Principal Data Scientist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Company Description
At RAKBANK, we are committed to nurturing a culture of innovation, growth, and excellence. We go beyond being a bank — we are a thriving community fueled by teamwork, advanced solutions, and unwavering standards of governance.
Join us and be a part of shaping the future of RAKBANK!
Job Description Modeling Expertise- Advanced experience in building and deploying propensity models for cross-sell and upsell.
- Deep understanding of Next Best Action / Next Best Offer engines.
- Strong grasp of supervised learning, uplift modeling, and causal inference.
- Expert-level coding in Python (mandatory); familiarity with R or Scala is a plus.
- Experience with distributed computing (Spark, Dask, Ray).
- Proficient in writing production-grade ML pipelines using tools like Airflow, MLflow, or Kubeflow.
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices: version control, CI/CD, testing.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and data warehouses (Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift).
- Strong SQL skills; ability to optimize queries and manage large datasets.
- Experience deploying models to production via APIs or streaming systems (Kafka, Flink).
- Proficient in model versioning, experiment tracking, and deployment using MLflow, Sage Maker, or Vertex AI.
- Ability to set up model monitoring, drift detection, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Evidently, or custom dashboards.
- Experience with logging frameworks and performance profiling for ML services.
- Experience with LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone).
- Ability to integrate GenAI into decisioning systems or customer-facing products.
- Ability to lead senior data scientists while remaining hands‑on.
- Comfortable working with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field including Econometrics, Actuarial Science, Maths/Statistics, Computer Science etc.
- Strong analytics experience in the bank sector is an advantage.
- 10 years experience in a senior data scientist position.
- Modelling experience including knowledge of Cloud, ML and GenAI.
- Pay for performance culture (Competitive and performance-linked compensation)
- Diverse workforce and inclusive culture
- Career development and growth opportunities by design
- Work with the best minds in the field
- Get opportunities to bring your whole self to the organization and perform to your best.
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