Senior Principal- Data Science

Role: Senior Principal - Data Scientist

Position overview

Work in an innovative and fast paced AI application development team to conceptualize and execute projects to leverage the power of AI/ML and analytics. The work will be related to producing business outcomes for Cloud and Cybersecurity products and services of Novamesh, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communications Ltd.

Success in this role requires a mix of data science skills, appreciation of the business, and ability to work across teams. A special focus area of this role would be to identify and execute ideas for creating monetizable product differentiators by working with Domain Experts from individual product teams and acquire domain skills in the process.

Detailed job description

• Develop, Test, and Deploy ML/AI models for various products
• 10 to 12 Years of industry experience with demonstratable outcomes in field of Data Science
• Perform data preprocessing, feature engineering and ML/DL model evaluation
• Optimize and fine-tune models for performance and scalability
• Good understanding of Statistical, ML, AI models
• Good understanding of NLP concepts and projects involving entity recognition, text classification, and language modelling like GPT
• Build and refine RAG models to improve information retrieval and answer generation.
• Integrate RAG methods into existing applications to enhance data accessibility and user experience.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including software engineers, product managers, and domain experts.
• Document processes, methodologies, and model development for internal and external stakeholders.
• Go-getter attitude and will to “Make it happen"

Qualification and Skills

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field from reputed institutions.
• Strong knowledge of probability and statistics.
• Expertise in machine learning and deep learning skills
• Hand on experience with GenAI, LLMs and SLMs
• Strong programming skills

1. Python, PyTorch, Sci-kit, NumPy, Gen AI tools like langchain/llamaIndex , OpenAI
2. SQL, flat file DB, Datalakes, data stores, data frames (Pandas, Cudf etc.)

• Working knowledge of MLOPs principles and implementing projects with Big Data in batch and streaming mode.
• Good knowledge of Data Engineering and working knowledge of the same
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork abilities.