Job Title: Data Scientist

Location: Mumbai (Hybrid)
Experience: 5–7 Years

About the Company

Ascendion is a leader in AI-powered software engineering, helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with Global 2000 clients across North America, APAC, and Europe to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI™ (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascendion.com.
About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Data Scientist with strong Python expertise and hands-on experience in machine learning and data analysis. This role focuses on working with ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) datasets, including semi-structured and unstructured data, to drive meaningful insights and build scalable data solutions.





You will play a key role in enhancing an existing internal Python codebase while developing recent data-driven capabilities, integrating external data sources, and contributing to advanced analytics initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
Enhance, maintain, and extend an existing Python-based internal codebase
Develop recent data processing pipelines and analytical functionalities
Retrieve, process, and integrate data from external APIs
Work extensively with semi-structured and unstructured ESG datasets (JSON, XML, text data)
Perform data wrangling, cleaning, transformation, and validation
Conduct feature engineering and build machine learning models
Evaluate and optimize models for performance and scalability
Translate complex data into actionable business insights
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven solutions

Required Skills & Experience
Solid proficiency in Python for data science (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn)
Hands-on experience with:
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