Job highlights

- Job Type: Full Time. Job Opening Name: Senior Associate AI & Data Science.
- Deployment: Experience containerizing and deploying models (Docker),exposing them via REST / gRPC APIs,and basic familiarity with Kubernetes. . MLOps: Exposure to experiment tracking and model lifecycle tools (MLflow) and CI / CD for ML.

Key Responsibilities

- Hands-On Execution (The "What") - Model Development: Build, train, and evaluate ML and GenAI models, taking them from experimentation to production with guidance from senior engineers.
- Pipelines: Implement and maintain data and inference pipelines, ensuring they meet reliability and latency targets.
- Collaboration: Work closely with senior architects and engineers, contributing to code reviews and learning production best practices.

The Ideal Candidate Profile

You are a hands-on builder.
- You love to code, you are curious about how things work end-to-end, and you are eager to grow into a scale-veteran engineer.
- Essential Experience (3+ Years) - Dual Exposure: Hands-on experience in Classic ML AND/OR Modern GenAI (LLMs/Agents).
- Bonus if you have shipped either type of system to production.
- Scale Curiosity: Experience working with production systems and a strong desire to understand high-throughput, distributed computing.
- Deep Learning Fundamentals: Solid grasp of ML/DL fundamentals and the underlying math.
- Familiarity with Transformers or GNNs is a plus.
- Collaboration: Comfortable working in cross-functional teams and aligning your work with business goals.

Must-Have Skills

- Programming: Robust proficiency in Python and solid software engineering fundamentals (clean code, version control with Git, testing).
- Core ML: Hands-on experience building, training, and evaluating ML models using scikit-learn, XGBoost/LightGBM, and PyTorch or TensorFlow.




- GenAI / LLMs: Practical experience with LLMs - prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, and frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph and Hugging Face Transformers.
- Data Handling: Strong SQL and data wrangling skills (Pandas/NumPy); experience working with large datasets.
- Big Data / Pipelines: Working experience with Spark or Kafka/Flink for building data and inference pipelines.
- Deployment: Experience containerizing and deploying models (Docker), exposing them via REST/gRPC APIs, and basic familiarity with Kubernetes.
- MLOps: Exposure to experiment tracking and model lifecycle tools (MLflow) and CI/CD for ML.
- Cloud: Hands-on with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Fundamentals: Solid grasp of statistics, probability, and deep learning concepts (including Transformer architecture).
- Communication: Ability to clearly document work and collaborate within cross-functional teams.

Technical Stack

- ML Ops: Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Ray, MLflow.
- Big Data: Spark, Kafka, Flink, Iceberg/Hudi.
- GenAI: vLLM, LangGraph, DeepSpeed, Unsloth.
- Cloud/Infra: Working knowledge of GPU/TPU usage and cost awareness.

Growth & Resources

Growth: Learn directly from Principal Architects and senior engineers shaping the nations AI. Resources: Access to state-of-the-art compute infrastructure and proprietary datasets that are unique in the world.

Legacy: The opportunity to say, "I helped build the AI that powers the Indian Economy."

Job Details

- Job Type: Full Time
- Job Opening Name: Senior Associate AI & Data Science
- Location: Maharashtra

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📌 Sr Associate AI & Data Science (Mumbai)
🏢 National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)
📍 Mumbai