Data Scientist

<p><span style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background.  At BASF, careers develop from opportunities . </span></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/60d4b366/8d61340f-fd20-4c8c-9bb1-a.jpg"></p><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <ul> <li>This contractual position is part of BASF's Global IP team, which plays a critical role in generating strategic technology and innovation insights. The team leverages advanced analytics, AI-ML, and Intellectual Property data to support technology scouting, trend analysis, competitive intelligence, innovation portfolio assessment, and strategic decision-making across the organization.</li> <li>he objective of this role is to transform complex internal and external data into actionable intelligence and continuously enhance the impact of IP Intelligence through modern digital and AI-driven methodologies.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <p>The successful candidate will contribute to:</p> <ul> <li>Designing and developing end-to-end AI and analytics solutions.</li> <li>Building scalable and modular AI applications.</li> <li>Developing and deploying LLM-powered solutions, AI agents, and workflow automation frameworks.</li> <li>Working with advanced technologies such as RAG, MCP, Knowledge Graphs, and Agentic AI.</li> <li>Data preprocessing, harmonization, feature engineering, and machine learning model development.</li> <li>Developing full-stack web applications and REST APIs.</li> <li>Leveraging tools and frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, LlamaIndex, CrewAI and related technologies.</li> <li>Collaborating with IP Intelligence experts to derive technology, innovation, and competitive insights from patent and scientific data.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Desired Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, or a related field.</li> <li>2-4 years of relevant professional experience.</li> <li>Strong proficiency in Python and data science libraries such as Pandas, Scikit-learn, Streamlit, SpaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face, Transformers, OpenAI.</li> <li>Experience in Machine Learning, NLP, Generative AI, and LLM integration.</li> <li>Experience developing Web Applications and REST APIs using Python and JavaScript frameworks.</li> <li>Exposure to Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.</li> <li>Strong problem-solving abilities and a keen interest in applying AI within the Intellectual Property and Innovation Intelligence domain.</li> </ul>