Senior Associate - AI
Davies Group2 days ago
Pune, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Assemble, cleanse, model, and structure complex datasets using Azure tools and automated collection pipelines.
- Design, build, evaluate, and deploy machine learning and generative AI solutions for claims, fraud detection, document processing, conversational AI, and operational efficiency use cases.
- Build analytical tools, reporting solutions, dashboards, and presentations that turn data findings into actionable recommendations.
- Develop evaluation frameworks for machine learning and generative AI systems, including validation, offline testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- Design and implement AI-enabled services and microservices using APIs, cloud-native architectures, and containerized deployment patterns.
- Collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, AI engineers, platform teams, and business stakeholders to deliver production AI solutions.
- Contribute to data science tooling, methodology, model governance, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Degree in computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, data science, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent demonstrable experience in a data science or applied science role.
- Expert-level Python skills for AI applications, machine learning, data processing, API development, and automation.
- Experience with pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, Pydantic, MLOps, LLMOps, model versioning, experiment tracking, automated evaluation, deployment automation, observability, and governance.
- Hands-on experience building and evaluating LLM applications and generative AI systems using prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, structured outputs, tool calling, agentic workflows, context management, and safety guardrails.
- Experience with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent platforms and frameworks.
- Strong software engineering skills in API design, FastAPI, asynchronous programming, testing, dependency management, versioning, observability, authentication, and AI service integration.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure services including Azure AI Foundry, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Functions, and Azure Storage.
- Experience designing and evaluating classification, regression, clustering, and NLP models and deploying them in production or near-production environments.
- SQL skills and experience with relational databases, data warehouses, and medallion architecture data lake patterns.
- Strong written and verbal communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work across technical and business teams.
- Experience in insurance, financial services, claims management, or other regulated industries is advantageous.
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About Davies Group
Davies Group provides professional services and software for insurers and highly regulated businesses, covering claims management, underwriting support, risk, and digital transformation. It sells consulting, managed services, and technology platforms that help clients run core operations and meet regulatory demands. Headquartered in the City of London, it operates internationally and is owned by private‑equity firm BC Partners.