Data Scientist -I - Meesho

Job Title: Data Scientist -I
Job Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/meesho/81b0947f-5a1e-4a51-93d5-bd63d954cf75
Job Description: 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)
1-2 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