8 Best Certified Companies for Data Professionals to Work For

The best firms for data scientists and data engineers in 2024, as recognised by AIM, exemplify what it means to create workplaces where data professionals thrive. 

These companies prioritise continuous learning through robust upskilling and mentorship programs while fostering diversity with significant representation in leadership and inclusive team cultures. 

By offering flexible work arrangements, strong recognition systems, and comprehensive well-being initiatives, they address the holistic needs of their employees. 

These firms not only nurture talent but also empower data scientists to excel in their roles, making them standout choices for those seeking both career growth and a supportive work environment.

In alphabetical order, here are eight of the best-certified companies for data scientists to work for:

Aays

Aays, founded in 2018, is an enterprise analytics solutions provider headquartered in Gurugram. The company specialises in data and AI solutions in manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, retail, and automotive industries. 

The company has also developed a decision intelligence platform called AaDi. The platform serves as a copilot for finance functions and provides agentic capabilities and conversational features that help perform root cause analysis, flux reporting and variance or bridge analysis. Its multi-agent system orchestrates several tasks involving information retrieval, natural language understanding, and data extraction, summarisation and visualisation. 

“I am incredibly proud of the team we’ve built – talented, experienced professionals who bring genuine passion and purpose to their work every day. The success we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without their dedication, and I am committed to making sure Aays is a place where they can keep growing, pushing boundaries, and thriving while creating impactful solutions for our clients,” said Dwarika Patro, founder and COO at Aays.

The company earned the award for the second time in 2024. 

Carrier

Carrier Global, the company that specialises in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, established its first digital hub in Hyderabad in 2017.

Carrier’s India Hub is the company’s largest digital transformation centre, making up nearly 40% of the company’s digital talent from its two locations in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

The India hub significantly contributes to Carrier’s flagship products: Abound, a cloud-native platform for healthy and efficient buildings, and Lynx, a cold chain platform that uses advanced data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), and machine learning. The company is also set to establish an AI centre of excellence in India with over 100 employees.

“Carrier Digital Hub India plays a pivotal role in our global strategy, accelerating our digital transformation journey. By leveraging India’s robust talent pool and strategic capabilities in cybersecurity, cloud operations, customer experience, IoT, and data science, we enhance operational agility and drive innovation across our enterprise,” said Bobby George, senior vice president and CDO of Carrier, in a recent interview with AIM. 

Diggibyte

Diggibyte Technologies Private Limited is a technology consulting and services company that specialises in automating IT operations with artificial intelligence and business intelligence tools. Their services also include IoT streaming, and the company processes a trillion messages yearly from devices. 

The company is also said to have developed over 1,000 data pipelines, which process 10 petabytes of data yearly and successfully migrated over 500 legacy data warehouse objects to modern warehouses. 

“We are delighted to share the exciting news that Diggibyte Technologies Pvt Ltd has been honoured as the best firm for data engineers. This prestigious recognition is a reflection of our exceptional team and the outstanding culture we’ve fostered,” said Lawrance Amburose, co-founder at Diggibyte. 

In 2024, Diggibyte Technologies was certified as the best firm for data engineers by AIM. 

General Mills

General Mills’ foundation dates back to 1866 in Mississippi, US. The company houses some of the world’s iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Nature Valley and Häagen-Dazs. 

In 1996, it established the General Mills India Centre (GIC) in Mumbai, which currently has 2,000 employees. The company delivers value across multiple arenas of supply chain, sales strategy and intelligence, consumer and market intelligence, and so on. 

Earlier this year, the company introduced MillsChat, a private generative AI tool for employees in non-plant locations across the US, Canada, the UK, and India.

It is built atop Google Gemini and provides a secure platform for writing, summarising, and brainstorming assistance. The company is also examining how AI can drive value, competitive advantage, and growth with its commercial, marketing, and supply chain teams utilising various AI and ML products.

“We have cultivated a culture of innovation through our focus on continuous learning and inclusion. Our team thrives on collaboration and is dedicated to pushing boundaries,” said Ashish Mishra, head of digital and technology at General Mills India Centre.

Hansa Cequity

Hansa Cequity, founded in 2008, is headquartered in Mumbai. It helps brands and organisations harness the power of AI and data analytics for marketing, customer strategy, campaign management, and customer relationship centre services. 

Hansa Cequity also offers a suite of ten AI-enabled tools, all designed to transform customer interactions and enhance decision-making and operational efficiency. Tools like Varta enable AI-powered call analytics, while Cequity SMART offers a real-time recommendation engine for e-commerce. Other tools include a market potential analysis platform, an image analytics tool, and a data deduplication tool to ensure accuracy. 

“Hansa Cequity excels at merging data rigor with marketing deployment and customer centricity, creating impactful solutions for clients. This commitment not only drives good results but also empowers our analytics team members to thrive in their careers. The environment fosters growth and innovation, paving the way for professional excellence,” said Prasad Kothari, head of data science and AI at Hansa Cequity.

The company has been certified as the best firm for data scientists thrice, including in 2024.

Intuit

Intuit was founded in California in 1983, and the company established a centre in Bengaluru in 2005. Intuit India focuses on developing and improving the company’s flagship products, namely QuickBooks, TurboTax, Credit Karma, and Mailchimp. 

Intuit’s India development centre employs around 1,900 people. In India, the company designed the Intuit Enterprise Suite, which enables rapid scaling and adoption of the company’s financial management tools. 

“At Intuit AI, I am inspired every day by the exceptional team of ML scientists and engineers I work with. We are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of machine learning and AI to deliver outstanding benefits to our customers,” said Anusha Mujumdar, senior manager in data science and AI at Intuit.

“We are committed to nurturing our teams, fueled by mentorship, access to the latest tech stack, and a vibrant AI culture,” she added. 

MiQ

MiQ is a global programmatic media partner that offers data-driven marketing solutions for agencies and brands. Founded in the United Kingdom in 2019, the company opened its first office in India in 2020. 

MiQ’s services include predictive analytics, campaign management, and audience targeting to deliver high-performance marketing campaigns. MiQ’s Performance Engine enables marketing professionals to deploy “intelligent optimisation strategies” and use necessary custom algorithms to achieve their KPIs. 

The platform crunches over 2.6 petabytes per day from over 170 data feeds to enable over 500 custom analytics setups. The company also mentions that it completes nearly 10,000 campaign optimisations every week. 

“The impact that data has and will have continues to grow every day. Our focus has been on solving major business challenges that go beyond media campaigns. Thanks to our entire team for making our DS practice one of the best in the industry,” said Ramya Parashar, chief operating officer at MiQ.

AIM has awarded MiQ the certification for the third time. 

Rakuten

Bengaluru-based Rakuten India houses more than 1,700 employees. The company provides businesses with a wealth of knowledge in multiple sectors of technology, such as mobile and web development, web analytics, platform development, backend engineering, data science, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and more. 

The company also features dedicated centres of excellence for data analytics, DevOps (development operations), information security, engineering, and mobile applications development.

“With a culture fueled by innovation, usage of cutting-edge technology, collaboration and strong business communication, we’re proud to be the premier destination where AI talent thrives, and revolutions begin,” said Anirban Nandi, head of AI products and analytics (Vice President) at Rakuten India.

Rakuten was certified as the best firm for data scientists for the second time in 2024. 

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