Data Science

Job Description

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About Us
At Iris Software, our vision is to be our client's most trusted technology partner, and the first choice for the industry's 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.

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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:

- Bachelor's or Master's 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 - Python
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)
Programming Language - Scala - Scala
Programming Language - C++ - C++
Programming Language - Java - Core Java (java 8+)
Database - Database Programming - SQL
Artificial Intelligence - AI Tools - TensorFlow
Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - Pytorch
Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - AWS Sagemaker
Data Science and Machine Learning - Data Science and Machine Learning - AI/ML
Beh - Communication and collaboration

Perks and Benefits for Irisians
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