Lead I- Data Science FS

Company Name

VARITE India Private Limited

About The Client

Client is a leading digital transformation solutions provider and IT services company with over 30,000 employees across 30+ countries. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, it helps Fortune 500 and Global 1000 clients with digital, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and engineering services.

About The Job

• We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), foundation models, and fine-tuning techniques.
• In this role, you will architect, build, and deploy advanced ML and AI solutions that power next-generation products across payments, fraud detection, risk decisioning, and financial data enrichment.
• This position is ideal for someone who is passionate about building enterprise-grade AI and ML applications and applying cutting-edge techniques to real-world financial and payments challenges.

Essential Job Functions

• Design, build, and optimize Generative AI, LLM, and multimodal foundation models for enterprise fintech applications. Fine-tune or adapt open-source and proprietary models.
• Build high-performance models for NLP, document intelligence, anomaly detection, risk scoring, predictive analytics, and decisioning use cases.
• Lead experimentation to evaluate model accuracy, scalability, and fairness.
• Partner with engineering teams to deploy models on cloud-based ML pipelines (Azure, AWS) and data platforms (Databricks and Snowflake).
• Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets across the payments and financial ecosystem. Implement model monitoring, drift detection, and continuous retraining strategies.
• Evaluate and operationalize new AI technologies, foundation model architectures, responsible AI frameworks, and emerging research.
• Drive POCs and innovation initiatives that enhance AI capabilities and differentiate products and services.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
• Proven expertise with LLMs, transformer architectures, transfer learning, and model fine-tuning.
• Strong proficiency in Python, PyTorch or TensorFlow, and ML libraries such as Hugging Face Transformers.
• Experience with cloud ML platforms, containerization technologies (Docker/Kubernetes), and MLOps tools.
• Solid understanding of statistical modeling, optimization techniques, and model evaluation methodologies.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional, fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in fintech, payments, banking, fraud detection, or risk management domains.
• Background in vector databases, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and knowledge graph integration.
• Experience with data privacy, model governance, and Responsible AI frameworks.
• Contributions to open-source AI/ML communities or published research.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to respond/submit their updated resumes, and for additional job opportunities, please visit Jobs In India – VARITE.

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Refer Candidates and Earn.

If you're not available or interested in this opportunity, please pass this along to anyone in your network who might be a good fit and interested in our open positions. VARITE offers a Candidate Referral program, where you'll receive a one-time referral bonus based on the following scale if the preferred candidate completes a three-month assignment with VARITE.

Experience Level Bonus Referral

0-2 years

INR 5,000

2-6 years

INR 7,500

6+ years

INR 10,000

About VARITE

VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.

Equal Opportunity Employer

VARITE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.