Senior AI Engineer

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Here you’ll work side‑by‑side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life‑changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide.

ZSers drive impact by bringing a client‑first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage and passion to drive life‑changing impact to ZS.

• Collaborate with client facing teams to understand solution context and contribute in technical requirement gathering and analysis
• Design and implement technical features leveraging best practices for technology stack being used
• Work with technical architects on the team to validate design and implementation approach
• Write production‑ready code that is easily testable, understood by other developers and accounts for edge cases and errors
• Ensure highest quality of deliverables by following architecture/design guidelines, coding best practices, periodic design/code reviews
• Write unit tests as well as higher level tests to handle expected edge cases and errors gracefully, as well as happy paths
• Use bug tracking, code review, version control and other tools to organize and deliver work
• Participate in scrum calls and agile ceremonies, and effectively communicate work progress, issues and dependencies
• Consistently contribute in researching & evaluating latest technologies through rapid learning, conducting proof‑of‑concepts and creating prototype solutions

• 3+ years of relevant hands‑on experience
• CS foundation is must
• Strong command over distributed computing framework like Spark (preferred) or others
• Strong analytical / problem solving
• Ability to quickly learn and become hands‑on new technology and be innovative in creating solutions
• Strong in at least one of the Programming languages - Python or Java, Scala, etc. and Programming basics - Data Structures
• Hands‑on experience in building modules for data management solutions such as data pipeline, orchestration, ingestion patterns (batch, real time)
• Experience in designing and implementation of solution on distributed computing and cloud services platform (but not limited to) - AWS, Azure, GCP
• Good understanding of RDBMS, with some exp on ETL is preferred
• Fluency in English
• Client‑first mentality
• Intense work ethic
• Collaborative spirit and problem‑solving approach

• Understanding of Dev Ops, CI / CD, data security, experience in designing on cloud platform
• AWS Solutions Architect certification with understanding of broader AWS stack
• Knowledge of data modeling and data warehouse concepts
• Willingness to travel to other global offices as needed to work with client or other internal project teams

• Cross‑functional skills development & custom learning pathways
• Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
• Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s‑curves, individual contribution and role expansions

ZS is committed to a Flexible and Connected way of working. ZSers are onsite at clients or ZS offices three days a week. Combined flexibility to work remotely two days a week is also available. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face‑to‑face connections.

ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well‑being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client‑facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority.…