Aptus Data Labs - Lead / Senior Data Scientist - Generative AI

Job Description : Senior / lead Data Scientist

Location : Bangalore / WFH

Employment Type : Full-time

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior / lead Data Scientist with strong expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning, and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

The ideal candidate will also have hands-on exposure to Generative AI (GenAI) and the ability to design, implement, and optimize advanced AI-driven solutions for real-world business problems.

This role requires both technical depth and strategic thinking, with an ability to lead projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver scalable, impactful AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end machine learning and AI models for diverse business use cases.
• Apply advanced deep learning architectures (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers, etc.) for solving complex problems in vision, text, and structured / unstructured data.
• Develop and fine-tune NLP models for text classification, sentiment analysis, information extraction, conversational AI, and semantic search.
• Explore and implement Generative AI (LLMs, diffusion models, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG pipelines, etc.) to enhance existing AI / ML capabilities.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into AI-driven solutions.
• Drive model performance optimization (scalability, latency, explainability, accuracy).
• Lead and mentor junior data scientists, providing technical guidance and best practices.
• Stay up to date with emerging AI / ML and GenAI frameworks, tools, and research trends.

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Preferred Qualifications :

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