Staff Applied Scientist

Netapp · Software & Internet

Bangalore, Karnataka, India
On-site
Posted 3 days ago
Data & AI

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Job Summary

CPTO is looking for an Applied Scientist who is passionate about bridging the gap between AI research and large-scale production systems. In this role, you will not just apply off-the-shelf models; you will design, build, and iterate on novel algorithmic solutions to complex, ambiguous business problems.

Job Requirements

Familiarity with the design and development of system software.

12+ years of hands-on experience in coding of AI/ML.

Knowledge of Unix/Linux System Programming and Multithreaded programming.

Expertise in algorithms, data structures, and multi-threaded programming is essential.

Commitment to sound software engineering practices and a passion for quality.

Proven track record of meeting tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Strong communication skills, both written and oral, targeted at a wide variety of internal and external audiences.

Ability to understand customer deployment scenarios and experience in collaborating with peer teams outside of engineering.

Familiarity with database technologies such as NoSQL, Prometheus and datalake.

Hands-on experience with code conversion tools like Git.

Knowledge of software deployment - Docker/Kubernetes

Key Responsibilities:

Research & Design: Formulate complex business problems into formal mathematical frameworks

Design, experiment with, and evaluate advanced ML models, Deep Learning architectures, and statistical methods

Prototyping to Production: Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code

Own the end-to-end lifecycle of ML models, from data ingestion and training to deployment and post-launch monitoring

Scale & Optimize: Optimize model performance, latency, and resource utilization for high-throughput, low-latency production systems (e.g., distributing training, quantization, or optimizing inference graphs)

Technical Leadership: Stay at the forefront of AI research (LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector intelligence, multi-modal systems).

Mentor junior engineers and scientists, and foster a data-driven engineering

Education

IC - Typically requires a minimum Bachelor/Master of Engineering in Computer Science; or equivalent experience.

12–15 years of hands-on experience in Data Science and related analytics disciplines.

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