Lead Data Scientist

Lead Data Scientist - Generative AI & LLMs

Location: Hyderabad

Notice Period: Immediate to 30days

About the Role

As a Lead Data Scientist, you will drive the architecture, design, and delivery of GenAI

solutions, focusing on LLM and vLLM fine-tuning, data strategy, and model performance.

This is a strategic, leadership-oriented role requiring a deep technical foundation and strong

stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of LLM-powered GenAI platforms and document
• intelligence products.
• Architect and own data pipelines for fine-tuning large language models using large-
• scale datasets.
• Guide and mentor data science teams on LLM training best practices, evaluation, and
• deployment.
• Optimize model inference (latency, throughput) using vLLM, quantization, or model
• distillation techniques.
• Own the model lifecycle from experimentation to production-grade deployment.
• Partner with engineering/product teams to translate business needs into scalable AI
• solutions.

Required Skills

• 7+ years in data science, with 3+ years focused on NLP and LLMs.
• Proven expertise in fine-tuning large-scale models on enterprise or open datasets.
• Hands-on with vLLM, PEFT (Parameter Efficient Fine Tuning), LoRA, and
• quantization strategies.
• Experience optimizing inference pipelines for production environments.
• Strong coding background in Python, PyTorch, and scalable ML architectures.
• Deep understanding of model alignment, evaluation strategies, and generative QA
• tasks.

Leadership Skills

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams across data science, MLOps, and software
• engineering.
• Experience mentoring junior team members and reviewing model design/code.
• Strong communication skills to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.