Principal Software Consultant - AI/ML Engineer

As an ML Team Lead at 10Pearls, you will lead the technical direction of AI/ML initiatives while remaining deeply hands-on in building scalable production-grade ML and LLM systems. The role involves approximately 70% of time spent designing systems, writing production code, and debugging, with the remaining 30% focused on technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating on roadmap planning. You will architect and scale AI/ML systems, including RAG pipelines and agentic systems, while establishing engineering standards for scalability, security, and cost optimization.