Senior Data Scientist

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Must Have Qualifications : Must have hands on experience with machine learning transitioned into GenAI. Rag, Python- Jupyter, other Software knowledge, using agents in workflows, strong understanding of data. Preferred: Built AI agent, MCP, A2A, Graph Rag, deployed Gen AI applications to production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable AI Agents, Agentic Workflows and GenAI applications to address diverse and complex business use cases.
• Develop, fine-tune, and optimize lightweight LLMs; lead the evaluation and adaptation of models such as Claude (Anthropic), Azure OpenAI, and open-source alternatives.
• Design and deploy Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Graph RAG systems using vector databases and knowledge bases.
• Curate enterprise data using connectors integrated with AWS Bedrock's Knowledge Base/Elastic
• Implement solutions leveraging MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (Agent-to-Agent) communication.
• Build and maintain Jupyter-based notebooks using platforms like SageMaker and MLFlow/Kubeflow on Kubernetes (EKS).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of UI and microservice engineers, designers, and data engineers to build full-stack Gen AI experiences.
• Integrate GenAI solutions with enterprise platforms via API-based methods and GenAI standardized patterns.
• Establish and enforce validation procedures with Evaluation Frameworks, bias mitigation, safety protocols, and guardrails for production-ready deployment.
• Design & build robust ingestion pipelines that extract, chunk, enrich, and anonymize data from PDFs, video, and audio sources for use in LLM-powered workflows—leveraging best practices like semantic chunking and privacy controls
• Orchestrate multimodal pipelines** using scalable frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, PySpark) for automated ETL/ELT workflows appropriate for unstructured media
• Implement embeddings drives—map media content to vector representations using embedding models, and integrate with vector stores (AWS KnowledgeBase/Elastic/Mongo Atlas) to support RAG architectures

**Required Qualifications:**

* 10+ years of experience in AI/ML, with 3+ years in applied GenAI or LLM-based solutions.

* Deep expertise in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, GraphRAG, vector databases (e.g., AWS KnowledgeBase / Elastic), and multi-modal models.

* Proven experience with cloud-native AI development (AWS SageMaker, Bedrock, MLFlow on EKS).

* Strong programming skills in Python and ML libraries (Transformers, LangChain, etc.).

* Deep understanding of Gen AI system patterns and architectural best practices, Evaluation Frameworks

* Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional agile teams.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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