Engineering Manager, Data Scientist at financing company · Mumbai, Navi Mumbai · 10 - 15 years · Posted 17 Apr 2023

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• You will be involved in directly driving application of machine learning and AI to solve various product and business problems including ML model lifecycle management with ideation, experimentation, implementation, and maintenance.
• Your responsibilities will include enabling the team in moving forward with ML/AI solutions to optimise various components across our music streaming platforms.
• Your work would be impacting millions of users the way they consume music and podcasts, it would involve solving cold start problems, understanding user personas, optimising ranking and improving recommendations for serving relevant content to users.
• We are looking for a seasoned engineer to orchestrate our recommendations and discovery projects and also be involved in tech management within the team.
• The team of talented, passionate people in which you’ll work will include ML engineers and data scientists.
• You’ll be reporting directly to the head of the engineering and will be
instrumental in discussing and explaining the progress to top management and other stake holders.
• You’ll be expected to have regular conversations with product leads and other engineering leads to understand the requirements, and also similar and more frequent conversation with your own team.
REQUIREMENTS:
• A machine learning software engineer with a passion for working on exciting, user impacting product and business problems
• Stay updated with latest research in machine learning esp. recommender systems and audio signals
• Have taken scalable ML services to production, maintained and managed their lifecycle
• Good understanding of foundational mathematics associated with machine learning such as statistics, linear algebra, optimization, probabilistic models
Minimum Qualifications
• 13+ years of industry experience doing applied machine learning
• 5+ years of experience in tech team management
• Fluent in one or more object oriented languages like Python, C++, Java
• Knowledgeable about core CS concepts such as common data structures an algorithms
• Comfortable conducting design and code reviews
• Comfortable in formalising a product or business problem as a ML problem
• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field
• Industry experience with large scale recommendation and ranking systems
• Experience in managing team of 10-15 engineers
• Hands on experience with Spark, Hive, Flask, Tensorflow, XGBoost, Airflow

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Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Machine Learning Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), and Python programming.
You will work closely with data scientists, product managers, and data engineers to design, develop, and deploy high-performance AI/ML models and integrate generative AI solutions into existing workflows.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and deliver high-performance AI models, including NLP, computer vision, semantics engines, linguistic analysis, risk management, and time-series prediction models. Integrating generative AI solutions into existing workflow systems.
- Developing and maintaining the ML Operations CI/CD pipeline for seamless deployment and monitoring. Training, tuning, and optimizing AI models and algorithms for enhanced performance.
- Implementing complex real-time data and AI/ML applications to capture knowledge and automate decision-making processes.
- Creating ML/AI models for business teams and establishing metrics to track their accuracy and performance. Overseeing the full lifecycle of algorithm development, from ideation to deployment and monitoring. Evaluating and ranking ML algorithms based on their potential success in solving specific problems.
- Serving as an internal resource for AI/ML needs, providing guidance and insights to stakeholders during strategic discussions.
Required Experience and Skills:
Machine Learning:
- Proficient in generative AI techniques, prompt engineering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) (3+ years).
- Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI, Gemini, LLAMA, and other state-of-the-art models (3+ years).
- Expertise in using ML/AI libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, BERT, LayoutLM, and traditional ML algorithms (5+ years).
- Experience with distributed ML/AI training libraries/models: Koalas, Horovod, DDP.
Python Programming and Software Engineering:
- Expertise in Pythonic clean coding practices, including the use of decorators, generators, and descriptors (5+ years).
- Strong understanding of software design principles such as DRY, OAOO, YAGNI, KIS, EAFP/LBYL, and defensive programming (2+ years).
- Proficient in software design concepts focusing on cohesion and coupling (2+ years). Knowledge of SOLID principles (2+ years).
Education and Experience:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- At least 5 years of experience as a software engineer and 5 years of ML-related programming.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI/ML and Generative AI solutions
• Work on GEO, AEO, and SGE initiatives to improve visibility across AI-driven search platforms
• Optimize content and digital experiences for conversational queries and LLM-based search
• Develop solutions using LLMs, NLP, embeddings, semantic search, RAG, and vector databases
• Analyze search intent, AI-generated responses, citations, retrieval patterns, and content discoverability
• Build frameworks to measure GEO/AEO strategies and AI-search performance
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Content, SEO, Marketing, and Business teams
• Improve solution accuracy, relevance, latency, and user experience
🔹 Mandatory Requirements
✅ 1–4 years of professional experience
✅ Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience in GEO, AEO, or SGE
✅ Experience with prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, or RAG systems
✅ Understanding of semantic search and entity-based optimization
✅ Exposure to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or similar LLM platforms
✅ Knowledge of schema, context building, content structuring, and knowledge representation
🎓 Preferred Education
B.Tech, M.Tech, Integrated M.Sc., or MS from a Tier-1 engineering institute such as IIT, NIT, BITS, VIT, DTU, or NSUT.
Sr Engineer – Artificial Intelligence
Job Summary
As an AI Engineer at Emerson, you will be responsible for analysing complex data sets to
identify trends, develop predictive models, and provide actionable insights. You will work closely
with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and deliver data-driven solutions that
enhance decision-making and drive business growth.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
Analyze large, complex data sets using statistical methods and machine learning
techniques to extract meaningful insights.
Develop and implement predictive models and algorithms to solve business problems
and improve processes.
Create visualizations and dashboards to effectively communicate findings and insights to
stakeholders.
Work with data engineers, product managers, and other team members to understand
business requirements and deliver solutions.
Clean and preprocess data to ensure accuracy and completeness for analysis.
Prepare and present reports on data analysis, model performance, and key metrics to
stakeholders and management.
Participate in regular Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint
Retrospective
Stay updated with the latest industry trends and advancements in data science and
machine learning techniques.
For This Role, You Will Need:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field or a
master's degree or higher is preferred.
Total 5-7 years of industry experience
More than 3 years of experience in a data science or analytics role, with a strong track
record of building and deploying models.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R, and experience with data
manipulation libraries (e.g., pandas, NumPy).
Excellent understanding of Agentic Frameworks like Microsoft Agent Framework.
Experience with NLP, NLG, and Large Language Models Open Source as well as Cloud
based models.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Vector
databases
Experience with Dockers, Asynchronous Data Orchestrators, environments etc.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with complex data
sets and extract actionable insights.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex
technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:
Prior experience in engineering domain would be nice to have
Prior experience in working with teams in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is nice to
have
Possession of relevant certification/s in data science from reputed universities
specializing in AI.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, Microsoft Azure is preferred
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to resolve issues related to
model performance and infrastructure.







