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Job Description

Why Join Iris

Are you ready to do the best work of your career at one of Indias Top 25 Best Workplaces in IT industry Do you want to grow in an award-winning culture that truly values your talent and ambitions

Join Iris Software one of the fastest-growing IT services companies where you own and shape your success story.

About Us

At Iris Software, our vision is to be our clients most trusted technology partner, and the first choice for the industrys top professionals to realize their full potential.

With over 4,300 associates across India, U.S.A, and Canada, we help our enterprise clients thrive with technology-enabled transformation across financial services, healthcare, transportation & logistics, and professional services.

Our work covers complex, mission-critical applications with the latest technologies, such as high-value complex Application & Product Engineering, Data & Analytics, Cloud, DevOps, Data & MLOps, Quality Engineering, and Business Automation.

Working with Us

At Iris, every role is more than a job its a launchpad for growth.

Our Employee Value Proposition, Build Your Future. Own Your Journey. reflects our belief that people thrive when they have ownership of their career and the right opportunities to shape it.

We foster a culture where your potential is valued, your voice matters, and your work creates real impact. With cutting-edge projects, personalized career development, continuous learning and mentorship, we support you to grow and become your best both personally and professionally.

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Job Description

We are seeking a Data Science Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data and machine learning systems. This role requires strong software engineering skills, a deep understanding of data science workflows, and the ability to work cross-functionally to translate business problems into production-level data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and maintain data science pipelines from data ingestion to model deployment.
- Collaborate with data scientists to operationalize ML models and algorithms in production environments.
- Develop robust APIs and services for ML model inference and integration.
- Build and optimize large-scale data processing systems using Spark, Pandas, or similar tools.
- Ensure data quality and pipeline reliability through rigorous testing, validation, and monitoring.
- Work with cloud infrastructure (AWS) for scalable ML deployment.
- Manage model versioning, feature engineering workflows, and experiment tracking.
- Optimize performance of models and pipelines for latency, cost, and throughput.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in a data science, ML engineering, or software engineering role.
- Proficiency in Python (preferred) and SQL; knowledge of Java, Scala, or C++ is a plus.
- Experience with data science libraries like Scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
- Familiarity with ML deployment tools such as ML flow, Sage Maker, or Vertex AI.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices.
- Experience working with databases (SQL, NoSQL) and data lakes (e.g., Delta Lake, Big Query).

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience working in Agile or cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with streaming data platforms (Kafka, Spark Streaming, Flink).

Soft Skills

- Strong communication skills to bridge technical and business teams.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently or within a team.
- Passion for data and a curiosity-driven mindset.

Mandatory Competencies

Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - AI/ML

Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - Python

Database - Database Programming - SQL

Cloud - AWS - Tensorflow on AWS, AWS Glue, AWS EMR, Amazon Data Pipeline, AWS Redshift

Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - Pytorch

Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - AWS Sagemaker

Tech - Data Structure and Algorithms

Programming Language - Java - Core Java (java 8+)

Programming Language - Scala - Scala

DevOps/Configuration Mgmt - DevOps/Configuration Mgmt - Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Agile - Agile - Extreme Programming

Middleware - Message Oriented Middleware - Messaging (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Kafka, SQS, ASB etc)

Beh - Communication and collaboration

Perks And Benefits For Irisians

Iris provides world-class benefits for a personalized employee experience. These benefits are designed to support financial, health and well-being needs of Irisians for a holistic professional and personal growth. Click here to view the benefits.