Lead Data Scientist - Computer Vision & OCR

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Analytics • Financial Services
The Role
Design, develop, deploy, and optimize production-grade Computer Vision, OCR, document AI, and multimodal systems. Architect models using Donut, TrOCR, LayoutLM, DocFormer, and LLMs; build scalable AI pipelines; optimize GPU inference through quantization and pruning; and operationalize solutions with Docker, FastAPI, TensorRT, ONNX, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. Collaborate autonomously across research, engineering, data, and business teams in a fast-paced startup environment.
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About Yubi
Yubi, formerly known as CredAvenue, is re-defining global debt markets by freeing the flow of finance between borrowers, lenders, and investors. We are the world's possibility platform for the discovery, investment, fulfillment, and collection of any debt solution. At Yubi, opportunities are plenty and we equip you with tools to seize it.
In March 2022, we became India's fastest fintech and most impactful startup to join the unicorn club with a Series B fundraising round of $137 million.
In 2020, we began our journey with a vision of transforming and deepening the global institutional debt market through technology. Our two-sided debt marketplace helps institutional and HNI investors find the widest network of corporate borrowers and debt products on one side and helps corporates to discover investors and access debt capital efficiently on the other side. Switching between platforms is easy, which means investors can lend, invest and trade bonds - all in one place. All of our platforms shake up the traditional debt ecosystem and offer new ways of digital finance.
Yubi Credit Marketplace - With the largest selection of lenders on one platform, our credit marketplace helps enterprises partner with lenders of their choice for any and all capital requirements.
Yubi Invest - Fixed income securities platform for wealth managers & financial advisors to channel client investments in fixed income 
Financial Services Platform - Designed for financial institutions to manage co-lending partnerships & asset based securitization
Spocto - Debt recovery & risk mitigation platform
Corpository - Dedicated SaaS solutions platform powered by Decision-grade data, Analytics, Pattern Identifications, Early Warning Signals and Predictions to Lenders, Investors and Business Enterprises
 
So far, we have on-boarded over 17000+ enterprises, 6200+ investors & lenders and have facilitated debt volumes of over INR 1,40,000 crore.
Backed by marquee investors like Insight Partners, B Capital Group, Dragoneer, Sequoia Capital, LightSpeed and Lightrock, we are the only-of-its-kind debt platform globally, revolutionizing the segment.
At Yubi, People are at the core of the business and our most valuable assets. Yubi is constantly growing, with 1000+ like-minded individuals today, who are changing the way people perceive debt. We are a fun bunch who are highly motivated and driven to create a purposeful impact. Come, join the club to be a part of our epic growth story.
Responsibilities
  • This particular role is within our Yubi Invest vertical, and you would get to work on building our bonds platform, called Aspero, for retail users. 
  • Be able to operate in ambiguous situations and define clear objectives by breaking down the narratives independently.
  • Work closely with business, research, data and engineering teams to understand the user goals, market dynamics and ship products. 
  • Aligning product strategy, proposition and roadmap with measurable metrics with all stakeholders.
  • Drive PRDs, product planning, and product design of new features and enhancements.
  • Clearly communicate product and platform benefits to our users and internal stakeholders
    About the Role-

We’re looking for a highly skilled, results-driven AI engineer who thrives in fast-paced, high-impact environments. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of Computer Vision, OCR, and Large Language Models (LLMs) and have a strong foundation in building and deploying AI solutions, this role is for you.
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will take ownership of designing and implementing state-of-the-art OCR and Computer Vision systems. This role demands deep technical expertise, the ability to work autonomously, and a mindset that embraces complex challenges head-on.
Here, you won’t just fine-tune pre-trained models—you’ll be architecting, optimizing, and scaling AI solutions that power real-world applications.

Key Responsibilities-

Architect, develop, and deploy high-performance Computer Vision and OCR models for real-world applications.
Implement and optimize state-of-the-art OCR models such as Donut, TrOCR, LayoutLM, and DocFormer for document processing and information extraction.
Fine-tune and integrate LLMs (GPT, LLaMA, Mistral, etc.) to enhance text understanding and automation.
Develop custom deep learning models for large-scale image and document processing.
Build and optimize end-to-end AI pipelines, ensuring efficient data processing and model deployment.
Work closely with engineers to operationalize AI models in production (Docker, FastAPI, TensorRT, ONNX).
Enhance GPU performance and model inference efficiency, applying techniques such as quantization and pruning.
Stay ahead of industry advancements, continuously experimenting with new AI architectures and training techniques.
Work in a highly dynamic, startup-like environment, balancing rapid experimentation with production-grade robustness.



Requirements
5-10 years experience proven technical expertise – Strong programming skills in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow with deep experience in Computer Vision and OCR.
Hands-on experience in developing, training, and deploying OCR and document AI models.
Deep understanding of Transformer-based architectures for vision and text processing.
Experience working with Hugging Face, OpenCV, TensorRT, and NVIDIA GPUs for model acceleration.
Autonomous problem solver – You take initiative, work independently, and drive projects from research to production.
Strong experience in scaling AI solutions, including model optimization and deployment on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
Thrives in fast-paced environments – You embrace challenges, pivot quickly, and execute effectively.
Familiarity with MLOps tools (Docker, FastAPI, Kubernetes) for seamless model deployment.
Experience in multi-modal models (Vision + Text).

Nice to Have-
Strong background in vector databases, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuning LLMs for document intelligence.
Contributions to open-source AI projects.


Skills Required

  • 5-10 years of experience with proven technical expertise
  • Strong programming skills in Python, PyTorch, and TensorFlow
  • Deep experience in Computer Vision and OCR
  • Hands-on experience developing, training, and deploying OCR and document AI models
  • Deep understanding of Transformer-based architectures for vision and text processing
  • Experience with Hugging Face, OpenCV, TensorRT, and NVIDIA GPUs for model acceleration
  • Ability to work autonomously, solve problems, and drive projects from research to production
  • Experience scaling AI solutions and deploying models on AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Familiarity with Docker, FastAPI, and Kubernetes for model deployment
  • Experience with multimodal Vision and Text models
  • Background in vector databases, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuning LLMs for document intelligence
  • Contributions to open-source AI projects
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The Company
HQ: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Yubi is the world's first possibility platform powering the discovery, investment, fulfilment of credit. We are re-defining global debt markets by freeing the flow of finance between borrowers, lenders, and investors. Yubi stands for ubiquitous, being present wherever our customers need us. From being a disruptor in India’s debt market to marching towards global corporate markets, we will unlock greatness together. We are on a mission to deepen and power the $120 Trillion global enterprise debt market which would unlock a GDP multiplier and thus, create massive economic value. The Yubi product suite is leading the empowerment of small, medium, and large enterprises on one side, and growing a healthy loan book for the larger Banking ecosystem on the other. As a debt platform for enterprises, lenders and investors, we offer the most comprehensive bouquet of debt products. Our suite of product offerings ensures that as a participant in the debt market - you find just what you are looking for! We believe that access to prudent finance is the right of all global citizens and that is what drives all of us here at Yubi. The future of finance starts here, propelled by technology, transparency, and mutual trust.

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