Lead Data Scientist/AI/ML Engineer
First seen by Alion on Jul 28, 2026.
Job Description :
Role : Strong Lead Data Science, AI Engineer, and Machine Learning Engineer profiles.
Mandatory Requirements :
- Experience 1 : Must have 10+ years of experience in Data Science, AI/ML or AI Engineering with hands-on experience building production-grade ML systems.
- Experience 2 : Must have hands-on experience building AI/ML solutions for Credit Risk, Fraud Risk Management (FRM), Collections & Recovery, with proven delivery of business-impacting AI/ML solutions.
- Experience 3 : Candidate's current designation must be Lead or above.
- Experience 4 : Must have strong experience designing and deploying large-scale distributed Machine Learning systems, including model training, fine-tuning, inference, scalable serving, and production deployment.
- Experience 5 : Strong programming experience in Python, along with exposure to Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, APIs/Microservices, CI/CD, Feature Store, Model Registry, and Distributed Computing.
- Experience 6 : Experience designing and deploying Credit Risk Models, Fraud Detection Models, Graph ML, Early Warning Systems, Portfolio Monitoring, Collections Optimization, Propensity Models, and Recovery Forecasting.
- Experience 7 : Proven experience leading AI/ML teams, owning end-to-end delivery, mentoring engineers, driving cross-functional execution, and managing production AI platforms.
- Experience 8 : Must have experience working under BFSI governance, including PII handling, auditability, model governance, compliance, secure-by-design architecture, approval workflows, and model risk management practices.
- Education : B.TECH / M.TECH from Tier 1 Colleges (IIT's, NIT's, BITS) are considered.
- Age : Candidate's age should be below 37 years.
- CTC : The CTC breakup offered will be 75% fixed + 25% variable, as per company policy.
Preferred Requirements :
- Experience 1 : Candidates currently working as Lead, Principal, Engineering Manager, Associate Director, or Director in reputed Product, FinTech, Banking, NBFC, or Global Capability Centers will be preferred.
- Experience 2 : Indian professionals currently working overseas (NRI) who are planning to relocate and permanently settle in India are encouraged to apply.
- Experience 3 : Experience building enterprise AI platforms using Graph ML, Vector Databases, LLM-enabled decisioning, distributed training frameworks, and large-scale AI infrastructure.
Skills
Data Science, Data Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Credit Risk Modeling, Fraud Risk Implementation, Python, Spark