML engineers on their most complex technical challenges.
    • Set and monitor OKRs & KPIs to deliver high-impact, reliable data and ML solutions.
  • Operational Excellence :
    • Ensure the ML platform's reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
    • Oversee the platform's performance and resource utilization, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
    • Optimize cloud infrastructure (preferably on Azure) for efficiency and performance.
  • Innovation :
    • Stay ahead of industry trends and the latest advancements in AI/ML, such as LLMs, Generative AI, and new MLOps tools.
    • Drive research and development efforts and lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) to introduce new technologies that solve Myntras unique business problems.
Requisites :
  • A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related ML field.
  • 14+ years of professional experience in software or data engineering, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing a large team.
  • A minimum of 5+ years of specific, hands-on experience as a Machine Learning Engineer is required.
  • Proven experience (minimum 3 years) in an architect or lead role focused on building and scaling ML platforms.
  • Experience in a high-scale e-commerce or tech-driven company is highly preferred.
  • Deep MLOps Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience designing and implementing a complete MLOps stack in a production environment.
  • Big Data & Feature Engineering: Expertise with distributed data processing technologies like Apache Spark. Experience designing and building feature stores is required.
  • Cloud and Distributed Systems: Strong knowledge of a major cloud platform (preferably Microsoft Azure/GCP) and a deep understanding of distributed systems architecture.
  • Orchestration & Deployment: Strong understanding of containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines for ML models.
  • ML Frameworks: In-depth, hands-on knowledge of popular ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.
  • Generative AI: Hands-on experience with modern Generative AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG, and vector databases.
  • Technical Leadership: A proven track record of leading engineering teams, defining architectural best practices, and driving impactful technical decisions.

Job Classification

Industry: Internet (E-Commerce)
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Head - Engineering
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Myntra
Location(s): Bengaluru

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Keyskills:   continuous integration cloud platform containerization ci cd pipeline database system architecture kubernetes scikit-learn production data processing ci/cd microsoft azure data engineering docker marketing tensorflow gcp spark pytorch big data ml

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