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Job Family: Data Science & AI > Data & AI Scientists

Business Title: Data Science & AI Engineering Lead

Grade: F

Location: Hyderabad, Lloyds Technology Center

Department: AI Centre of Excellence (CDAO)

YOE: 18+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on lead Data & AI Scientist to drive the development and scaling of AI-powered solutions across the enterprise. This role is pivotal in shaping the technical direction of our AI/ML initiatives, mentoring talent, and delivering high-impact outcomes through cutting-edge technologies including GenAI, autonomous agents, advanced NLP, and machine learning.

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on lead Data & AI Scientist to drive the development and scaling of AI-powered solutions across the enterprise. This role is pivotal in shaping the technical direction of our AI/ML initiatives, mentoring talent, and delivering high-impact outcomes through cutting-edge technologies including GenAI, autonomous agents, advanced NLP, and machine learning.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Strategy

- Lead the design, incubation, and scaling of AI/ML solutions that solve complex business problems.
- Architect and implement GenAI-powered systems, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and autonomous agents.
- Evaluate and integrate open-source and proprietary LLMs, optimising for performance and business value.

Solution Delivery

- Translate business requirements into robust, scalable AI/ML solutions.




- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of AI capabilities into products and platforms.
- Drive experimentation, rapid prototyping, and iterative development.

Team Development & Mentorship

- Guide and mentor data scientists, ML engineers, and junior developers.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.

Operational Excellence

- Partner with CoE leaders to participate and improve delivery processes, resource allocation, and prioritisation frameworks.
- Establish best practices for model development, deployment, monitoring, and governance.

Required Skills & Experience

- Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, and deep learning.
- Proven experience in building and deploying GenAI solutions using frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, or similar.
- Expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP), including semantic search, entity recognition, and text generation.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, Claude, Mistral) and fine-tuning/customisation techniques.
- Ability to design and implement autonomous AI agents capable of observation, planning, reasoning, and action.
- Proficiency in analysing large datasets to identify trends, model improvements, and optimisation opportunities.
- Familiarity with MLOps/AIOps practices and tools for scalable model deployment and lifecycle management.

Preferred Qualifications

- Advanced degree (MSc/PhD) in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, or related field.
- Experience in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of enterprise AI governance, ethical AI, and model interpretability.

📌 Lead Data and AI Scientist (Hyderabad)
🏢 Lloyds Banking Group
📍 Hyderabad