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Data Scientist

IBM

IBM

Data Science
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on May 17, 2025
Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s

challenges into solutions.

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating

the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers.

Your role and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

•Advanced AI Solutions Development: Design and deploy innovative AI solutions to address

complex business issues. Utilize a deep understanding of neural networks, natural language

processing (NLP), and predictive analytics to significantly enhance business intelligence and

support data-driven decision making.

•Leadership in Technology Integration: Drive initiatives that integrate state-of-the-art

technologies into varied business processes to boost operational efficiency and enhance the

customer experience. Ensure these technologies align with strategic business goals and deliver

tangible, measurable improvements.

•Strategic Project Management: Utilize a proven track record in leading diverse teams and

managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects. Apply extensive knowledge gained from senior

data science roles to effectively manage and inspire cross-functional teams.

•Innovative Research and Development: Lead pioneering research in artificial intelligence,

drawing on expertise from a Ph.D. in Data Science. Continuously push the boundaries of

technology to maintain leadership in the field and contribute to the advancement of industry

knowledge.

•Stakeholder Engagement and Solution Delivery: Effectively communicate and engage with

stakeholders at all levels, from technical teams to executive leadership. Translate complex

technical details into clear, strategic insights during customer engagements and high-level

presentations.

•Mentorship and Team Development: Mentor and develop team members, enhancing their skills

in advanced data science and AI technologies. Foster a culture of learning and innovation,

leveraging extensive experience in leadership and project management to build a strong,

capable team.

Required education
Master's Degree
Preferred education
Doctorate Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Extensive experience in AI, machine learning, and cloud architectures.
  • Proven leadership in managing large-scale projects and teams.
  • Strong technical proficiency in Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and other AI/ML frameworks.
  • Deep expertise in cloud computing solutions across platforms like IBM, AWS, and Azure.
  • Solid experience in designing, building, and optimizing machine learning models across various applications (e.g., classification, regression, clustering, and recommendation systems).
  • Familiarity with AI techniques, including supervised and unsupervised learning, natural language processing, generative AI, or computer vision.
  • Experience in integrating AI models into production systems and optimizing for performance and scalability.
  • Knowledge of data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms and version control (Git)
Preferred technical and professional experience

Doctorate in Data Science or related field, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence.

•Experience in leading AI initiatives.

•Demonstrated ability in driving research and development in AI.

•Exceptional communication and team management skills.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


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