Data Scientist

About TaskUs: TaskUs is a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to fast-growing technology companies, helping its clients represent, protect and grow their brands. Leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure, TaskUs serves clients in the fastest-growing sectors, including social media, e-commerce, gaming, streaming media, food delivery, ride-sharing, HiTech, FinTech, and HealthTech. 

The People First culture at TaskUs has enabled the company to expand its workforce to approximately 45,000 employees globally. Presently, we have a presence in twenty-three locations across twelve countries, which include the Philippines, India, and the United States.

It started with one ridiculously good idea to create a different breed of Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO)! We at TaskUs understand that achieving growth for our partners requires a culture of constant motion, exploring new technologies, being ready to handle any challenge at a moment’s notice, and mastering consistency in an ever-changing world.

What We Offer: At TaskUs, we prioritize our employees' well-being by offering competitive industry salaries and comprehensive benefits packages. Our commitment to a People First culture is reflected in the various departments we have established, including Total Rewards, Wellness, HR, and Diversity. We take pride in our inclusive environment and positive impact on the community. Moreover, we actively encourage internal mobility and professional growth at all stages of an employee's career within TaskUs. Join our team today and experience firsthand our dedication to supporting People First.

What can you expect in a Data Scientist role with TaskUs: 

Think of yourself as someone who will design the end-user access layer of the Business Intelligence projects and perform the detailed design of requested reports, so not just anyone is qualified for this role! We make sure we get the best of the best, after all, we are a ridiculously good company so we make sure our employees are top notch. So come on, now we need your full concentration because it’s time to imagine what it’s like being a Data Scientist.

Imagine yourself going to work with one thing on your mind: you want to collect and analyze data that can help understand the heart of the business. As you tackle your new tasks for the day, you know that it will lead to one thing: that you will work with data architecture to design aggregation strategy that supports business definitions, scalability and usability of the front end solution.

Key Responsibilities:

• AI/ML Development & Research: Design, develop, and deploy advanced machine learning and deep learning models for complex business problems. Implement and optimize Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI solutions. Build agentic AI systems with autonomous decision-making capabilities. Conduct research on emerging AI technologies and their practical applications. Perform model evaluation, validation, and continuous improvement

• Cloud Infrastructure & Full-Stack Development: Architect and implement scalable cloud-native ML/AI solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP. Develop full-stack applications integrating AI models with modern web technologies. Build and maintain ML pipelines using cloud services (SageMaker, ML Engine, etc.). Implement CI/CD pipelines for ML model deployment and monitoring. Design and optimize cloud infrastructure for high-performance computing workloads.

• Data Engineering & Database Management: Design and implement data pipelines for large-scale data processing. Work with both SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.). Optimize database performance for ML workloads and real-time applications. Implement data governance and quality assurance frameworks. Handle streaming data processing and real-time analytics.

• Leadership & Collaboration: Mentor junior data scientists and guide technical decision-making. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and business stakeholders. Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences. Lead proof-of-concept projects and innovation initiatives.

Required Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data science and machine learning - 5 years in data science

• 3+ years of experience with deep learning frameworks and neural networks

• 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms and full-stack development (BPO preferred), healthcare domain, BFSI.

• Machine Learning: Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, advanced ML algorithms

• Deep Learning: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, CNN, RNN, LSTM, Transformers

• Large Language Models: GPT, BERT, T5, fine-tuning, prompt engineering

• Generative AI: Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, text-to-image, text generation

• Programming: Python (expert), R, Java/Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (SageMaker, EC2, S3, Lambda), Azure ML, or Google Cloud AI

• Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)

• MLOps: MLflow, Kubeflow, Model versioning, A/B testing frameworks

• Experience with vector databases and embeddings (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma)

• Knowledge of LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar LLM frameworks

• Experience with model compression and edge deployment

• Familiarity with distributed computing and parallel processing

• Experience with computer vision and NLP applications

• Knowledge of federated learning and privacy-preserving ML

• Experience with quantum machine learning

• Problem-Solving & Innovation

• Communication & Leadership

• Technical Excellence

• Expertise in MLOps and production ML system design is a plus!

• Big Data: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, streaming data processing is a plus!

• Agentic AI: Multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, autonomous agents is a plus!

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field. Master's or PhD is a plus!

Work Location / Work Schedule / Travel: 

• Mid shift
• WFH but must be amenable to report onsite when needed

How We Partner To Protect You: TaskUs will neither solicit money from you during your application process nor require any form of payment in order to proceed with your application. Kindly ensure that you are always in communication with only authorized recruiters of TaskUs.

DEI: In TaskUs we believe that innovation and higher performance are brought by people from all walks of life. We welcome applicants of different backgrounds, demographics, and circumstances. Inclusive and equitable practices are our responsibility as a business. TaskUs is committed to providing equal access to opportunities. If you need reasonable accommodations in any part of the hiring process, please let us know.

We invite you to explore all TaskUs career opportunities and apply through the provided URL https://www.taskus.com/careers/.