Strategic Deployment Engineer, Chanakya

The role

Strategic Deployment Engineers own the full lifecycle of AI system deployments in client environments including air-gapped, classified, and on-prem settings. You will serve as the technical SPOC for assigned accounts and manage deployment pipelines, model serving, and environment configuration.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end deployment of Sarvam's full AI stack in client environments
• Serve as technical SPOC for assigned accounts from scoping to steady-state operations
• Diagnose and resolve integration failures, model drift, inference issues, and infrastructure breakdowns
• Surface field learnings to feed back into the product layer and deployment library
• Manage deployment pipelines, model serving, and environment configuration in non-standard settings
• Drive client-side adoption through documentation, training, and operational handover
• Own client satisfaction including CSAT, time-to-value, and uptime

Required qualifications

• 3–6 years in software or ML engineering
• At least one full-cycle on-prem or enterprise deployment delivered end-to-end
• Production-grade experience in Python, Docker, Linux systems administration, REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with LLM inference stacks such as vLLM, TGI, Ollama, or equivalent
• Experience with RAG architectures and vector stores
• Experience deploying in constrained environments like air-gapped networks, limited connectivity, non-standard hardware, or complex regulatory requirements
• Full-stack debugging instinct across infrastructure, networking, and application layers
• Demonstrated ability to ship and maintain a working system end-to-end in environments where reliability was non-negotiable
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguous client requirements and make the call without explicit guidance

Nice to have

• Prior experience with strategic or complex enterprise accounts
• MCP server experience or familiarity with agentic frameworks
• Open-source projects, side products, or entrepreneurial stints that demonstrate technical craft and sustained follow-through

About the company

Sarvam is building the bedrock of Sovereign AI for India by developing a full-stack sovereign AI platform. The company works with leading enterprises and public institutions and is backed by Lightspeed, Peak XV, and Khosla Ventures.