AI Engineer role available at Coherent Corp. in Hyderabad, India. The role involves building and maintaining Generative AI applications using LLM APIs and other technologies.

Company: Coherent Corp. (Finisar India, a subsidiary)

Role: AI Engineer

Location: Hyderabad, India (Hybrid, 3 days at office)

Experience:

5 years of experience in software engineering, applied AI, ML engineering, or related development roles
Hands-on experience with one or more cloud technology - Microsoft, AWS, Google
Experience building REST APIs or backend services using FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks

Key Skills:

Python
Pyspark
Node.js
React
Angular
Flask
FastAPI
LLM-based applications
Generative AI implementation
prompt engineering
RAG pipelines
vector databases
agent frameworks
API integration
Python backend development
data preparation
workflow pipelines
LangChain
LangGraph
CrewAI
Phidata
LlamaIndex

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field

Role Focus:

Build and maintain Generative AI applications using LLM APIs, prompt workflows, RAG pipelines, and agent-based orchestration
Develop backend services, APIs, and microservices in Python using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask
Implement use cases such as enterprise assistants, document Q&A systems, internal copilots, workflow automation tools, and tool-using AI agents
Integrate AI applications with enterprise systems, databases, APIs, and external tools
Collect, clean, preprocess, and structure datasets used for AI workflows, retrieval pipelines, evaluation, and application inputs
Develop and maintain data and feature pipelines that support retrieval quality, model inputs, inference workflows, and application consistency
Support preparation of knowledge sources for RAG systems, including chunking, indexing, metadata design, and retrieval optimization
Implement MCP-style tool usage patterns, connectors, APIs, and tool-enabled workflows where applicable
Participate in testing, evaluation, logging, monitoring, debugging, and ongoing improvement of AI applications
Help optimize AI systems for latency, response quality, hallucination reduction, robustness, and token efficiency

Nice to have:

Exposure to open-source LLM tooling and model-serving workflows
Familiarity with LLM evaluation and tuning of prompt or retrieval quality
Exposure to containers, CI/CD, cloud platforms, or deployment pipelines
Exposure to supervised and unsupervised machine learning concepts
Experience with enterprise application integration
Exposure to engineering, manufacturing, scientific, or photonics-related applications

Other:

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
The company offers a comprehensive career development platform and a competitive compensation program
The work mode is Hybrid, with 3 days at the office
Company values: Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm (ICARE)

AI Engineer

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