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We are building Saulikh, a platform transforming agri-trade with data science and AI. Our goal is to bring trust, transparency, and intelligence to commodity trading at scale.


Role Overview

Data Scientist



Key Responsibilities


  • Collect, clean, and preprocess financial, transactional, and behavioral datasets from multiple sources.
  • Design and implement

    trust/credit scoring algorithms

    that assess buyer/seller reliability and default risk.
  • Engineer features from trade history, payment timeliness, disputes, cancellations, and external market data.
  • Apply statistical models and machine learning techniques (logistic regression, random forests, gradient boosting, neural networks) to predict trustworthiness.
  • Develop scoring frameworks normalized to a range (e.g., 0–1000), similar to CIBIL standards.
  • Validate and back-test models against historical data to ensure accuracy, fairness, and stability.
  • Build monitoring pipelines to track score performance, drift, and anomalies in real time.
  • Work with business and product teams to ensure scores align with practical trade and risk management requirements.
  • Document methodologies and communicate insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.



Requirements


  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.
  • 2–5 years of experience as a Data Scientist, preferably in credit scoring, risk modeling, or fraud detection.
  • Strong proficiency in

    Python

    (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, statsmodels) or R.
  • Experience with machine learning algorithms such as logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting (XGBoost/LightGBM), and neural networks.
  • Strong SQL skills for handling large datasets; experience with data pipelines and API integrations.
  • Domain knowledge of

    credit scoring principles, risk assessment, and regulatory considerations

    .
  • Experience in model validation, back-testing, and ensuring fairness and interpretability.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
  • Strong communication skills for presenting findings to technical and business stakeholders.


The interested candidates may apply here.

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