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Lead Data Scientist
Location
India
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2 days ago
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0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Data Scientist
Cisco
• Own the technical architecture and engineering strategy for AutoQuote's cloud-native platform — spanning AI feature integration, data pipeline infrastructure, microservices design, and platform reliability. • Lead the design and delivery of the highest-complexity, highest-impact engineering initiatives on the team, setting the architectural patterns and engineering standards that guide the broader organization. • Define and enforce software quality standards, AI usage guidelines, and engineering best practices across the AutoQuote engineering organization. • Partner with engineering leadership, product management, and program stakeholders to translate program strategy into a coherent technical roadmap and prioritized backlog. • Evaluate, prototype, and champion emerging AI capabilities — including LLM integration, agentic frameworks, and AI-assisted development tooling — driving adoption across the team and into the product. • Drive responsible AI governance across AutoQuote, including prompt engineering standards, AI output evaluation practices, and compliance with Cisco security and data handling policies. • Mentor and technically develop senior and mid-level engineers; serve as the primary technical authority and critical issue point for complex engineering decisions. • Lead architecture reviews, critical design decisions, and cross-functional technical alignment sessions. • Represent AutoQuote engineering in program-level and executive forums; communicate technical tradeoffs, risks, and decisions with clarity to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record at the principal, staff, or distinguished engineer level.
- Deep proficiency in Python; demonstrated ability to architect polyglot, cloud-native solutions — technology selection should always be driven by what is right for the problem, not a single prescribed stack.
- Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture on GCP and/or AWS, including Kubernetes, distributed systems, managed AI/ML services, and data pipeline infrastructure.
- Extensive hands-on experience applying AI/ML services and frameworks (LLM APIs, LangChain, cloud-managed AI services) in production engineering environments.
- Demonstrated mastery of LLMs as engineering tools — prompt engineering, AI-assisted development, model output evaluation, and designing AI-powered workflows and agentic systems.
- Track record of setting technical standards, driving architecture decisions at a program or organization level, and leading cross-functional engineering initiatives.
- Strong technical communication skills — able to write crisp technical proposals, represent engineering tradeoffs to executive stakeholders, and influence without direct authority.
- Experience operating and improving high-availability production systems at enterprise scale.
Benefits
- All work is conducted in alignment to Cisco security policy and compliance requirements, including responsible handling of data and AI-generated content.
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