# Staff Data Scientist R&D Bengaluru, Karnataka, India at SparkCognition

- Company: SparkCognition
- What the company does: Physical AI for industrial operations. One knowledge graph of your assets, processes, people, and locations, with agents that return the plan rather than the alert.
- Company website: https://avathon.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2025-06-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://avathon.com/company/careers/staff-data-scientist-r-d-4572189005/
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sparkcognition-staff-data-scientist-r-and-d-bengaluru-karnataka-india/

## About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist to join our Supply Chain AI team in India. In this role, you’ll design, fine-tune, and deploy optimized Small Language Models (SLMs) that power production-grade AI features across logistics, planning, inventory, and demand forecasting.

## What they're looking for

- Strong understanding of supply chain data and workflows (logistics, inventory, procurement, ERP systems)
- Familiarity with Knowledge Graphs and graph-based data modeling, including designing and querying Neo4j graphs for relationship-driven insights
- Solid hands-on skills in Python , PyTorch/TensorFlow , GraphQL, and vector databases
- 8+ years of experience in forecasting, optimization, supply chain analytics, or AI-driven products
- Experience designing Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines using document chunking, metadata filtering, hybrid (dense + sparse) retrieval, and SLM/LLM grounding for enterprise knowledge search
- Hands-on experience building and tuning FAISS-based vector indexes (IVF, HNSW, PQ) for large-scale semantic similarity search with low-latency production deployment