Job description
AI Platform Lead (MCP + Orchestration)
Location: Hyderabad, India
Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried
Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Stock Options, Medical
Job Description
About Us
Innovapptive is a category-defining SaaS company building the world’s most advanced AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for the industrial sector. Headquartered in Houston, TX, and backed by Vista Equity Partners, Innovapptive is on a mission to reimagine how industrial work gets done — connecting frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real time to drive higher safety, reliability, and productivity.
Our platform is trusted by some of the world’s largest enterprises — including Shell, Hess, Cenovus Energy, W.R.Grace, Westlake Chemicals, UNICEF, Kimberly Clark, Scott Miracle Gro, and Newmont Mining to name a few, and across chemicals, energy, mining, and manufacturing industries. These customers have achieved tangible, hard-dollar results, such as:
- Over $40 million in annual EBITDA savings at a single enterprise.
- 10× frontline productivity improvements through mobile-first and AI-enabled workflows.
- 15–20% maintenance cost reductions and significant uptime gains across plants and sites.
Innovapptive is recognized by leading industry analysts for its differentiated value creation model:
- Named a Leader in the Frost & Sullivan Industrial Connected Worker Radar.
- Featured by Gartner in “Connected Factory Worker” research and the Hype Cycle for Manufacturing Operations Strategy.
- Cited by LNS Research for delivering 3–5× greater value than point solutions through unified OT–IT execution, AI/vision innovation, and field-proven ROI.
Our growth is backed by Tiger Global Management and Vista Equity Partners, one of the world’s premier software investors, known for scaling high-performance SaaS companies. Together, we are building the next-generation AI Powered Connected Worker Platform, combining cutting-edge technologies — SLM’s, Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Intelligent Orchestration — into a unified system that transforms plant operations globally.
Today, with over 300+ employees across the U.S., India, and ANZ, Innovapptive stands at a pivotal inflection point: with an ambition to scale to $100M ARR within the next 3-4 years by industrializing every aspect of our product, engineering, and customer delivery systems.
The Role
- The AI Platform Lead (MCP + Orchestration) will design and implement Innovapptive’s AI Agent Runtime Architecture — the middleware layer that connects AI Agents, microservices, data sources, and human users through a secure and governed control plane.
- This role reports to the VP of Technology & Architecture and partners closely with Product, Engineering, and DevOps leadership to build the MCP (Multi-Agent Control Plane) — the missing foundation required to scale AI Agents safely, predictably, and at enterprise-grade performance.
- This is a hands-on systems architecture role, ideal for someone who can blend engineering depth with architectural vision to build a production-grade, telemetry-rich AI orchestration platform.
How You Will Make An Impact
1. Architect and Build the Multi-Agent Control Plane (MCP)
- Design and implement the MCP runtime that orchestrates communication, state management, and context flow between AI Agents, APIs, and data stores.
- Define the Agent Execution Lifecycle — registration, routing, task planning, handoff, and feedback loops.
- Implement dynamic context sharing and memory management across agents using vector stores and embeddings.
- Ensure modularity and extensibility for future agent families (Planning, Detection, Scheduling, Knowledge).
2. Implement Governance, Security, and Observability
- Build real-time telemetry pipelines for token usage, model latency, response accuracy, and cost tracking.
- Integrate with Sentry, Datadog, or custom dashboards for full-stack AI observability.
- Implement security, role-based access, and human-in-the-loop (HITL) validation for all agent actions.
- Embed governance logic — policy enforcement, version control, and model selection — directly within the MCP.
3. Orchestrate Agents and Integrations
- Integrate the MCP with Innovapptive’s Connected Worker microservices, SAP, OSI PI, and Maximo APIs.
- Leverage frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, DSPy, or Temporal.io for orchestration.
- Enable hybrid execution models (on-prem + cloud) with asynchronous message-based task dispatching.
- Partner with backend teams to establish seamless communication between AI Agents and transactional systems.
4. Build AI Development Infrastructure
- Create standardized APIs, SDKs, and templates for new agent onboarding.
- Implement AI Agent CI/CD pipelines integrated into engineering’s existing release process.
- Collaborate with DevOps to containerize and deploy MCP components using Kubernetes and AWS services.
- Build version-controlled repositories for prompt templates, agent configurations, and orchestration scripts.
5. Drive Cross-Functional Enablement
- Work with the Chief AI Architect and Product teams to align AI Agent design with business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Security and Compliance to ensure auditability and traceability of all AI interactions.
- Mentor engineers on building AI-first microservices and telemetry-driven development practices.
What You Bring to The Team
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, including 2 years in AI Systems, Platform, or Orchestration architecture.
- Strong expertise in AI frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex, DSPy) and orchestration systems (Temporal.io, Airflow, Ray).
- Solid background in microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Azure OpenAI) and embedding pipelines.
- Proficiency in Python, Node.js, or Go; strong grounding in AWS or GCP cloud architecture.
- Deep understanding of AI observability, governance, cost control, and telemetry.
- Excellent system design communication skills and ability to bridge technical and business teams.
Success Metrics (FIRST 90-180 Days)
- MCP Server live with baseline orchestration, routing, and monitoring.
- Agent runtime integrated with 2+ Innovapptive microservices and at least one external system (SAP or OSI PI).
- Governance and telemetry dashboard operational (latency, cost, usage, failure rate).
- AI orchestration playbook published and adopted by engineering teams.
- Agent onboarding time reduced 50 % through standard SDKs and CI/CD automation.
Why does this Role Matter?
- This role builds the brain and nervous system of Innovapptive’s AI future.
- The AI Platform Lead transforms fragmented AI initiatives into a unified, observable, and governable platform — enabling Innovapptive’s AI Agents to deliver enterprise-scale reliability, safety, and performance.
- Without this foundation, AI features remain tactical; with it, they become strategic differentiators.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation and equity tied to AI delivery and architecture milestones.
- A platform to define the AI orchestration foundation for a Vista-backed industrial SaaS company.
- Hybrid work model — Hyderabad or remote with periodic travel to Houston HQ.
- Continuous access to AI, MLOps, and orchestration tooling ecosystems.
Innovapptive does not accept and will not review unsolicited resumes from search firms.
Innovapptive is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.
