Data Scientist – AI Team

2 weeks ago

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MSA Focus International Ltd Full time 120,000 - 240,000 per year

Job Title: Data Scientist – AI Team

About the Role

We are seeking a highly analytical and innovative Data Scientist to join our Artificial Intelligence (AI) team and play a pivotal role in shaping data-driven product capabilities. This role is mission-critical in converting complex data into actionable insights, optimizing AI models, and enabling the development of intelligent systems that drive business growth and user engagement.

As a key contributor to our AI initiative, you will collaborate cross-functionally with AI Engineers, Product Owners, and Domain Experts to design, develop, and validate scalable AI solutions. You will bring rigor, structure, and creativity to solving high-impact problems using data science methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

Data Exploration & Modelling


• Extract, clean, and preprocess large-scale datasets from structured and unstructured sources


• Build, validate, and tune predictive and descriptive models using state-of-the-art algorithms


• Leverage statistical analysis, machine learning, and deep learning to solve real-world problems

Collaboration & Strategy


• Partner with engineering teams to integrate models into production environments


• Work with product and business stakeholders to define data-driven KPIs and success metrics
• Translate complex technical findings into business-friendly insights and visualizations.

AI Lifecycle Contribution


• Contribute to all phases of the AI lifecycle: problem framing, data wrangling, modelling, evaluation, and deployment


• Maintain and improve data pipelines and ML workflows in collaboration with MLOps and engineering teams

Continuous Innovation


• Stay abreast of the latest research and trends in AI/ML/Data Science


• Rapidly prototype experimental approaches and evaluate performance against benchmarks


• Promote best practices in data science and mentor junior data practitioners where applicable

Required Qualifications


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


• 3+ years of experience in data science or analytics roles, ideally within an AI-focused team


• Proficiency in Python, or similar languages for statistical analysis and model building
• Hands-on experience with ML frameworks (e.g., Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)


• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with big data platforms (e.g., Spark, Hadoop)


• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Plotly


• Solid understanding of statistical modeling, A/B testing, and predictive analytics


• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)


• Experience deploying ML models to production in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)


• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, DVC)


• Exposure to NLP, or reinforcement learning is a plus

  • • Knowledge of data governance, privacy, and ethical AI practices

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