Data Scientist II

About The Team

Our Data Science team is the Avengers to Meesho’s S.H.I.E.L.D . And why not? We are the ones who assemble during the toughest challenges and devise creative solutions, building intelligent systems for millions of our users looking at a thousand different categories of products. We’ve barely scratched the surface, and have amazing challenges in charting the future of commerce for Bharat.

Our typical day involves dealing with fraud detection, inventory optimisation, and platform vernacularisation.

As Data Scientist, you will navigate uncharted territories with us, discovering new paths to creating solutions for our users. You will be at the forefront of interesting challenges and solve unique customer problems in an untapped market.

But wait – there’s more to us. Our team is huge on having a well-rounded personal and professional life. When we aren't nose-deep in data, you will most likely find us belting “Summer of 69” at the nearest Karaoke bar, or debating who the best Spider-Man is: Maguire, Garfield, or Holland? You tell us

About The Role

Love deep data? Love discussing solutions instead of problems? Then you could be our next Data Scientist.

In a nutshell, your primary responsibility will be enhancing the productivity and utilisation of the generated data. Other things you will do include working closely with the business stakeholders, transforming scattered pieces of information into valuable data and sharing and presenting your valuable insights with peers.

What You Will Do

• Develop models and run experiments to infer insights from hard data
• Improve our product usability and identify new growth opportunities
• Understand reseller preferences to provide them with the most relevant products
• Designing discount programs to help our resellers sell more
• Help resellers better recognise end-customer preferences to improve their revenue
• Use data to identify bottlenecks that will help our suppliers meet their SLA requirements
• Model seasonal demand to predict key organisational metrics
• Mentor junior data scientists in the team
  
  
  

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science (or similar degrees)
• 2-4 years of experience as a Data Scientist in a fast-paced organization, preferably B2C
• Familiarity with Neural Networks, Machine Learning, etc
• Familiarity with tools like SQL, R, Python, etc.
• Strong understanding of Statistics and Linear Algebra Strong understanding of hypothesis/model testing and ability to identify common model testing errors
• Experience designing and running A/B tests and drawing insights from them
• Proficiency in machine learning algorithms
• Excellent analytical skills to fetch data from reliable sources to generate accurate insights
• Experience in tech and product teams is a plus
  
  
  

Bonus Points For

• Experience in working on personalization or other ML problems
• Familiarity with Big Data tech stacks like Apache Spark, Hadoop, Redshift