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It helps in building state of the art applications in customer experience, process innovation, content processing to drive efficiency across global operations in Elsevier. A Senior Data Scientist will play a pivotal role in the development and deployment of cutting-edge Generative AI models and solutions.\nAbout the Role:-\nThey will act as a consultant to the Clinical Solutions (CS) team, partnering on various diverse use cases and assessing the right technical fit for each use case - whether an AI-tool-based solution (e.g., Claude, Chat GPT) or a more traditional pipeline-based approach best fits the requirements, cost, and scale involved. They will be responsible for building, testing, and maintaining our Generative AI, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) solutions. This includes evaluating their performance and implementing guardrails to ensure ethical and responsible use of AI technologies. They will engage in the entire life cycle of data science projects, including design, implementation, evaluation, productionisation and ongoing enhancement.\nResponsibilities:- A key focus of the work will be on the customization and optimization of existing RAG pipelines to support applications that involve content ingestion, machine translation, and contextualized information retrieval.\nExperience with end-to-end model deployment, including leveraging AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) for effective context management, and cloud platforms such as AWS (including AWS Bedrock), Azure, or similar services, is a strong plus.\nTheir deliverables will include efficient, production-ready Python code, with experience in Java considered an asset.\nThey will collaborate closely with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and the technology team to deploy and operationalize our data science pipelines.\nRequirements:-\n5+ years of relevant applied experience in data science, with a focus on Generative AI, NLP, and machine learning.\nProficiency in Python for advanced data analysis, model development, and deployment.\nStrong experience with transformer models and fine-tuning techniques for large language models (LLMs).\nProficiency in Generative AI technologies, including utilizing LLMs via API access, LLM evaluation tools, and prompt engineering.\nKnowledge of various RAG pipelines and their practical implementation.\nWork in a Way that Works for You:-\nWe promote a healthy work-life balance across our organization. We offer various well-being initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals to help you meet both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.\nWorking for You:-\nWe understand that your well-being and happiness are essential to a successful career. Here are some benefits we offer:\nComprehensive Health Insurance covers you and your immediate family.\nEnhanced Health Insurance Options with competitive rates.\nGroup Life Insurance ensuring financial security for your loved ones.\nGroup Accident Insurance offering extra protection.\nFlexible Working Arrangements to achieve a balanced work-life schedule.\nEmployee Assistance Program providing support for personal and work-related challenges.\nMedical Screening prioritizing your well-being.\nModern Family Benefits including parental and adoption support.\nLong-Service Awards recognizing dedication and commitment.\nCelebratory New Baby Gift.\nSubsidized Meals (location-specific).\nVarious Paid Time Off options including Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.\nFree Transport for home-office-home commutes (location-specific).\nAbout the Business:-\nA global leader in information and analytics, we assist researchers and healthcare professionals in advancing science and improving health outcomes for society’s benefit. Leveraging our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and extensive data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education, and interactive learning. At Elsevier, your work contributes to addressing the world’s grand challenges and fostering a sustainable future. We utilize innovative technologies to support science and healthcare, partnering for a better world.\n\nWe know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Clickhereto access benefits specific to your location.\nWe are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.\nCriminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. 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