Lead Data Scientist

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1600000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 16-25 LPA)

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the complete lifecycle of data science projects—from problem definition to deployment and monitoring
• Convert business requirements into structured DS tasks, identifying suitable modeling approaches
• Lead data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model optimization for strong performance
• Communicate insights clearly to diverse stakeholders and support strategic decision-making
• Mentor and guide a team of data scientists to improve skills, output, and analytical thinking
• Build scalable data pipelines using modern orchestration tools
• Implement efficient MLOps practices, automated workflows, CI/CD, and reusable DS frameworks
• Ensure models are deployed reliably using containerization and API frameworks
• Foster a culture of experimentation, iteration, and high-quality analytical rigor
  

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 4-5 years of hands-on experience in Data Science or Machine Learning
• Strong theoretical foundation in statistics, linear algebra, and optimization
• Solid expertise in Python and popular libraries such as NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, and XGBoost
• Experience working on at least one cloud ecosystem—AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Skilled in building and managing data pipelines using tools like Airflow or Spark
• Proficient in deploying ML models using Docker, FastAPI, or similar frameworks
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex insights
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Added advantage if you have worked with LLMs, built GenAI applications, contributed to open-source, or handled real-time analytics
• Thrive in fast-paced, iterative, agile environments and enjoy taking ownership
• Comfortable working with high-performing teams and navigating startup-level unpredictability