Lead Data Scientist / AI/ML Engineer Tier 1 college only Fintech compa

Strong Lead Data Science, / AI Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer profiles.2Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have 10+ years of experience in Data Science, AI/ML or AI Engineering with hands-on experience building production-grade ML systems.3Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have hands-on experience building AI/ML solutions for Credit Risk, Fraud Risk Management (FRM), Collections & Recovery, with proven delivery of business-impacting AI/ML solutions.4Mandatory (Experience 3) - Candidate's Current designation must be Lead or above.5Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have strong experience designing and deploying large-scale distributed Machine Learning systems, including model training, fine-tuning, inference, scalable serving, and production deployment.6Mandatory (Experience 5) - Strong programming experience in Python, along with exposure to Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, APIs/Microservices, CI/CD, Feature Store, Model Registry, and Distributed Computing.7Mandatory (Experience 6) - Experience designing and deploying Credit Risk Models, Fraud Detection Models, Graph ML, Early Warning Systems, Portfolio Monitoring, Collections Optimization, Propensity Models, and Recovery Forecasting.8Mandatory (Experience 7) - Proven experience leading AI/ML teams, owning end-to-end delivery, mentoring engineers, driving cross-functional execution, and managing production AI platforms.9Mandatory (Experience 8) – Must have experience working under BFSI governance, including PII handling, auditability, model governance, compliance, secure-by-design architecture, approval workflows, and model risk management practices.10Mandatory ( Education ) - B.TECH / M.TECH from Tier 1 Colleges (IIT's, NIT's, BITS) are Considered11Mandatory (Age) - Candidate's Age should be below 37 years.12Mandatory (CTC) – The CTC breakup offered will be 75% fixed + 25% variable, as per company policy.13Preferred (Experience 1) - Candidates currently working as Lead / Principal / Engineering Manager / Associate Director / Director in reputed Product, FinTech, Banking, NBFC, or Global Capability Centers will be preferred.14Preferred (Experience 2) - Indian professionals currently working overseas (NRI) who are planning to relocate and permanently settle in India are encouraged to apply.15Preferred (Experience 4) - Experience building enterprise AI platforms using Graph ML, Vector Databases, LLM-enabled decisioning, distributed training frameworks, and large-scale AI infrastructure.