Principal Data Scientist

Overview

A seasoned Principal Data Scientist role applying in-depth disciplinary knowledge to design and orchestrate AI solutions, integrating subject matter expertise and leading and mentoring teams within a defined area.

What you'll do

• Hands-on design and orchestration of AI solutions to evaluate, recommend, and support the implementation of business strategies.
• Mentor a small team (2-5 people) and guide them in fundamental system design principles with respect to Gen AI/Agentic AI pipelines/workflows.
• Work with large and complex data sets (both internal and external data) to evaluate, recommend, and support the implementation of business strategies.
• Document data requirements, data collection, processing and cleaning, and exploratory data analysis, which may include utilizing statistical models/algorithms and data visualization techniques.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Coach and train new recruits.

What you'll need

• 8-12 years of experience.
• In-depth understanding of deep learning concepts, sequence to sequence models, and building recommendations using explainable AI.
• Hands-on experience in design and implementation of Gen AI/Agentic AI workflows in production environments.
• Hands-on experience working on scalable deep learning models across multiple projects, including analytical brainstorming, developing, and setting required governance around the same.
• Must have the ability to retrieve and manipulate data.
• Advanced analytic ability and problem solving skills to proactively address business questions with innovative data driven solutions.
• Ability to build partnerships with cross-functional teams.
• Working experience in a quantitative field, Financial/Credit Card industry.
• Willing to learn and can-do attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; organized, detail oriented, flexible and adaptive to a matrix work environment.
• Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Time type: Full time.
• Job family: Specialized Analytics (Data Science/Computational Statistics), Decision Management.