Data Scientist AI & ML Engineer

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Job Title: Data Scientist / AI & ML Engineer

Designation: Researcher / Senior Research Engineer

Company:Hitachi India Pvt Ltd.

Type of Employment: Fixed Term Contract

Location:Bengaluru Karnataka India

Salary: As per Industry

Company Overview:

Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. (HIL) markets and sells a wide range of products/services ranging from Information & Telecommunications Systems Digital Solutions & Services Infrastructure Systems Industrial Systems like Water Oil & Gas supply and management to Transportation and Urban Development Systems. Together with further localization Hitachi aims to contribute to developing a sustainable society in India as well as contributing to the countrys economic growth.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a highly motivated Data Scientist / AI & ML Engineer to design develop and deploy scalable AI-driven solutions for real-world digital services challenges. The role involves working at the intersection of research and engineering to build production-ready systems rapid prototypes and innovative AI models.

Job Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design and develop AI/ML solutions to address customer and business problems.

• Build train and deploy machine learning and deep learning models across use cases.

• Build and deploy LLM-powered applications using techniques such as prompt engineering RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and fine-tuning.

• Develop scalable data architectures for large-scale data processing and analytics

• Set up and manage big data environments for rapid prototyping (on-premises and cloud)

• Design and develop agentic AI systems (multi-agent workflows tool-using agents autonomous decision loops)

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Build and maintain robust data pipelines using modern data engineering tools

• Optimize performance reliability and scalability of data and ML systems

• Enable seamless data access for researchers across programming environments

• Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI/ML data engineering and financial technologies

• Contribute to research initiatives PoCs and innovation-driven projects

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience in machine learning statistical analysis and data modeling

• Solid experience with big data technologies (Hadoop ecosystem Spark etc.)

• Proficiency in Python R or Shell scripting

• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS / Azure / Google Cloud

• Strong programming skills in Java and/or Scala

• Experience with RDBMS (MySQL PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB etc.)

• Experience building data pipelines using tools like Kafka Flume Spark

• Familiarity with DevOps tools (Jenkins CI/CD pipelines containerization)

• Experience in distributed systems and large-scale application development

• Knowledge of data visualization/BI tools (Tableau Power BI etc.)

• Strong problem-solving communication and stakeholder management skills

• Experience working in Agile environments

Preferred Skills:

• Masters degree in Computer Science or related field

• Experience in Deep Learning and advanced AI techniques

• Proven experience in building prototypes and production-grade PoCs

• Exposure to financial services or fintech domain (preferred)

• Experience with MLOps frameworks and model lifecycle management

• Experience designing multi-agent systems and autonomous workflows

• Exposure to fine-tuning RLHF or model optimization techniques

• Experience with evaluation frameworks for LLMs

Experience: 5 years of relevant experience

Education: Bachelors degree in computer science or related field.

Hitachi Values:

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesnt impact your ability to do the job including race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

• Wa Harmony Trust Respect

• Makoto Sincerity Fairness Honesty Integrity

• Kaitakusha-Seishin Pioneering Spirit Challenge