Principal Applied - AI Engineer (SOF05835)

Software Engineering

Bengaluru

About Us

Zycus is a global leader in Source-to-Pay (S2P) procurement software, helping large enterprises drive efficiency, compliance, and measurable value across their procurement and finance operations. Trusted by leading Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide, Zycus enables procurement teams to move from cost control to strategic value creation.

At the core of Zycus’ platform is Merlin AI, an advanced AI-powered engine that brings intelligence, automation, and predictive insights across the entire procurement lifecycle—from sourcing and contract management to procurement, invoicing, and supplier management. Merlin AI empowers Chief Procurement Officers and finance leaders to make faster, smarter decisions with real-time visibility and actionable insights.

Zycus is consistently recognized by top industry analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, and IDC for its innovation, depth of functionality, and strong customer outcomes. Known for its enterprise-grade solutions, global delivery model, and customer-first mindset, Zycus partners closely with organizations to modernize procurement and unlock long-term business value.

With a strong global presence across North America, EMEA, and APAC, Zycus continues to invest aggressively in product innovation, AI-led capabilities, and brand leadership—shaping the future of intelligent procurement.

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zycus is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. All hiring decisions will be based solely on qualifications, skills, and experience relevant to the job requirements.

Job Description

Zycus is looking for a high-intelligence, high-throughput engineer who has shipped enterprise agents (autonomous / workflow / conversational) to solve real domain problems.

All successful candidates are expected to dive deep into problem areas of Zycus’ interest and invent technology solutions to not only advance the current products, but also to generate new product options that can strategically advantage the organization.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Person has to be hands-on and an individual contributor with leadership impact
Design and implement agentic architectures: single- and multi-agent, hierarchical flows, and tool-rich execution.
Build production agents for domain workflows (retrieval, reasoning, tool use, approvals, human-in-the-loop).
Own context engineering: structuring prompts, memory, retrieval, grounding, and evaluation loops.
Make agents scale, concurrency, state & persistence, streaming, evaluation/telemetry, and cost controls.
Partner with product/domain teams to convert ambiguous problems into shipped agents with measurable outcomes.

Job Requirement

7–15 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in applied AI, LLMs, or agentic system design.
Proven experience in building and deploying enterprise AI applications — ideally workflow, conversational, or decision agents.
Strong proficiency in Python, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks for agentic orchestration.
Deep understanding of LLMs, embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-agent systems.
Solid experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and MLOps tools for scalable AI deployment.
Strong grasp of data engineering concepts, including vector stores (Pinecone, FAISS), document indexing, and contextual retrieval.
Ability to lead through influence — guiding technical decisions, mentoring peers, and driving innovation across teams.

Must Have:

7+ years total software engineering; strong fundamentals in Java or Python or JS/TS (any stack: Java stack, MEAN, or Python).
Demonstrated track record of building and deploying agents (workflow/autonomous/chat) with tools & external systems.
Comfort with agent frameworks/patterns (e.g., graph/workflow agents, crew-style collaboration), tooling protocols, and RAG-plus grounding.
Deep prompt/context engineering skills; knows when to use structure, when to retrieve, and how to evaluate.

Why You Should Join Zycus

Work on cutting-edge applications powered by AI-assisted development workflows.
Collaborate with a forward-thinking engineering team that values innovation and continuous learning.
Access to premium AI development tools to boost productivity and code quality.
Competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for career advancement.