Lead Data Scientist

Position: Lead Data Scientist

Experience: 8+ Years

Company: Vermont Information Processing (VIP) India Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Navi Mumbai

Employment Type: Full-time

About VIP:

VIP is a leading technology company serving the global beverage industry, providing innovative software solutions to brewers, distributors, wineries, soda bottlers, and retailers. Headquartered in Colchester, Vermont (USA), VIP has 900+ employees worldwide.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Lead Data Scientist to build and deploy advanced Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions that solve real-world business problems. You'll work closely with Product Managers, ML Engineers, and Engineering teams to develop scalable AI-powered products.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build ML models for forecasting, optimization, pricing, and recommendation systems.

- Develop Generative AI solutions using LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and LLM fine-tuning.

- Translate business requirements into scalable data science solutions.

- Perform feature engineering, model evaluation, and validation.

- Mentor junior data scientists and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

- Deploy ML models into production environments.

Required Skills:

- Master's or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.

- 8 - 12 years of experience in Applied Data Science.

- Strong expertise in Python, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Statistics, and Generative AI.

- Hands-on experience with LLMs (OpenAI/Anthropic/Open-source), RAG, and model deployment.

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