About the Team
The Data Science team at Navi plays a central role in building intelligent solutions that power our products and drive business impact. We work across key domains such as Lending, Collections, KYC, UPI Growth and Ads recommendation, applying advanced machine learning/deep learning/GenAI techniques to solve high-impact challenges. Our work involves a diverse range of data types—including text, image, and tabular data—and we closely collaborate with cross-functional teams like Product, Business, Engineering, etc. to deliver end-to-end solutions.
About the Role
As a Staff Researcher at Navi, you will play a pivotal role in defining and advancing the applied data science vision across the organization. This role offers the unique prospect to lead cross-functional, enterprise-level data science initiatives that have a direct and lasting impact on Navi’s most critical business strategies. You will operate at the forefront of advanced machine learning, large-scale data engineering, and domain innovation—architecting and deploying scalable solutions that set industry benchmarks.
Collaborating with senior leaders across multiple business units, you will address Navi’s most complex and high-value challenges, foster a culture of technical excellence, drive innovation, and develop the next generation of data science talent. Your leadership will be instrumental in establishing data science as a key strategic differentiator for Navi’s future growth.
In Navi Data Science team, you will get opportunity to work across high-impact initiatives like:
Risk & Credit Intelligence
Credit Risk and Fraud prediction
Income, Loan amount and Credit line management
Loss forecasting
Growth & Personalization
Retention and Personalisation
Ads Recommendation
Cross sell initiatives and conversion optimisation
Strategy & Operations
Collections operations optimisation
Pricing
Quant fund management
What We Expect From You
Advance Applied Research: Drive innovation in ML, AI, optimiz