Our collaborative team is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join us. This role involves taking on a central part in building and deploying AI solutions spanning multiple domains, including statistical analysis and natural language processing. Candidates who are enthusiastic about using data to drive meaningful outcomes are invited to submit their application.

Responsibilities

Build and deploy AI solutions covering classification, clustering, and anomaly detection

Perform statistical data analysis and implement machine learning methods

Oversee end-to-end project execution, spanning data preparation through model evaluation

Apply Python and SQL skills for data handling and analysis

Participate in ML Ops practices and model development pipelines

Design models that business users can easily access

Work alongside teams following software development practices and version control systems

Keep documentation current and manage project tracking through tools like Jira

Remain current with emerging technologies while applying strong problem-solving abilities

Produce production-ready outputs and contribute to knowledge sharing efforts

Requirements

- 9+ years working in software engineering with a focus on Data Science
- A minimum of 1 year in a relevant leadership capacity
- Solid command of statistical data analysis, machine learning,



and NLP, along with a solid grasp of their real-world uses and constraints
- Hands-on experience building and deploying AI solutions, covering classification, clustering, anomaly detection, and NLP
- Skilled in managing the full project lifecycle, from data preparation to model construction, evaluation, and visualization
- Strong Python and SQL skills, including writing production-level code and using data analysis libraries
- Knowledge of ML Ops, model development pipelines, and feature engineering approaches
- Ability to manipulate data and build business-accessible models, including experience with Azure AI Search
- Skilled in software development practices, version control systems (such as GitLab), and project tracking tools (such as Jira)
- Eagerness to explore new technologies, paired with strong problem-solving ability and a track record of delivering production-ready work
- Comfortable working with the UNIX command line
- Experience working within Agile development frameworks
- Strong English communication skills, at a B2+ level or higher

Nice to have

Understanding of Cloud Computing

Hands-on experience with Big Data tools

Exposure to visualization tools

Skilled in using containerization tools

📌 Lead ML / Data Scientist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Epam
📍 Bengaluru