Principal Data Scientist

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.

About the Role

As a Principal Data Scientist in our AdTech team, you’ll drive innovation in our advertising platform using advanced machine learning and statistical methods. You’ll tackle complex problems in real-time bidding, ad ranking optimization, budget efficiency, and performance measurement that directly impact our business’s bottom line. This role requires technical excellence and business acumen and you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform data insights into actionable strategies that enhance our advertising ecosystem.

What you will do

• Design and develop sophisticated bidding, budget pacing and other algorithms that optimize ad spend or ROI.

• Create frameworks and experimental design to measure ad effectiveness and ROI.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into efficient AI/ML solutions.

• Communicate long-term roadmap, insights and recommendations to tech and business leadership.

• Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance.

• Lead research initiatives in machine learning, auction theory and advertising technology.

What you will need

• B.Tech in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field with at least 6+ years of experience in AI/ML research.

• Experience in auction theory, predictive modelling, causal inference, and reinforcement learning.

• Expertise in PyTorch or TensorFlow, and proficiency in Python as well as big data technologies.

• History of mentoring junior data scientists, and comfortable in driving multiple problem statements.

• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.Tech or Ph.d in Computer Science with a specialization in Machine Learning.

• 3+ years of experience applying machine learning and statistical modeling in AdTech, or related domains.

• Exposure in real-time bidding systems, programmatic advertising, or ad exchanges.

• Track record of successful research-to-product transitions.

• Strong publication record in top AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, CVPR, AAAI).