Senior Data Scientist- Chennai

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.
  

• Foundational responsibility: You will shape the data practices that future development depends on.
  

• Growth opportunity: The role is expected to expand as the initiative progresses into a full build phase.
  

• Leadership visibility: Direct interaction with senior leadership and meaningful ownership of outcomes.
  

• Global team management: Opportunity to lead and develop a distributed technical team.
  

• Aligned incentives: Long-term upside participation anticipated upon full-time conversion.