For an international project in Chennai, we are urgently looking for a Full Remote Senior Data Scientist.
We are looking for a motivated contractor. Candidates need to be fluent in English.
Tasks and responsibilities:
- Audit existing intranet infrastructure and data systems;
- Design AI architecture (e.g., local LLM integration, vector database, API design);
- Integrate existing LLMs suitable for solutions;
- Develop secure connectors to internal data repositories (SharePoint, document servers, etc.);
- Create user-facing interfaces or chatbots embedded in the intranet;
- Implement access control and data governance mechanisms;
- Validate AI model outputs for accuracy, bias, and relevance;
- Optimize model performance and latency for intranet use;
- Deploy solution within the intranet environment;
- Deliver ongoing maintenance;
Profile:
- Bachelor or Master degree;
- 8+ years in AI/ML engineering, including 2+ years in a senior/lead role;
- Strong expertise in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn);
- Proven experience with FastAPI for serving ML/GenAI APIs;
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI/LLMs (Hugging Face, LangChain and LangGraph, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI, etc.);
- Strong background in MLOps (CI/CD, ML pipelines, model registries, monitoring);
- Cloud expertise in Azure or GCP;
- Excellent leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder collaboration skills;
- Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, ChromaDB, FAISS, Azure AI Search, OpenSearch);
- Knowledge of prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and evaluation frameworks;
- Prior experience building enterprise GenAI assistants, chatbots, or knowledge retrieval systems;
- Contributions to open-source projects in AI/ML/GenAI;
- Fluent in English;
