Senior Data Scientist - I

MetLife; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife is seeking a senior Data Scientist in Maharashtra to advance production-grade analytics solutions. The role emphasizes machine learning, NLP, and generative AI, with mentoring responsibilities for other data scientists.

You will solve wide-ranging business problems and collaborate with stakeholders across functions. Ideal candidates bring 8-10+ years of experience, a CS/IT degree, and deep proficiency in Python, ML frameworks, and cloud AI services.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent qualification.
• Strong Python programming and ML modeling skills.

Skills

Python

Statistics

Feature engineering

Modeling

NLP

ML Ops

Mentorship experience

Storytelling

Stakeholder engagement

Banking domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

spaCy

Transformers

OCR

Azure ML

Job description

Data Scientist plays a critical role in data and analytics life cycle and significantly contributes to production grade data and analytics solutions. The role requires one to demonstrate analytical skills, machine learning. It is an individual contributor role. This role mentors data scientists . It is an individual contributor role, expected to solve wide ranging business problems

8-10+ years of relevant experience

Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology or equivalent educational qualification

• Python
• Statistics, hypothesis testing, Feature engineering, Modeling
• Machine learning frameworks: SCikit-learn, Tensorflow, Pytorch,
• Natural language processing (NLP): spacy, Transformers, OCR
• Generative AI: Large language Models, prompt engineering
• Communication skills, analytical skills, structured problem-solving skills.,
• Mentorship experience
• Storytelling skills ,Partner & Stakeholder engagement experience
• Azure ML or cloud AI/ML Services
• ML Ops
• Banking Financial Services and Insurance domain knowledge