Lead Data Scientist

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Job Title: Lead Data Scientist

City: Mississauga

State/Province: Ontario

Posting Start Date: 6/29/26

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description

Job Description

Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist with strong expertise in Machine Learning, Python, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure-based data platforms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring scalable ML solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to understand data patterns, distributions, anomalies, and quality issues.

Work with Microsoft Fabric and SQL endpoints to prepare datasets for model training and prediction.

Perform data cleaning, preprocessing, missing value handling, normalization, scaling, and outlier treatment.

Handle imbalanced datasets using techniques such as SMOTE, oversampling, and resampling.

Design and implement feature engineering and feature selection techniques.

Manage features using Feast or similar feature store frameworks.

Develop machine learning models using Decision Trees, Random Forest, LightGBM, and XGBoost.

Apply ensemble learning techniques including bagging and boosting.

Develop forecasting models and apply unsupervised learning techniques when required.

Evaluate models using Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1 Score, RMSE, and MAE.

Perform cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, and model optimization.

Write clean, modular, and PEP8-compliant Python code.

Build APIs using FastAPI or Flask for model inference.

Develop and execute unit and integration tests for ML pipelines.

Deploy machine learning models on Microsoft Fabric, Azure ML, and local environments.

Monitor model performance, detect data drift, and support model retraining initiatives.

Collaborate with Data Engineering and MLOps teams to productionize ML solutions.

Required Skills

Python

SQL

Microsoft Fabric

Machine Learning

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

PySpark

XGBoost

LightGBM

FastAPI / Flask

Feature Engineering

Time Series Forecasting

Model Evaluation & Optimization

Preferred Skills:

Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)

Feast or Feature Store platforms

MLOps practices and deployment frameworks

CI/CD for ML applications

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.

Strong experience in Python development and Machine Learning.

Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric and advanced SQL querying.

Soft Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Mandatory Skills: Data Science .

Experience: 5-8 Years .

The expected compensation for this role ranges from CAD 77000 to CAD 120000 .

Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.

Wipro is committed to creating an accessible, supportive, and inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to all applicants including persons with disabilities, throughout the recruitment and selection process. Accommodations must be communicated in advance of the application, where possible, and will be reviewed on an individual basis. Wipro provides equal opportunities to all and values diversity.

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