Senior Data Scientist

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Job Description
The Future Begins Here
At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.
Bengaluru, the city, which is India's epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda's recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.
At Takeda's ICC we Unite in Diversity
Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.
The Opportunity
As a Data Scientist, you will have the opportunity to apply your analytical skills and expertise to extract meaningful insights from vast amounts of data. We are currently seeking a talented and experienced individual to join our team and contribute to our data-driven decision-making process.
Objectives
As a Salesforce Data Cloud, EINSTEIN, Agentforce Software Engineer, you'll combine technical skills on Salesforce Data cloud, Agentforce(GENETIC AI) ,business acumen and development qualities to build solutions that enable transformative capabilities within Takeda. You will support the Platform Owner in onboarding and facilitating the effective utilization of these platforms. You will play a key role in developing and building GENAI use cases leveraging LLM(Open-AI, chatGpt4.0 etc), Salesforce Data cloud, EINSTEIN and Agentforce .
Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the technical developer for building agentic UI experience for our commercial and medical users

• Clarification of technical details in backlog items and technical design and build of backlog items.

• Set standards & best practices within capability, and encourage adherence to those.

• Proactively address any risks & issues together with the team, and raise to program/portfolio oversight, as required

• Ensure appropriate level of technical documentation.

• Cross-pollination of applicable standards & practices between teams.

• Discussion on business requirements with stakeholders.

• Pro-active suggestions of new features or tools.

• Alignment & communication with other service lines on overarching practices & approaches.

• Ensure re-useability of features within business functions.

• Build and optimize generative AI applications using models like GPT, LLaMA, Gemini, OpenAI or custom models

• Create effective prompts and fine-tune models for specific domains, ensuring high accuracy and relevance.

• Develop APIs, microservices, and integrate generative AI models into production environments.

• Collect, clean, and preprocess datasets for model training and evaluation.

• Conduct experiments with various model architectures, hyperparameters, and training strategies to enhance performance.

• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to define requirements and deliver AI-powered solutions.

• Implement AI governance, bias detection, and responsible AI practices in accordance with ethical and regulatory standards.

• Keep up with the latest research and advancements in generative AI, NLP, and multimodal AI technologies.

• Should understand capabilities of salesforce agentforce and datacloud.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related study, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in working in native UI/UX capabilities(react.js. HTML. CSS)

• Strong understanding of UI Framework(Bootstrap, Material UI, Semantic UI)

• Experience in salesforce data cloud and Agentforce,

• Proficiency in Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar ML frameworks.

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), transformers, and generative architectures

• Knowledge of prompt engineering and fine-tuning techniques.

• Familiarity with APIs, REST, and microservice development.

• Experience in Agile development using agile methods like Scrum and/or Kanban

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, business acumen, and enterprise knowledge.

• Strong experience in design or in implementing solutions or products and preferable experience in quality improvement.

• Understand design thinking and can explain and convince stakeholders.

• Understands pharma and experience working in AI space with pharma customers

• Work with virtual/agile teams in different locations, aligning and adapting different work, culture, and communication styles

• Proficiency in English in both verbal and written communication is a must.

WHAT TAKEDA CAN OFFER YOU:

• Takeda is certified as a Top Employer, not only in India, but also globally. No investment we make pays greater dividends than taking good care of our people.
• At Takeda, you take the lead on building and shaping your own career.
• Joining the ICC in Bengaluru will give you access to high-end technology, continuous training and a diverse and inclusive network of colleagues who will support your career growth.

BENEFITS:
It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 3 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements - Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves - Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

ABOUT ICC IN TAKEDA:

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We're not just transforming our company; we're improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

Locations
IND - Bengaluru
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time