Lead - Data Scientist

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Community engagement opportunities

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in Tamil Nadu is looking for a talented individual to join their data science team. The successful candidate will develop and enhance data collection procedures, deliver experiments, and implement scalable predictive models. Candidates should have proven experience in machine learning and statistical analysis, along with proficiency in Python and SQL. The firm promotes diversity and offers opportunities for professional growth and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and deploying statistical and machine learning solutions.
• Proficiency with statistical data science toolkits like Scikit-learn.
• Prior experience developing APIs using Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance data collection procedures from multiple data sources.
• Conduct experiments to validate business ideas.
• Work with teams to implement algorithms using Python or R.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistical analysis

Python

SQL

APIs development

Data science toolkits

Tools

Scikit-learn

NumPy

PostgreSQL

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop, process, cleanse and enhance data collection procedures from multiple data sources.
• Conduct and deliver experiments and proof of concepts to validate business ideas and potential value.
• Test, troubleshoot and enhance the developed models in distributed environments to improve their accuracy.
• Work closely with product teams to implement algorithms with Python and/or R.
• Design and implement scalable predictive models, classifiers leveraging machine learning and data regression.
• Facilitate integration with enterprise applications using APIs to enrich implementations.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in developing and deploying statistical, machine learning solutions.
• Experience with common data science toolkits such as Scikit-learn, NumPy, Python libraries – excellence in at least one of these is mandatory.
• Proficiency with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or OpenSQL is beneficial.
• Prior experience developing APIs and services using Python.
• Good awareness of the entire machine learning/predictive modeling and implementation cycle.

Why Join Us

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Business Insight

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years, or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis, and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us! Still hesitating? You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved. We are committed to supporting accelerating our Group’s ESG strategy by implementing ESG principles in all our activities and policies. They are translated in our business activity (ESG assessment, reporting, project management or IT activities), our work environment and our responsible practices for environment protection.

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