🚨 We're Hiring: Staff Data Scientist

📍 Location: Hyderabad India – Hybrid

🕒 Full-Time | Permanent Position

What you need to be successful

About the Role

Solenis GSS India is looking for a highly skilled Senior Data Scientist to join our AI & Data Science team. This role is designed for a strong individual contributor who brings deep expertise in classical Data Science and Machine Learning, with selective and practical exposure to Generative AI.

You will work on complex, enterprise‑scale problems, building and deploying end‑to‑end machine learning and AI solutions that drive measurable business impact across commercial operations, supply chain, and customer experience domains.

This role is not focused on reporting, dashboards, or pure analytics. We are seeking hands‑on practitioners who own the full lifecycle of data science solutions—from problem definition to production deployment.

Key Responsibilities

Data Science & Machine Learning

• Design, build, train, and deploy machine learning models to solve complex business problems.
• Apply supervised and unsupervised learning techniques including regression, classification, clustering, and time‑series forecasting.
• Perform advanced exploratory data analysis (EDA), feature engineering, and model validation.
• Develop and optimize deep learning and NLP models using frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.

Generative AI & Advanced AI

• Apply Generative AI techniques as an extension of core Data Science solutions.
• Build LLM‑powered workflows using frameworks such as LangChain and HuggingFace.
• Work with embeddings, vector databases, and tools such as FAISS for intelligent search and retrieval use cases.
• Collaborate on AI agent‑based solutions using tools like CrewAI or AutoGen where applicable.
• Ensure GenAI solutions are production‑ready, scalable, and aligned with business needs.

Enterprise Data & Production Systems

• Work with structured and unstructured data across enterprise platforms.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure robust and scalable data pipelines.
• Develop solutions deployed on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Contribute to model deployment, monitoring, and optimization in production environments.

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate business problems into data science solutions.
• Communicate insights, model outcomes, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members when required.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Master’s degree such as M.Tech / PGP / PGD in Data Science or Business Analytics preferred.
• Coursework completed 2017 or earlier is strongly preferred.

Core Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Python
• Hands‑on experience with:
• Pandas, NumPy
• Scikit‑learn
• Supervised & Unsupervised Learning
• Regression, Classification, Clustering
• Time Series Modeling
• Deep Learning
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Experience with TensorFlow and/or PyTorch

Advanced / GenAI Skills

• Practical experience with:
• LangChain, Llama Index
• HuggingFace, BERT
• Embeddings & Vector Databases (e.g., FAISS)
• SQL
• Exposure to:
• AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Azure Open AI / Vertex AI

Experience Requirements

• 8–15 years of overall experience with strong hands‑on Data Science and ML ownership.
• Proven track record of delivering end‑to‑end ML solutions in enterprise environments.
• Experience working as an Individual Contributor on complex technical problems.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to industrial, manufacturing, or enterprise commercial domains.
• Experience working with large‑scale enterprise data platforms.
• Familiarity with responsible AI practices, model governance, and data quality frameworks.

Some benefits of working with us

• Access to a huge array of internal and external training courses on our learning system (free)
• Access to self-paced language training (free)
• Birthday or wedding anniversary gift of INR 1500
• Charity work once a year, to give back to the community
• Company car, phone if required for role
• Competitive health and wellness benefit plan
• Continuous professional development with numerous opportunities for growth
• Creche facility
• Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs)
• Electric car charging stations
• Hybrid work arrangement eg. 3 days in office
• Internet allowance
• No-meeting Fridays
• Parking on site (free)
• Relocation assistance available
• Staff hangout spaces, enjoy games like carrom, chess
• Transport by cab if working the midnight – 7am shift
• Well connected to public transport, only a 10-minute walk to office

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired job requirement.  If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Solenis is constantly growing.  Come and grow your career with us.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, consider joining our team.