Associate Director Data scientist at Staffnixcom · Pune · 10 - 12 years · ₹65L - ₹75L / yr · Bootstrapped · Posted 28 Jul 2026

Strong Lead Data Science, / AI Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer profiles.
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Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have 10+ years of experience in Data Science, AI/ML or AI Engineering with hands-on experience building production-grade ML systems.
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Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have hands-on experience building AI/ML solutions for Credit Risk, Fraud Risk Management (FRM), Collections & Recovery, with proven delivery of business-impacting AI/ML solutions.
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Mandatory (Experience 3) - Candidate's Current designation must be Lead or above.
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Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have strong experience designing and deploying large-scale distributed Machine Learning systems, including model training, fine-tuning, inference, scalable serving, and production deployment.
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Mandatory (Experience 5) - Strong programming experience in Python, along with exposure to Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, APIs/Microservices, CI/CD, Feature Store, Model Registry, and Distributed Computing.
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Mandatory (Experience 6) - Experience designing and deploying Credit Risk Models, Fraud Detection Models, Graph ML, Early Warning Systems, Portfolio Monitoring, Collections Optimization, Propensity Models, and Recovery Forecasting.
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Mandatory (Experience 7) - Proven experience leading AI/ML teams, owning end-to-end delivery, mentoring engineers, driving cross-functional execution, and managing production AI platforms.
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Mandatory (Experience 8) – Must have experience working under BFSI governance, including PII handling, auditability, model governance, compliance, secure-by-design architecture, approval workflows, and model risk management practices.
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Mandatory ( Education ) - B.TECH / M.TECH from Tier 1 Colleges (IIT's, NIT's, BITS) are Considered
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Mandatory (Age) - Candidate's Age should be below 37 years.
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Mandatory (CTC) – The CTC breakup offered will be 75% fixed + 25% variable, as per company policy.
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Preferred (Experience 1) - Candidates currently working as Lead / Principal / Engineering Manager / Associate Director / Director in reputed Product, FinTech, Banking, NBFC, or Global Capability Centers will be preferred.
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Preferred (Experience 2) - Indian professionals currently working overseas (NRI) who are planning to relocate and permanently settle in India are encouraged to apply.
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Preferred (Experience 4) - Experience building enterprise AI platforms using Graph ML, Vector Databases, LLM-enabled decisioning, distributed training frameworks, and large-scale AI infrastructure.

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Location - Mumbai/Bangalore/Hyderabad/Gurgaon (Hybrid - 3 Days a week in Office)
Responsibilities:
- Own the full ML lifecycle: model design, training, evaluation, deployment
- Design production-ready ML pipelines with CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and drift detection
- Fine-tune LLMs and implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
- Build agentic workflows for reasoning, planning, and decision-making
- Develop both real-time and batch inference systems using Docker, Kubernetes, and Spark
- Leverage state-of-the-art architectures: transformers, diffusion models, RLHF, and multimodal pipelines
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate AI models into business applications
- Mentor junior team members and promote MLOps, scalable architecture, and responsible AI best practices
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in designing, deploying, and scaling ML/DL systems in production
- Proficient in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
- Experience with LLM fine-tuning, LoRA/QLoRA, vector search (Weaviate/PGVector), and RAG pipelines
- Familiarity with agent-based development (e.g., ReAct agents, function-calling, orchestration)
- Solid understanding of MLOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Spark, model registries, and deployment workflows
- Strong software engineering background with experience in testing, version control, and APIs
- Proven ability to balance innovation with scalable deployment
- B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
- Bonus: Open-source contributions, GenAI research, or applied systems at scale
Description
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Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy scalable machine learning models into production systems.
- Develop advanced analytics and predictive models using Python, SQL, and popular ML/DL frameworks (Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Leverage Databricks, Apache Spark, and Hadoop for large-scale data processing and model training.
- Implement workflows and pipelines using Airflow and AWS EMR for automation and orchestration.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate models into cloud-based applications on AWS.
- Optimize query performance, storage usage, and data pipelines for efficiency.
- Conduct end-to-end experiments, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, validation, and deployment.
- Drive initiatives independently with high ownership and accountability.
- Stay up to date with industry best practices in machine learning, big data, and cloud-native deployments.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Data Science or Applied Machine Learning.
- Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and ML libraries (Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Proven expertise in deploying ML models into production systems.
- Experience with big data platforms (Hadoop, Spark) and distributed data processing.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Airflow, and AWS EMR.
- Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services (S3, Lambda, SageMaker, EC2, etc.).
- Solid understanding of query optimization, storage systems, and data pipelines.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to design scalable solutions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work in cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
- Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
- Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
- High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.
About Us
Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.
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Responsibilities:
- Analyse complex datasets to identify patterns, issues, and opportunities.
- Formulate and validate hypotheses through structured analysis and experimentation.
- Build and improve machine learning and anomaly detection solutions.
- Design end-to-end solutions considering data, modelling, engineering, and production constraints.
- Perform root cause analysis across models, data, and systems.
- Work with engineering teams on feature pipelines, model inference, and production deployment.
- Lead technical discussions with clients and communicate recommendations, trade-offs, and expected impact.
- Guide team members on analysis, modelling, and solution design.
- Proactively identify initiatives and roadmap items that can add value to the project.
Requirements:
- Strong foundation in statistics and machine learning.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
- Hands-on experience with Python ML and data frameworks such as Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow/Keras, Dask, Matplotlib, Boto3 SageMaker Python SDK, and Horovod.
- Strong data analysis, hypothesis-generation, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with standard supervised and unsupervised ML techniques.
- Experience with anomaly detection techniques such as Isolation Forest and Autoencoders.
- Experience building and deploying production ML solutions.
- Working knowledge of data engineering and real-time / batch inference environments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to lead technical work and guide cross-functional teams.
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- Experience in fraud detection or risk modelling.
- Experience with Graph Neural Networks.
- Exposure to real-time systems, streaming features, and low-latency data stores.
- Experience in AdTech, e-commerce, gaming, mobile applications, or similar high-volume consumer platforms.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement machine learning and predictive analytics models.
- Perform data analysis, statistical modeling, and optimization to solve business problems.
- Build demand forecasting and predictive models using time-series and other advanced techniques.
- Work with large datasets using Python, SQL, PySpark, and cloud-based data platforms.
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for ML model development and deployment.
- Implement MLOps practices including model deployment, monitoring, retraining, and data-drift detection.
- Collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to convert business requirements into analytical solutions.
- Validate models for accuracy, robustness, bias, and production readiness.
- Create meaningful visualizations and communicate analytical insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Required Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Data Science & Machine Learning
- Predictive Modeling
- Statistical Analysis
- Machine Learning Algorithms
- Optimization Techniques
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- BigQuery
- Dataflow
- Dataproc
- Data Fusion
- Cloud SQL
- Airflow
- PySpark
- PostgreSQL
- Terraform
- Tekton
- APIs
- MLOps
Preferred Skill
- Java
Good to Have
- Demand Forecasting
- Time-Series Analysis
- Neural Networks
- Ensemble Methods
- Support Vector Machines (SVM)
- Regression and Cluster Analysis
- ML Model Testing
- Bias Detection and Data Drift Monitoring
- Production ML Deployment
- QlikSense
- Automotive or Supply Chain Analytics
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.Master's degree in a relevant quantitative or technical field is preferred.
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engineering, model training, validation, evaluation, and deployment.
• Develop AI solutions using PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face, and related
frameworks.
• Work with Large Language Models (LLMs) and foundation models such as GPT, BERT, Llama,
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scalable AI solutions.
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• Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks including Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and
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