Tech Lead, Backend Developer, AI Engineer (Applied​/Software)

Job Title:

Associate Consultant Quality

Location:

Cupertino, CA

Onsite/ Remote:
Onsite

The pay range for this role is $95k- $140k per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience, and location of the candidate.

• Build and optimize RAG pipelines, vector databases, embeddings, and document-processing workflows
• Design agentic AI systems — including tool calling, orchestration, reasoning loops, and workflow automation
• Develop Applied AI solutions that integrate with customer backend systems, APIs, and data sources
• Implement AI services on Kubernetes, cloud environments, or customer-controlled infrastructure
• Work directly with customers to deliver high-quality technical implementations, demos, and documentation
• Install, maintain, or use software testing programs
• Develop test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards
• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content
• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing and usability
• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures
• Test system modifications to prepare for implementation
• Create or maintain databases of known test defects
• Develop/Update automated test scripts to ensure currency
• Install and configure recreations of software production environments to allow testing of software performance

• Strong experience with LLMs and agent frameworks such as Lang Chain, Llama Index, or custom-built solutions
• Expertise in Python, vector databases (Elastic, Milvus, Pinecone, etc.), embeddings, and chunking strategies
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and scalable API deployment
• Ability to understand customer workflows and translate them into actionable technical solutions

Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely based on their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations.

Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at ADA_A