Lead Scientist, Data Science
XPO Pune, Maharashtra, India
Truck Transportation · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Design, build, and productionize advanced machine learning models including Generative AI and RAG architectures. Lead the end-to-end model lifecycle while establishing MLOps pipelines and mentoring data science team members.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires over 7 years of relevant experience with deep expertise in Generative AI, RAG, and MLOps. Candidates must possess strong ML engineering skills and proficiency in Python, cloud platforms, and vector databases.
Full description
XPO India Shared Services
Position: Lead Data Scientist
Team: XPO India Data Science team
Location: Hyderabad/Pune
Number of Position: 1
Relevant Experience: 7+ years
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Scientist with deep expertise in Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and productionizing advanced machine learning models. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in MLOps and ML Engineering, ensuring scalable, reliability, and secure deployment of AI solutions into production environments. This role requires both technical leadership and strategic vision to drive impactful AI initiatives across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- AI Solution Development
- Design, build, and productionize advanced ML/AI models, including Generative AI and RAG-based architectures.
- Lead end-to-end model lifecycle: data preparation, feature engineering, training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- MLOps & ML Engineering
- Establish and optimize MLOps pipelines for continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring of ML models.
- Implement best practices for model governance, reproducibility, and scalability.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of AI solutions into production systems.
- Leadership & Strategy
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data scientists and ML engineers.
- Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate complex AI concepts into actionable business value.
- Drive innovation by evaluating emerging AI technologies and frameworks.
- Operational Excellence
- Ensure AI models meet performance, reliability, and compliance standards.
- Develop monitoring frameworks for model drift, bias detection, and performance degradation.
- Champion responsible for AI practices and security-first approaches.
Required Skills & Experience
- Technical Expertise
- Proven experience in Generative AI (LLMs, diffusion models, transformers) and RAG pipelines.
- Strong background in MLOps (CI/CD for ML, model monitoring, orchestration tools like MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow).
- Solid ML Engineering skills: Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, distributed training, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS) and retrieval systems.
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