Sr. Data Scientist / Data Scientist

Key Responsibilities

• Design and delivery of ML/analytics solutions (forecasting, propensity, segmentation, churn, ranking, personalization) across retail and e-commerce use cases.
• Translate business inputs into clear ML problem statements, data requirements, KPIs, and success metrics.
• Perform deep EDA, identify drivers/opportunities, and communicate insights through strong storytelling tailored to business stakeholders.
• Build robust feature engineering and scalable modeling pipelines (Spark/PySpark preferred).
• Select appropriate model evaluation methods (metrics, validation strategy, leakage prevention, error analysis) and ensure reliability.
• Partner with engineering/platform teams to operationalize models (batch/real-time), including monitoring, drift checks, and retraining strategy.
• Drive technical documentation, code quality, and best practices; contribute to team standards and reviews.
• Hands-on exposure to Computer Vision and Generative AI/LLMs (e.g., RAG, embeddings, prompt engineering, agent workflows) for retail use cases such as product search, customer support, and content understanding.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s/Master s (or equivalent experience) in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Math, or related field.
• 4-8 years in data science / applied ML / advanced analytics with demonstrated production impact.
• Strong Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) and solid SQL.
• Strong foundations in classical ML, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience working with large-scale data; exposure to Spark/PySpark and modern data platforms.
• Strong communication and ability to influence decisions with data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail/e-commerce experience (demand forecasting, pricing/promo, inventory, conversion, customer lifecycle).
• Exposure to MLOps (CI/CD basics, monitoring, experiment tracking, drift/retraining).

Cloud experience (Azure preferred).

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