About the Position

Data Scientist

Senior (5+ Years)

Mumbai, India

Full-time, on-site

About the Role

Unico Connect is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to turn client data into measurable business outcomes. The role spans experimentation design, predictive modelling, productionised analytics, and storytelling that lands with executives. The position is well suited to senior data scientists who balance statistical rigour with the engineering instincts needed to ship models to production.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end data science projects from problem framing through to production deployment
Build forecasting, classification, segmentation, and ranking models for client products
Design and analyse A/B experiments with appropriate statistical rigour
Build executive dashboards and storytelling decks for non-technical stakeholders
Partner with AI Engineers and MLOps on productionising models and ongoing monitoring
Set up data quality checks, feature monitoring, and re-training pipelines
Mentor 1-2 junior data analysts or scientists on methodology and stakeholder communication
Maintain reproducible analysis notebooks and version-controlled data pipelines
Run weekly experiment reviews and quarterly model performance retrospectives
Communicate model assumptions, limitations, and confidence intervals clearly to product stakeholders

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field
Experience: 5+ years of data science with at least 1 model deployed in production
Skills:
- Strong Python (pandas, scikit-learn, NumPy) and SQL
- Solid statistics fundamentals including hypothesis testing, regression, and causal inference
- Hands-on with at least 1 of PyTorch, TensorFlow, or XGBoost / LightGBM
- Experience with cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift)
- Strong communication skills for translating technical findings to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated track record running experiments at scale
- Comfort owning end-to-end data pipelines from ingestion through to dashboards
- Working knowledge of orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect

Nice to Have

Deep learning experience for tabular or time-series data
NLP and embedding-based features
Causal inference including uplift modelling and difference-in-differences
Hands-on with feature stores (Feast, Hopsworks)
Public writing or conference talks on applied data science

AI Tools Proficiency

Production engineering at Unico Connect assumes AI tools form part of the daily workflow rather than an experimental augmentation. For this role specifically:

Code review, statistical reasoning, and methodology validation: Claude or GPT
Notebook and SQL work: Cursor
Collaborative analysis: Hex or Deepnote AI features
Exploratory queries: AI-assisted text-to-SQL

We Offer

Hybrid working model - 1 day work-from-home per week
MacBook Pro and external monitor for work
Paid subscriptions to Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor
Team events, offsites, and outings
Referral bonus when you bring in a successful hire

About the Company

Every Unico role expects the same underlying traits - regardless of department or seniority. If these resonate, apply.

AI-augmented by default: Fluent with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma AI, or whatever is relevant to your craft. We expect AI tools in the loop, not as a novelty.
Comfortable with startup pace: Fast cycles, real ownership, low ceremony. You will not be a cog.
Driven by value creation: Output and outcomes matter more than process. You ship work that moves a metric.
Ownership mindset: You treat the codebase, the deliverable, and the client relationship as your own.
Builder energy: You joined because you want to ship amazing tech products, not warm a seat.

Ready to Build the Future?

Join our team of engineers and help us shape the next generation of AI-native software for clients across the globe.

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