Senior Data Scientist – NLP / Generative AI

Apptware is Hiring | Senior Data Scientist – NLP / Generative AI | Pune

Data Scientist / NLP Engineer

Location: Pune 

Notice Period: Immediate joiners or up to 30 days

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced NLP and Generative AI models (GPT, BERT, T5, etc.) for text generation, summarization, sentiment analysis, and conversational AI.
• Collaborate with leadership, product, and customer success teams to deliver AI-driven solutions for real-world enterprise use cases in CRM and sales intelligence.
• Lead the full machine learning model lifecycle – from design, training, and evaluation to deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Enhance the company’s conversational intelligence platform with next-generation NLP and deep learning capabilities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to ensure seamless integration of models into production systems.
• Develop production-grade, maintainable, and well-tested code for AI model deployment.
• Conduct research and continuously evaluate the latest advancements in AI to improve model performance and scalability.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members and contribute to data science best practices.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Machine Learning, NLP, or Generative AI.
• Strong expertise in transformer-based architectures such as GPT, BERT, and T5.
• Proficiency in Python and machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, scikit-learn, XGBoost, and Pandas.
• Hands-on experience with NLP tools (NLTK, spaCy, Stanford NLP).
• Strong foundation in deep learning, statistical modeling, and model evaluation techniques.
• Familiarity with data engineering, feature engineering, and handling large structured and unstructured datasets.
• Experience deploying AI models using AWS, GCP, or Azure, and applying MLOps best practices.
• Experience building AI models for CRM or Sales Intelligence applications is preferred.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Education: Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field.

Why Join Apptware

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies and enterprise-level products.
• Collaborative environment with strong focus on innovation and research.
• End-to-end ownership of impactful AI model development and deployment.
• Only candidates with immediate to 30-day notice periods will be considered.