Senior Data Scientist-Pune

Senior Data Scientist (Part-Time → Full-Time Trajectory)

About Vulcury

Vulcury LLC is a venture studio and advisory firm that supports the development of data-driven businesses across multiple industries. The firm provides shared services—including research, analytics, and technical leadership—to early-stage operating companies as they move from concept through execution.

This role will support an internal initiative that is currently focused on preparing high-quality data assets and workflows before a broader software and analytics build planned for later this year.

Role Overview

Vulcury is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead an early-stage data preparation and data-quality initiative . The primary objective of this role is to ensure that datasets are well-structured, well-documented, and operationally usable before more extensive development work begins.

The role is structured as part-time initially , with a clear expectation that it may transition to full-time as the project moves into its next phase. The Senior Data Scientist will serve as the technical lead for data-related work and will oversee a small, India-based team of junior developers and/or data scientists.

This position emphasises data rigour, process design, and team leadership , rather than production model deployment at this stage.

Key Responsibilities

Data Readiness & Quality

• Define and oversee standards for data organization, labelling, and validation across multiple datasets.

• Establish practical frameworks to improve consistency, accuracy, and usability of structured and semi-structured data.

• Ensure datasets are reviewable, auditable, and suitable for downstream analytical or software development work.

Process & Workflow Design

• Develop repeatable workflows for data ingestion, cleaning, documentation, and version control.

• Identify appropriate tools and practices to support efficient data operations without premature complexity.

• Create clear documentation that enables continuity as the team scales.

Team Leadership

• Manage and mentor a distributed, India-based team performing data preparation and technical support tasks.

• Translate high-level requirements into clear, actionable work-streams.

• Review outputs and provide feedback to maintain quality and consistency.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work directly with Vulcury leadership to align data efforts with near- and medium-term development plans.

• Support future engineering and analytics hires by delivering well-prepared datasets and clearly defined processes.

• Contribute input to planning for subsequent phases of technical development.

Engagement Details

• Expected commitment of approximately 10–20 hours per week during the initial phase.

• Flexible structure with a clearly defined path to full-time engagement.

• Fully remote, under Vulcury LLC.

• 7+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or data-focused engineering roles.

• Strong proficiency in Python and common data-analysis libraries.

• Demonstrated experience transforming imperfect or unstructured data into reliable, usabl