Data Scientist - AI Modelling

Medknow Publications is hiring a Data Scientist - AI Modelling in Pune, India. The details below summarise the original listing; applications happen on the original posting, not on GetFirstJob.

What the work involves

• You will work across Statistical Modeling, Machine Learning, NLP and Generative AI while partnering with Product, Engineering and Business teams to take solutions from experimentation toward production.
• Translate business problems and requirements into appropriate analytical and modeling approaches.
• Establish appropriate baseline and challenger models and objectively compare alternative approaches.
• Perform exploratory analysis, feature engineering, feature selection and data-quality assessment.
• Define appropriate model evaluation metrics based on the business problem and the cost of different types of errors.
• Apply cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, out-of-sample testing and other robust validation techniques.
• Conduct detailed error analysis, sensitivity analysis and model diagnostics.
• Identify and address issues such as data leakage, class imbalance, multicollinearity, sampling bias and overfitting.
• Evaluate model explainability, stability and performance trade-offs.
• Partner with Engineering and MLOps teams to transition models from experimentation into production.

What they are looking for

• This role is ideal for a hands-on Data Scientist who can independently translate business problems into modeling problems, evaluate multiple analytical approaches and recommend solutions based on data, statistical evidence and business requirements.
• Approximately 3-5 years of hands-on experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling or Applied AI.
• Demonstrated experience independently developing and validating predictive models.
• Experience working across the model development lifecycle from data exploration through validation and productionization.
• Experience working with cross-functional Product, Engineering and Business teams.
• Strong understanding of statistical inference, probability, hypothesis testing and experimental design.
• Strong hands-on experience with regression, classification, tree-based models, ensemble methods and other Machine Learning techniques.
• Experience with algorithms such as logistic/linear regression, random forest, gradient boosting, XGBoost/LightGBM or comparable techniques.

Pay and dates

The listing does not state pay. The source page shows a relative posting age rather than an exact posting date; this role was first seen and checked as open on 4 November 2026.

How to apply

Apply on the listing where the employer published this role: Data Scientist - AI Modelling at Medknow Publications. We found this listing via naukri.com; it was still open when we checked on 4 November 2026. If the posting has closed or the link fails, the role may have been filled.