AI with Python – Team Lead (Adverse Media & AI Solutions)

AI with Python Team Lead on immediate basis

Candidates who can join immediately will be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of AI/ML engineers focused on building intelligent systems, particularly for

  Adverse Media detection and analysis

  .
• Develop and deploy scalable AI/ML models using Python to analyze structured and unstructured media sources.
• Build and optimize NLP pipelines for entity extraction, sentiment analysis, and news classification.
• Architect and implement solutions that classify and score entities (individuals or companies) based on risk.
• Translate compliance and regulatory requirements into AI-powered systems.
• Independently handle project lifecycles from scoping and design to delivery and optimization.
• Mentor junior team members and enforce best practices in AI development. Conduct regular performance reviews, knowledge sharing, and skill development sessions within the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Data Associates, and QA.
• Document AI systems, model decisions, and ensure auditability of outputs.

Qualifications and Required Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science with AI Specialization.
• 4 years of hands-on experience in Python-based AI/ML development.
• Strong experience in

  Adverse Media

  , KYC, AML, or regulatory intelligence.
• Proficiency in NLP, text classification, named entity recognition (NER), topic modeling, and sentiment analysis.
• Strong command of Python libraries like

  SpaCy, Transformers (Hugging Face), Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy

  , etc.
• Experience handling multilingual media sources and identifying fake, biased, or non-reputable sources.
• Familiarity with risk scoring methodologies, sanctions screening, or negative news processing.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with third-party adverse media feeds or OSINT platforms.
• Exposure to ML pipelines (MLflow, Airflow) and MLOps practices.
• Familiarity with graph databases and link analysis for network detection (e.g., Neo4j, NetworkX).
• Experience in working with Tor network data, onion sources, or dark web crawlers.