Data Scientist (Azure)

Job Title: Azure Certified AI Engineer / Data Scientist

Experience: 3–5 Years
Engagement: Contract to Hire (C2H)
Location: Pune (Onsite – 5 Days a Week)

Role Overview:

We are looking for an Azure Certified AI Engineer or Data Scientist with 4–6 years of experience to join our Pune office on a full-time, onsite C2H engagement. The ideal candidate should be hands-on with building and deploying AI/ML solutions using Azure cloud services, and must hold an active Azure AI Engineer Associate or Azure Data Scientist Associate certification.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy AI/ML models using Azure AI/ML Studio, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure Cognitive Services.
• Implement and manage data pipelines for model training workflows, and ML lifecycle in the Azure ecosystem.
• Work with business stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze data, and deliver predictive insights.
• Collaborate with data engineers and product teams to deliver scalable and production-ready AI solutions.
• Ensure model monitoring, versioning, governance, and responsible AI practices are in place.
• Contribute to solution documentation and technical architecture.
• Design AI agents with Azure stack including but not limited to Autogen, PromptFlow, ML Studio, AI Foundry, AI Search, LangChain, LangGraph etc.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in AI/ML, data science, or machine learning engineering.
• Mandatory Certification:
• Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate OR
• Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate
• Strong knowledge of Azure services: Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services, Azure Functions, AI Foundry, and Azure Storage.
• Proficient in Python, with experience using ML libraries such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar.
• Solid understanding of data science lifecycle, model evaluation, and performance optimization.
• Experience with version control tools like Git and deployment through CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong experience in building AI Agents
• Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, or GenAI tools (Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, Vector Databases etc.).

Good to Have:

• Experience with Power BI or other data visualization tools.
• Exposure to MLOps tools and practices.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹1,800,000.00 - ₹2,400,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Day shift

Experience:

• AI Engineer: 4 years (Required)
• Azure: 3 years (Required)

Location:

• Pune, Maharashtra (Required)

Work Location: In person