Associate, AI Engineer - Pune - Multiple roles

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Job Summary:
Early-career Full Stack Engineer with a focus on AI Engineering to help build next-generation intelligent applications powered by large language models (LLMs). This role sits at the intersection of application development, data engineering, and applied AI—developing scalable systems that leverage RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), LLM evaluation frameworks, and agent-based architectures.

You will work closely with platform, data, and product teams to build AI-powered experiences using Azure, Databricks, Postgres, and modern AI/agent frameworks.

Major Duties:
AI & Application Development 

• Build end-to-end AI-powered applications (UI + backend services + model orchestration) 

• Design and implement RAG pipelines for enterprise knowledge retrieval and grounding 

• Develop and deploy LLM-based workflows and agents (multi-step reasoning, tool use, orchestration) 

• Integrate models via APIs and hosted platforms (Databricks, Azure AI Foundry, etc.) 

LLM Evaluation & Quality 

• Develop LLM evaluation frameworks (accuracy, hallucination detection, relevance, safety) 

• Implement automated testing and benchmarking for prompt chains and agents 

• Define and monitor LLM performance metrics (precision, recall, grounding fidelity) 

• Support experimentation (prompt engineering, model comparisons, fine-tuning readiness) 

Data & Backend Engineering 

• Build and optimize data pipelines leveraging Databricks (Spark, Delta) 

• Design and query structured and semi-structured datasets using Postgres 

• Enable efficient retrieval layers (vector search, embeddings, indexing strategies) 

• Support data modeling for AI use cases (knowledge bases, feature stores) 

Platform & Agent Development 

• Develop AI agents within Databricks and Azure ecosystems 

• Integrate orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar) 

• Build reusable services/APIs for agent capabilities (search, summarization, reasoning) 

Full Stack Development 

• Contribute to lightweight front-end interfaces for AI applications (React or similar) 

• Build backend APIs/services (Python-based frameworks) 

• Ensure production readiness (logging, monitoring, scalability, security) 

Experience & Qualification:

• 4+ years of relevant experience in AI engineering, building AI applications, LLM, Python.
• B.E/B.Tech or above degree requried.

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.