Young Professional — AI Engineer

About this AI Engineer role at Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD)

Digital India BHASHINI Division is hiring Young Professionals for AI Engineering roles to build India's multilingual AI infrastructure across 22 scheduled Indian languages. Based in New Delhi with hybrid flexibility, this is a direct-apply government role perfect for freshers and junior engineers passionate about NLP and Indic language AI. You'll work on speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and language model fine-tuning—core AI skills that power India's language accessibility mission.

What you'll do

• Build and deploy speech-to-text and text-to-speech models for 22 scheduled Indian languages, applying deep learning frameworks like PyTorch to multilingual audio processing.
• Fine-tune large language models (LLMs) for low-resource Indic languages, adapting transformer architectures to handle linguistic diversity and data scarcity.
• Contribute to BHASHINI's open-source language datasets and models, collaborating on India's shared multilingual NLP infrastructure.
• Develop and optimize neural network pipelines for speech and text tasks, writing clean Python code for production AI systems.
• Work within a government-backed AI initiative advancing language technology accessibility across India.

Who should apply

This role is designed for freshers and junior engineers with 0–3 years of experience. You'll need a B.Tech or M.Tech in Computer Science, IT, or AI. Must be comfortable with Python and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred), understand NLP fundamentals and transformer architectures, and ideally have exposure to Indic languages or multilingual NLP. You must be under 32 years of age as of application. No prior industry experience required—if you understand the core concepts, you're ready.

Salary & offer in context

BHASHINI offers ₹50,000/month consolidated on a 1-year renewable contract. For an AI Engineer entry-level position in India, this reflects competitive fresher-level compensation, especially for government roles with stability and skill-building opportunity. The 1-year contract renewal depends on performance, making this a strong stepping stone for junior AI engineers building NLP expertise.

Path to apply

This is a direct-apply role—no entrance exam required. Submit your application through the official DIC (Digital India Corporation) portal at bhashini.gov.in/careers before the June 5, 2026 deadline. The Young Professional pathway emphasizes fresher hiring, so don't hesitate if you're early in your AI career. Apply online with your resume and a brief note on your interest in multilingual AI and Indic language technology.