Data Scientist, Advanced

Remote Work: Hybrid
Overview:
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working to make everyday life better. United by curiosity and care, we develop dynamic solutions that anticipate our customer's and partner's needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means being seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our diverse perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You have opportunities to learn and lead at a forward-thinking company, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes that you care about – locally and globally. We've only begun reimaging the future – for our people, our customers, and the world.

Let's create tomorrow together.

Helps translate high level business problems into actionable and tangible Data Science projects.

Analyzes, designs, develops, implements and maintains data science constructs, algorithms,programs, Statistical / Machine Learning Models, decision support system, Artificial/Augmented

Intelligence systems using structured, unstructured, diverse "big data" sources of from

measurement systems, IoT, human observations to provide real life business problem solutions

and product features/enhancements. Work is accomplished without considerable direction.

Exerts significant latitude in determining objectives of assignment to create tangible impact in

driving success factors and great experience for our customers and product users.

Highly skilled and motivated Data Scientist (LLM Specialist) to join our AI/ML team. This role is ideal for an individual passionate about Large Language Models (LLMs), workflow automation, and customer-centric AI solutions. You will be responsible for building robust ML pipelines, designing scalable workflows, interfacing with customers, and independently driving research and innovation in the evolving agentic AI space.

Responsibilities:

• Experience: experience in ML, NLP, or AI-related roles, with a focus on LLMs and generative AI.
• Programming Skills: Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch
• LLM Expertise: Hands-on experience in training, fine-tuning, and deploying LLMs

(e.g., OpenAI's GPT, Meta's LLaMA, Mistral, or other transformer-based architectures).

• Foundational Model Knowledge: Strong understanding of open-weight LLM architectures, including training methodologies, fine-tuning techniques, hyperparameter optimization, and model distillation.
• Data Pipeline Development: Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, feature engineering, and workflow automation using Airflow or Kubeflow.
• Cloud & MLOps: Experience deploying ML models in cloud environments like AWS, GCP (Google Vertex AI), or Azure using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Model Serving & Optimization: Proficiency in model quantization, pruning, distillation, and knowledge distillation to improve deployment efficiency and scalability.
• Research & Problem-Solving: Ability to conduct independent research, explore novel solutions, and implement state-of-the-art ML techniques.
• Strong Communication Skills: Ability to translate technical concepts into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Version Control & Collaboration: Proficiency in Git, CI/CD pipelines, and working in cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Reinforcement Learning (RLHF) for LLMs.
• Knowledge of vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures.
• Familiarity with multi-modal AI models (vision-language models, speech-to-text, etc.).
• Understanding of agentic AI frameworks (e.g., AutoGPT, LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Hands-on experience with Google Vertex AI Pipelines, AutoML, and model monitoring.

We are seeking LLM enthusiast with a knack for research, customer interaction, and building impactful AI solutions

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's/Master's/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, Data Science, or a related field.
• B.Tech/M.Tech/PhD in CS/ML/Statistics
• Preferably 8+ years' experience as Data Scientist OR in related field (Statistics / Operation Research) OR as System Architect / Enterprise Architect
• Design and conduct Analysis/Experiments (Plan Analysis and address competing explanations, Determine best way to evaluate results, Explore structured and unstructured data appropriately, Apply appropriate algorithms, Clearly document and articulate findings), Incorporate Analysis into pipelines and pipelines into business/Engineering stack (Read/write data to/from any format / location, incorporate complex matching and filtering, Make work compatible with/suitable for engineering stack, Discover needs of business, Navigate Business organization structure, package technical work for diverse audiences), Build the profession (Mentor/Coach Junior Data scientists, enable/upskill citizen data scientists)
• Problem Solving / Critical Thinking, Good business intuition, Programming and Coding (Python / R), Mathematics and Statistics (Equivalent to Graduate level Stat 101 and Math 101), Machine Learning / Deep Learning / AI, Communication / Appropriate articulation, Data Architecture, Risk Analysis / Systems Engineering

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