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Pune, India Hybrid

Senior Data Scientist

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our team full-time in India.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior Data Scientist, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

  • Development of prototype solutions, mathematical models, algorithms, machine learning techniques, and robust analytics to support analytic insights and visualization of complex data sets
  • Solve complex problems with multilayered data sets and optimize existing machine learning libraries and frameworks
  • Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, and data architects on production systems and applications
  • Identify differences in data distribution that could potentially affect model performance in real-world applications
  • Ensure algorithms generate accurate responses
  • Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and execute data-wrangling techniques
  • Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy
  • Interacts with engineering teams and ensures that solutions meet customer requirements in terms of functionality, performance, availability, scalability, and reliability
  • Work directly with business analysts and data engineers to understand and support their use cases
  • Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions 
  • Drive innovation by exploring new experimentation methods and statistical techniques that could sharpen or speed up our product decision-making processes
  • Cross-trains other team members on technologies being developed, while also continuously learning new technologies from other team members
  • Contribute to unit activities and community building, participate in conferences, and provide excellence in exercise and best practices

Requirements

We know that sometimes, you can’t tick every box. We would still love to hear from you if you think you’re a good fit!

Ability to do NEW development work. Not only execute planned tasks but coming up with “How to…” is crucial for this position.

  • Experience: At least 5 years in developing Machine Learning solutions with a demonstrable track record of leveraging analytics to significantly impact business outcomes
  • Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Econometrics, or a related field
  • MLOps Expertise: Minimum 3 years of experience with MLOps practices, including the integration of reliable Machine Learning pipelines in production, proficiency in Docker, containerization, and orchestration techniques
  • Cloud Proficiency: Strong experience with cloud services and infrastructure. Familiarity with cloud AI and ML services is essential. Coud certification is highly regarded
  • Technical Skills:
    • Knowledge in probability theory, statistics, and the mathematics behind machine learning
    • Proficient in Python for ML solution development and statistical analysis, with experience in libraries such as Pandas, Scikit-learn, and TensorFlow or PyTorch
    • Solid understanding of SQL for data manipulation and reporting
    • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI) and libraries (e.g.Matplotlib, seaborn)
    • Understanding of CRISP-ML(Q) / TDSP concept
  • Project Management: Exceptional time and project management skills, with the ability to manage detailed work and communicate project status effectively across all levels
  • Innovative Mindset: Self-motivated with a drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques. Comfortable working with loosely defined requirements and leveraging creativity and analytical skills to deliver best-in-class solutions

Desirable

  • Kubernetes Experience: Direct experience with Kubernetes is strongly preferred, reflecting our operational reliance on container orchestration for deploying scalable ML solutions
  • Transition to Apache Zeppelin: Interest or experience in Apache Zeppelin, as part of our strategic move to enhance our analytics and machine learning development environment
  • Microservice Architecture: Understanding of or experience with microservice architecture, especially with a focus on transitioning away from Kubeflow dependencies
  • Advanced Data & AI Skills:
    • Experience in Deep Learning is a plus
    • Experience with GenAI deployment and fine-tuning, utilizing LLMs to provide software automation capability integrations, experience with LangChain
    • Experience with Databricks, Snowflake platforms, PySpark is a plus
    • Experience with Rapids (GPU-accelerated data science libraries) is a significant advantage

What's in it for you

  • Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, as well as financial and legal consultation
  • Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy licence, language courses and company-paid certifications
  • Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
  • Flexibility: hybrid work mode at Chennai or Pune
  • Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Resourcing Team helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfil your potential
  • Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
  • Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:
India is a strategic growth market for Ciklum.
Be a part of a big story created right now. Let’s grow our delivery center in India together! Boost your skills and knowledge: create and innovate with like-minded professionals — all of that within a global company with a local spirit and start-up soul. 
Supported by Recognize Partners and expanding globally, we will engineer the experiences of tomorrow!

Be bold, not bored!

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together

Interested already?

We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. Can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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