Senior Data Scientist - Ventures

Senior Data Scientist – Generative AI & Conversational Agents - Ventures Team

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to lead the design, development, and deployment of next-generation AI-powered conversational experiences. This role will drive the technical strategy for GenAI solutions, working closely with Product and Engineering teams to build scalable, production-ready AI applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deploy conversational AI solutions powered by Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Build and optimize agent-based workflows, integrating external tools, APIs, and knowledge sources.
• Develop prompt engineering strategies and evaluation frameworks to improve model performance.
• Architect scalable AI systems, including memory, context management, and retrieval capabilities.
• Fine-tune and adapt NLP/transformer models for business-specific use cases.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into AI-driven solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor team members on AI best practices.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI or Conversational AI applications in production.
• Strong experience with LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Claude, Llama, Mistral, or similar.
• Experience with agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, SmolAgents, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of RAG architectures, embeddings, vector databases, and context management.
• Experience fine-tuning transformer models using frameworks such as Hugging Face.
• Strong Python software engineering skills, including Git, testing, CI/CD, and cloud environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol).
• Familiarity with observability and evaluation tools such as LangSmith, Phoenix, MLflow, or Weights & Biases.
• Experience optimizing LLM applications for scalability, latency, and cost.
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with Responsible AI and AI Governance.
  
  

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