Senior Data Scientist

About the job

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 f ... or 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;