Machine learning/AI expert at CSIR Institute of Microbial Technology · Chandigarh · 3 - 3 years · ₹9.6L - ₹9.7L / yr · Raised funding · Posted 22 Jan 2025

Project titled: “Machine Learning Models to Predict MIC in Indian Priority Pathogens & Identification of Novel Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms”
Project Code: GAP-0242
Position: Project Research Scientist-II (Non-Medical) =01 Essential
Qualification: 1. Post Graduate Degree, including the integrated PG degrees, with three years post qualification Experience or Ph.D. 2. For Engineering/ IT/ CS - Graduate degree of Four years with three years’ post qualification experience.
Desirable: Experience in Machine learning and AI methods, previous experience in next generation sequence data analysis is expected. Hands-on experience in wet-lab (basic microbiology/molecular biology) is beneficial not mandatory.
Upper Age limit (years) - 40
Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 67,000/- +HRA, as admissible.

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Preferred (Experience 1) - Experience with LLMOps/MLOps tools for monitoring, evaluation, experimentation, and versioning of AI models.
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Preferred (Experience 2) - Exposure to Azure OpenAI, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes, cloud-native AI deployments, or distributed systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and deploy machine learning, deep learning, and NLP models for various business use cases.
- Build end-to-end ML pipelines including data preprocessing, feature engineering, training, evaluation, and production deployment.
- Optimize model performance and ensure scalability in production environments.
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- Conduct data analysis to identify trends and insights.
- Implement MLOps practices for versioning, monitoring, and automating ML workflows.
- Research and evaluate new AI/ML techniques, tools, and frameworks.
- Document system architecture, model design, and development processes.
Required Skills:
- Strong programming skills in Python (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras).
- Hands-on experience in building and deploying, finetuning ML/DL models in production.
- Good understanding of machine learning algorithms, neural networks, NLP, and computer vision.
- Experience with REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Working knowledge of MLOps tools such as MLflow, Airflow, DVC, or Kubeflow.
- Familiarity with data pipelines and big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to work with large datasets.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience in deploying models using cloud services (AWS Sagemaker, GCP Vertex AI, etc.).
- Experience in LLM fine-tuning or Generative AI, Voice AI, is an added advantage.
Educational Qualification:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, IT, from IIT/NIT colleges strongly preferred
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Strong understanding of Machine Learning algorithms (supervised and unsupervised)
Hands-on experience with Deep Learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar)
Experience in NLP techniques and libraries (NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face, etc.)
Solid knowledge of Statistics, probability, and data analysis methods
Proficiency in SQL for querying relational databases
Strong programming skills in Python (or similar languages)
Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts simply
Required Qualifications
3+ years of hands-on experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar role.
Strong expertise in classical machine learning and regression modeling.
Solid understanding of statistics, including probability, distributions, hypothesis testing,
and correlation analysis.
Proficiency in Python with libraries such as: scikit-learn pandas NumPy
Experience working with structured/tabular data.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.
Ability to clearly explain models and results to non-technical stakeholders.
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- Develop and implement machine learning and predictive analytics models.
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- Positive and problem-solving attitude, must work as an independent contributor.
Ideal Candidate
1.Strong Data Scientist / AI Engineer / Generative AI Engineer profile.
2.Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have 3+ years of hands-on experience in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, or Generative AI application development.
3.Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have strong hands-on experience in Python programming, backend development, API development, and production-grade application support
4.Mandatory (Experience 3) - Must have experience working with Machine Learning and Deep Learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, or Scikit-learn.
5.Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have hands-on experience in NLP use cases such as text classification, sentiment analysis, entity recognition (NER), semantic search, embeddings, or document understanding.
6.Mandatory (Experience 5) - Must have experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT, LLaMA, Mistral, Phi, Claude, Gemini, or similar models
.7.Mandatory (Experience 6) - Must have hands-on experience building or implementing Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, vector search, semantic search, or knowledge-based AI applications.
8.Mandatory (Experience 7) - Must have experience with Prompt Engineering and Generative AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AI Agents, Azure OpenAI, or similar technologies.
9.Mandatory (Experience 8) - Must have experience developing, consuming, or integrating APIs using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or similar technologies.
10.Mandatory (CTC) - The CTC breakup offered will be 75% fixed + 25% variable, as per company policy.
11.Preferred (Experience 1) - Experience with LLMOps/MLOps tools for monitoring, evaluation, experimentation, and versioning of AI models.
12.Preferred (Experience 2) - Exposure to Azure OpenAI, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes, cloud-native AI deployments, or distributed systems.
13.Preferred (Experience 3) - Experience working with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, or large-scale data platforms.
14.Preferred (Experience 4) - Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and scalable deployment architecture.
15.Preferred (Company) - Candidates from AI-first startups, product companies, SaaS organizations, fintech, or data-driven technology companies.
16.Mandatory ( Age ) - Candidate Should be Below 28 Years.
17.Mandatory ( Pedigree) - B.TECH / M.TECH from Tier 1 Colleges (IIT's, NIT's, BITS) are Considered.
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The role requires someone who can independently identify opportunities, formulate hypotheses, design solutions, and drive initiatives from analysis through experimentation and production implementation. The candidate should also be comfortable guiding team members and working closely with engineering and client stakeholders.
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.
Good to Have:
- 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.











