Data Scientist

IDP Education Ltd
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

About IDP

IDP is the global leader in international education services, delivering global success to students, test takers and our partners, through trusted human relationships, digital technology and customer research. An Australian-listed company, we operate in more than 50 countries around the world.

Our team is comprised of over 7,000 people of various nationalities, ages and cultural backgrounds. Proudly customer-first, our expert people are powered by global technology. Together, we offer unmatched services, helping local dreams become realities, all over the world.

Learn more at www.careers.idp.com

Role purpose

You’ll Spend Time On The Following

In this role you will be collaborating with IDP’s Data Engineering and Governance, an enterprise capability team and be responsible for: -

Data Scientist — Responsibilities

Core

  • Identify decision problems where modelling creates measurable value
  • Prepare production-ready datasets, build and validate predictive / statistical models, and drive data-driven experimentation
  • Deploy models into production pipelines, and monitor performance, drift, and retraining needs
  • Translate outputs into quantified business impact (revenue, risk, cost)
  • Ensure cost-aware and efficient model design (compute, data, and operational efficiency)
  • Influence adoption by enabling stakeholders to act on model-driven insights

Desirable

  • Apply GenAI / Agentic AI for automation, decision augmentation, or knowledge workflows

Take responsibility for Outcomes

You love technology, are continuously learning and extending your knowledge of best practice and the business value of technology innovations

Required Experience

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Technology Skills

Core

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Event-driven architectures
  • Serverless computing
  • Databases: PostgreSQL
  • AWS cloud platform
  • Working knowledge of LLMs (AWS managed services, OpenAI APIs)

Desirable

  • Agent / orchestration frameworks
  • Vector and Graph databases

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Is this Data Scientist job remote or onsite?

This is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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