Job Description
Apprentices, Interns, Industrial Placements
Job Location:  Pune
Location Flexibility:  Primary Location Only
Req Id:  5924
Posting Start Date:  3/2/26

Job Title - Data & AI Apprentice (Freshers)

 

Location: Pune, India (Work from Office)

Role Type: Apprenticeship / Fresher Entry Role

Experience: 0–1 year (Freshers can apply)

 

Role Summary

You will work with the Data & AI team on real projects.
You will support data engineering, analytics, and AI/GenAI/Agentic AI tasks.
You will learn tools, follow coding standards, and deliver assigned work on time.

 

Required Qualifications:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree: B.E./B. Tech/MCA
    Preferred streams: Computer Science / IT / AI / Data Science or related.

 

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable)

  • Python: basic to good hands-on (functions, loops, files, debugging).
  • SQL: strong basics (joins, group by, subqueries, filtering).
  • Basic understanding of:
    • data types, arrays/lists, dictionaries
    • error handling and debugging
    • writing logical steps to solve a problem

 

Data Handling

  • Familiarity with:
    • Pandas, NumPy
    • data cleaning and transformations
  • Understanding of relational database concepts:
    • tables, keys, relationships

 

Soft Skills

  • Good problem-solving mindset and learning attitude.
  • Clear communication and teamwork.
  • Able to work from office and follow timelines.

 

Preferred Skills (Good to Have)

  • Any hands-on exposure to AI/ML or GenAI/Agentic AI through project/internship:
    • chatbot, LLM, NLP, analytics, automation
  • Basics of ML libraries or GenAI frameworks:
    • scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch
    • Hugging Face, LangChain (basic awareness is fine)
  • Basic cloud / data tools awareness (any one is fine):
    • Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Power BI
    • AWS basics is also ok
  • APIs basics (REST) and JSON understanding.
  • Participation in:
    • hackathons, Kaggle, college research projects, GitHub projects

 

 

What You Will Do (Responsibilities)

 

Data Work (Python + SQL)

  • Write SQL queries to extract, join, and validate data.
  • Do data cleaning and preparation using Python (Pandas, NumPy).
  • Support building datasets for reporting and dashboards.
  • Perform basic data checks like duplicates, missing values, and reconciliation.

 

AI / GenAI Support (Basics)

  • Support small tasks in AI/ML or GenAI use cases.
  • Help in prompt testing, dataset preparation, and response evaluation.
  • Work on simple POCs like:
    • chatbot flow
    • document Q&A
    • classification or prediction model support
  • Document learning and results clearly.

 

Engineering Discipline (Important)

  • Learn and follow coding standards and review comments.
  • Use Git/GitHub for code updates and version control.
  • Write clean, readable code with basic unit checks where required.
  • Create simple technical notes and user guides.

 

Team Collaboration

  • Work with seniors in agile teams (daily updates, task boards, sprint work).
  • Ask questions early when blocked.
  • Communicate progress clearly with leads.

 

Relocation Supported:  No
Visa Sponsorship Approved:  No