Team Leader – NLP / OCR Engineering

We are seeking a Team Leader – NLP to lead a cross-functional engineering team working on OCR, NLP, AI/ML pipelines, backend systems, and cloud infrastructure. This role blends technical leadership, architecture oversight, mentoring, and delivery ownership for mission-critical document processing and AI-driven platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team working on OCR, NLP, backend, and cloud components Plan sprints, allocate resources, and ensure timely, high-quality deliveries Drive coding standards, architecture best practices, and documentation Own and enhance OCR and document processing pipelines using Tesseract and OpenCV Guide AI/ML and NLP workflows including LLM-based classification and extraction Oversee deployment and reliability of backend services and APIs Manage cloud infrastructure on GCP including compute, scaling, and monitoring Ensure system reliability, performance optimization, and production stability Collaborate closely with QA, DevOps, product, and data teams Requirements 7+ years of software engineering experience Minimum 2+ years in a technical lead or team leadership role Strong expertise in Python and Flask-based backend systems Hands-on knowledge of OCR systems and document processing pipelines Deep understanding of NLP, embeddings, vectorization, and LLM deployment Experience managing systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Knowledge of MongoDB, RabbitMQ, and distributed messaging systems Strong Linux (Ubuntu) administration and troubleshooting skills Exposure to GPU environments, CUDA, and Py.

Torch is an advantage Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and delivery ownership skills