What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Data Scientist position at Straive?
Job Title: Data Scientist with Data Bricks
Type: Contract
Location: Santa Clara, CA (5 days onsite)
Job Description:
Mandatory:
● Good GenAI capabilities, with hands-on experience in Tradition ML/deep learning.
● Deep learning expertise is mandatory for a Data science role.
● Candidates should have a good appetite for research and exploration while working.
● should have a fair bit of experience in DL/neural networks or ML. Especially how
CNN, RNN work. Details on How Transformers work. What are the various
components in neural network design? And all optimization algorithms used in
Neural nets.
Qualifications:
● B.E./ B. Tech / M. Tech/ MCA in computer science, artificial intelligence, or a related
field.
● 6 years of IT experience with a min of 3 years in Data Science (AI/ML).
● Strong programming skills in Python.
● Experience with Computer Vision.
● Experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
● Hands-on AI/ML modeling experience of complex datasets combined with a strong
understanding of the theoretical foundations of AI/ML(Research Oriented).
● Expertise in most of the following areas: supervised & unsupervised learning, deep
learning, reinforcement learning, federated learning, time series forecasting,
Bayesian statistics, and optimization.
● Hands-on experience on design, and optimizing LLM, natural language processing
(NLP) systems, frameworks, and tools.
● Building RAG applications independently using available open source LLM models.
● Comfortable working in the cloud and high-performance computing environments
(e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP, Databricks).
