Lead Data Scientist

Lead Data Scientist

Company :

Blackstraw.ai

Job location:

Chennai (Work from Office)

Job Type:

Fulltime

Experience:

8 Years

Job Summary:

We are looking for Data Scientists to lead a data science team and help us gain useful insight out

of raw data.

Lead Data Scientist responsibilities include managing the client data science team planning

projects and building analytics models. You should have a strong problemsolving ability and a

knack for statistical analysis. If you re also able to align our data products with our business

goals we d like to talk to you.

Your ultimate goal will be to help improve our AI services by making the most out of our client s

data.

Responsibilities

You would be required to Identify develop and implement the appropriate statistical

techniques algorithms and Deep learning / ML Models to create new scalable solutions

that address business challenges across industry domains.

Define develop maintain and evolve data models tools and capabilities.

Communicate your findings to the appropriate teams through visualizations

Collaborate and communicate findings to diverse stakeholders

Provide solutions for but not limited to: Object detection/Image recognition natural

language

processing

Sentiment

Analysis

Topic

Modeling

Concept

Extraction

Recommender Systems Text Classification Clustering Customer Segmentation &

Targeting Propensity Modeling Churn Modeling Lifetime Value Estimation Forecasting

Modeling Response to Incentives Marketing Mix Optimization Price Optimization.

Ability to build train and lead a team of data scientists.

Follow/maintain an agile methodology for delivering on project milestones.

Excellent oral presentation and written communication skills.

Experience applying statistical ideas and methods to data sets to answer business

problems.

Mine and analyze data to drive optimization and improvement of product development

marketing techniques and business strategies.

Working on ML Model Containerisation.

Creating ML Model Inference Pipelines.

Testing and Monitoring ML Models.

Tech Stack:

Strong Python programming Knowledge Data Science and Advanced Concepts like

Abstract Class Function Overloading Overriding Inheritance Modular Programming

and Reusability

Cloud Experience in using Azure services

REST API using Flask or fastapi frameworks

Good to have Pyspark: Spark Dataframe Operations SQL functions API Parallel

Execution

Good to have Unit testing using Python pytest or Unittest

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors/ Masters/ PhD degree in Math Computer Science Information Systems

Machine Learning Statistics Applied Mathematics or related technical degree.

6 plus years total experience with minimum of 3 years of

experience in a related

position as a senior data scientist building Predictive analytics Computer Vision and

NLP solutions for various types of business problems.

Advanced knowledge of statistical techniques machine learning algorithms and deep

learning frameworks like Tensorflow Keras Pytorch

Programming background and expertise in building models using at least one of the

following languages: Python R

Strong individual planning and project management skills able to juggle multiple tasks

and priorities.

Selfmotivated and driven to deliver agreed results ontime

Ability to convert analytical output into clear concise and persuasive insights &

recommendations for technical & nontechnical audience

Strong influence and relationship management skills.

Key traits:

Should have excellent communication skills.

Should be self motivated and willing to work as part of a team.

Should be able to collaborate and coordinate with onshore and offshore teams.

Be a problem solver and be proactive to solve the challenges that come his way.

Company Profile

Conceptualized as far back as 2015 and commencing fulltime operations in 2018

Blackstraw technologies Pvt Ltd. is a software products and services company specializing in

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning solutions for various industries. We support

businesses around the world including North America Europe and Asia working to simplify

AI implementation through our platform that expedites data labeling AI modeltraining

and cloud or onpremise deployments.

With more than 900 years of combined workexperience the 250strong Blackstraw Team

comprises various experts in the AI value chain. We are a fastmoving team that prides

ourselves in rapidly identifying different usecases and finetuning our products to suit

specific business needs.

We are focused on providing solutions related to computer vision natural language

processing Data annotation tools for deep learning models etc. To stay competitive in

business it is key for organizations to adopt and implement smart AI solutions and service

offerings. However most companies are unable to implement AI rapidly due to the

complexity of existing solutions inadequate data and cost implications.

Our mission is to enable enterprises to adopt AI in an easier costeffective and

timeefficient manner with a plugandplay approach to their data.

Blackstraw operations are based out of Canada USA & India. Our head office is based in

Florida.