Freshworks

Technology

LeadSoftwareEngineer-MachineLearning

₹25–40L ~AI est. Chennai, India FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Lead Software Engineer - Machine Learning at Freshworks. Skills: Machine Learning, MLOps, API Design, Data Pipelines. Bridge Research and Production. Scale to Millions”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6–9 years of professional experience in software engineering and machine learning development, Proven history of successfully building, productionizing, and maintaining Machine Learning solutions at scale, Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related quantitative field

What You'll Do.

Bridge Research and Production

Architect from Scratch

Collaborate with Data Scientists

Translate complex models

and manage comprehensive ML pipelines

Develop and deploy extensible

scalable ML API services

Design and implement monitoring systems

Architect technical solutions

Liaise with cross-product architects

Lead Proof of Concept (POC) initiatives

Independently own the full lifecycle of feature delivery

Gather requirements with product teams

Deploy and monitor features

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional adoption; Cross-product architects; Product teams

Process & Methodology

Lifecycle management

Full Job Description

Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of “solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create a better experience for their customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done. There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works. At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over 72,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us. Impact You Will Create * Bridge Research and Production: Serve as the critical link translating theoretical data science research and sophisticated algorithms into product-ready, enterprise-scale implementations. * Scale to Millions: Build and deploy robust ML APIs and data pipelines engineered to handle millions of requests with high efficiency, low latency, and reliability. * Architect from Scratch: Drive organizational technical alignment by architecting high-performance ML solutions from the ground up and leading cross-functional adoption. Roles & Responsibilities * ML Algorithm Implementation: Collaborate with Data Scientists to translate complex models and experimental algorithms into clean, high-performance, production-grade code. * End-to-End Pipeline Architecture: Design, build, and manage comprehensive ML pipeli

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