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Senior Data Scientist at Paytm

Short Description:

Paytm is hiring a Senior Data Scientist in Bengaluru, Karnataka, offering on-roll employment with remote work flexibility. The role involves building and managing machine learning models to mitigate risk across merchant and user journeys, focusing on fraud prevention and targeted marketing. Responsibilities include implementing sequence and graph representation learning, fine-tuning models, collaborating with product and analytics partners, and managing the entire lifecycle of ML/DL projects. The candidate should have 4+ years of data scientist experience, proficiency in ML/DL frameworks, knowledge of sequence representation learning, and familiarity with big data technologies. Competitive compensation is offered to join India's largest digital lending story.





Job Title: Senior Data Scientist - Data Science

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Department: Technology – Risk – Tech

Employment Status: On-roll, Remote

About Us:

Paytm is India's premier digital payments and financial services company, dedicated to driving consumer and merchant engagement by offering a diverse range of payment solutions. From utility payments and money transfers to empowering users with Paytm Payment Instruments (PPI) such as Paytm Wallet, Paytm UPI, Paytm Payments Bank Netbanking, Paytm FASTag, and Paytm Postpaid - Buy Now, Pay Later. Paytm serves merchants with acquiring devices like Soundbox, EDC, QR, and Payment Gateway, facilitating payment aggregation through PPI and other financial instruments. Additionally, Paytm provides commerce services to merchants through advertising and the Paytm Mini app store. Leveraging this platform, the company offers credit services, including merchant loans, personal loans, and BNPL, sourced through its financial partners.

About the Role:

We are in search of a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Scientist who will be responsible for building and managing machine learning models. The primary goal is to mitigate risk across the merchant and user journey while driving growth across various segments of our business. This role involves developing deep learning models for Fraud & Risk use cases and building in-house foundation models for learning representations of entities within our ecosystem, such as customers, merchants, and devices. You will collaborate with a talented engineering and data science team to deploy models at scale, applying the latest breakthroughs in AI research from both industry and academia to enhance our data product offerings.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement sequence and graph representation learning to understand entities' actions and interactions within the evolving Paytm ecosystem.
  • Fine-tune models for downstream applications related to entity understanding, fraud prevention, and targeted marketing.
  • Design, build, evaluate, and maintain ML/DL models to detect various types of fraud while improving end-user experience.
  • Collaborate with product and analytics partners for ML problem formulation and key deliverables alignment.
  • Manage the entire lifecycle of machine learning or deep learning projects, from identifying objectives to testing and validating models.
  • Apply unsupervised learning methods to augment existing models or detect portfolio anomalies.

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of work experience as a Data Scientist.
  • Proven experience in developing and deploying deep neural network models at scale.
  • Knowledge of sequence representation learning with recursive (RNN, LSTM, ELMO) and/or attention-based neural networks (Transformer variations like BERT, GPT).
  • Working knowledge of Knowledge Graph representation learning using Graph Neural Network (GraphSage/GAT/Graph Transformer) is a plus.
  • Proficiency in ML/DL frameworks (Keras/Tensorflow/PyTorch) and libraries (scikit-learn).
  • Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.
  • Familiarity with object-oriented design methodology and Python application development.
  • Knowledge of Big Data technologies for managing large volumes of complex data (SQL, PySpark).
  • Familiarity with Scala is a plus.
  • Passion for learning and implementing state-of-the-art ML/DL algorithms.
  • Previous experience in fraud risk is a plus.
  • BS in Computer Science or MS in Data Science discipline (or equivalent).

Why Join Us:

  • Make a meaningful difference and enjoy the journey.
  • Be challenged and encouraged to contribute to meaningful work.
  • Work with a team that believes in the transformative power of technology for people.
  • Experience success rooted in collective energy and an unwavering focus on the customer.
  • Explore more about our exciting work in Tech by reading our Engineering blogs.

Compensation:

  • Competitive compensation to create wealth for the right fit.
  • With over 500 million registered users and a wealth of data in our ecosystem, we are uniquely positioned to democratize credit for deserving consumers and merchants.
  • Be a part of India's largest digital lending story – seize the opportunity!

Please click here to apply.

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