Research Scientist - Data Science

Strategic

• Actively support the philosophy, values and key strategic initiatives of organization and the department.
• Efficient contribution to the overall success of RDIT by driving innovation and team performance according to objectives and targets.
• Innovate solutions using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and provide data-driven solutions.
• Fulfilling requirements as set by Group Leader and Team Leader, e. g. within specific Research Projects

Operational

• Execute and manage advanced analytics and data science projects, focusing on data visualization and machine learning model development and deployment.
• Implement and manage ETL processes to ensure efficient extraction, transformation, and loading of data from various sources, such as internal databases and third party platforms.
• Ensure data quality and accuracy in all analytical processes.
• Use programming and scripting skills to automate the process, and enhance the effectiveness and productivity. Eg. R, Perl, Bash, Python, JAVA, mySQL
• Use statistical techniques and machine learning models to analyze large datasets with software such as Python (scikit-learn, TensorFlow) and R.
• Create and maintain Power BI dashboards to visualize data and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data science projects.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand and address business requirements.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop and implement algorithms for predictive modelling of agrochemical based active ingredients.
• Participate in the assessment and introduction of new data technology supporting digitalization and automation efforts for application to a broader practice within the organization.
• Carry out advanced statistical analysis in combination with machine learning and artificial intelligence and build group capability.
• Updating self with respect to new tools for digitization and data analytics using the online and print literature, attending national and international conferences.

Educational Qualification

• PhD or Masters in data science / statistics / computational sciences / informatics or related discipline from a reputed University / Institute from India or overseas with excellent academic credentials
• Should have an experience in creating interactive dashboard/data app, AI/ML model building, cloud platforms, big data analytics platform.
• High quality research publications and/or patents appreciated.

Experience

• Experience of > 3 years from relavent industries and/or high-ranking academic institutes in handling scientific data in order to support, improve and direct design in the area of drug discovery, exploration and optimization in life sciences.
• Must be able to communicate with key stakeholders on a high level of understanding of contents.
• Experience in predictive modelling, statistics, machine learning to collect, explore and extract insight from structured and unstructured data.
• Proficiency in Power BI and creating interactive dashboards.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages like R, Perl, Bash, Python, JAVA, mySQL to build efficient AI/ML applications
• Well versed with working on Cloud (AWS), HPC servers on LINUX/UNIX environemnt.
• Experience with big data technologies e.g., Hadoop, Spark.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices
• Ability to communicate technical results to non-statisticians.
• Experience in agro-chemical space would be an additional advantage.

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