Data Science Specialist

As a Data Scientist at our company, your role will involve the following key responsibilities: - Business & Strategy Alignment - Proactively engage with business stakeholders, product managers, and domain experts to deeply understand key organizational challenges and strategic goals. - Formulate and scope data science initiatives, defining clear objectives, success metrics, and a technical roadmap that directly addresses identified business requirements. - End-to-End Model Development & Deployment - Design, prototype, build, and validate machine learning and statistical models from scratch, without reliance on pre-packaged solutions. - Implement and manage MLOps pipelines within Azure Machine Learning to ensure reproducible model training, versioning, testing, and continuous deployment into live operational environments. - Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to ensure algorithms run efficiently and scale reliably within the cloud environment. - Data Engineering & Feature Management - Execute complex data ingestion, exploration, and feature engineering tasks, applying rigorous statistical methods and domain knowledge to raw and disparate datasets. - Ensure data integrity throughout the modeling lifecycle, performing extensive Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and cleaning to prepare high-quality inputs. - Advanced AI & Innovation (Preferred/Plus) - Explore, experiment with, and deploy large language models (LLMs) and other Gen AI techniques to create new products or optimize existing processes. - Investigate and prototype intelligent software agents capable of autonomous decision-making, planning, and tool use, moving beyond simple predictive models. - Code Quality & Collaboration - Write clean, well-documented, and efficient Python code, adhering to software engineering best practices, including unit testing and code reviews. - Mentor junior team members and contribute to the growth of the team's overall ML/AI knowledge base. Required Qualifications: - Education: Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field. - Programming Mastery: 5+ years of professional experience leveraging Python for data science, including deep expertise in the PyData stack (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch). - Cloud ML Platforms: Proven, hands-on experience building and managing ML models and MLOps workflows specifically using Azure Machine Learning services. - Statistical Rigor: Strong background in statistical modeling, experimental design (A/B testing), and model validation techniques. - Data Skills: Expert proficiency in SQL and experience working with large-scale, high-velocity data, including ETL/ELT processes and data visualization. Preferred Qualifications (A Significant Plus): - Generative AI Experience: Practical experience fine-tuning, RAG-ifying, or deploying modern Large Language Models (LLMs). - Agent Development: Knowledge of agentic frameworks and experience designing multi-step, tool-using autonomous AI workflows. - Experience with other cloud platforms (AWS Sagemaker, GCP Vertex AI) is beneficial. - Demonstrated ability to write production-level, highly optimized code for critical systems.,