Lead/Senior Data Scientist

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Job Summary:

We are looking for a Lead Data Scientist with the ability to lead a data science team and help us gain useful insight out of raw data. Lead Data Scientist responsibilities include managing the client, data science team, planning projects and building analytics models. You should have a strong problem-solving ability and a knack for statistical analysis. If youre also able to align our data products with our business goals, wed like to talk to you.

Responsibilities:

You would be required to Identify, develop and implement the appropriate statistical techniques, algorithms and Deep learning / ML Models to create new, scalable solutions that address business challenges across industry domains.

Define, develop, maintain and evolve data models, tools and capabilities.

Communicate your findings to the appropriate teams through visualizations.

Provide solutions for but not limited to: Object detection/Image recognition, natural language processing, Sentiment Analysis, Topic Modeling, Concept Extraction, Recommender Systems, Text Classification, Clustering , Customer Segmentation & Targeting, Propensity Modeling, Churn Modeling, Lifetime Value Estimation, Forecasting, Modeling Response to Incentives, Marketing Mix Optimization, Price Optimization, GenAI and LLMs.

Ability to build, train and lead a team of data scientists.

Follow/maintain an agile methodology for delivering on project milestones.

Experience applying statistical ideas and methods to data sets to answer business problems.

Mine and analyze data to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.

Working on ML Model Containerisation.

Creating ML Model Inference Pipelines.

Testing and Monitoring ML Models.

Tech Stacks:

Strong Python programming Knowledge- Data Science and Advanced Concepts like Abstract Class, Function Overloading + Overriding, Inheritance, Modular Programming and Reusability

Working knowledge of Transformers, Hugging face etc..

Working knowledge in implementing large language modes for enterprise applications.

Cloud Experience in using Azure services,

REST API using Flask or fastapi frameworks

Good to have - Pyspark: Spark Dataframe Operations, SQL functions API, Parallel Execution

Good to have - Unit testing using Python pytest or Unittest

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors/ Masters/ PhD degree in Math, Computer Science, Information Systems, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related technical degree.

Minimum of 6 years of experience in a related position, as a senior data scientist building Predictive analytics, Computer Vision, NLP and GenAI solutions for various types of business problems.

Advanced knowledge of statistical techniques, machine learning algorithms and deep learning frameworks like Tensorflow, Keras, Pytorch, etc..

Strong planning and project management skills, able to juggle multiple tasks and priorities.

Self-motivated and driven to deliver agreed results on-time

Ability to convert analytical output into clear, concise, and persuasive insights & recommendations for technical & non-technical audience

Strong influence and relationship management skills.

Key traits:

Should have excellent communication skills.

Should have an ownership mindset.

Should be self motivated and willing to work as part of a team.

Should be able to collaborate and coordinate with onshore and offshore teams.

Be a problem solver and be proactive to solve the challenges that come his way.

Company Profile

Conceptualized as far back as 2015, and commencing full-time operations in 2018, Blackstraw technologies Pvt Ltd. is a software products and services company specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning solutions for various industries. We support businesses around the world, including North America, Europe and Asia, working to simplify AI implementation through our platform that expedites data labeling, AI model-training, and cloud or on-premise deployments.

With more than 1000 years of combined work-experience, the 250+-strong Blackstraw Team comprises various experts in the AI value chain. We are a fast-moving team that prides ourselves in rapidly identifying different use-cases and fine-tuning our products to suit specific business needs.

We are focused on providing solutions related to computer vision, natural language processing, Data annotation tools for deep learning models, etc. To stay competitive in business, it is key for organizations to adopt and implement smart AI solutions and service offerings. However, most companies are unable to implement AI rapidly due to the complexity of existing solutions, inadequate data and cost implications.

Our mission is to enable enterprises to adopt AI in an easier, cost-effective and time-efficient manner with a plug-and-play approach to their data.

Blackstraw operations are based out of Canada, USA & India. Our head office is based in Florida.