What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at Flipkart?
About the Company
Flipkart is India’s largest e-commerce marketplace with a registered customer base of over 600 million. In the 10 years since it started, Flipkart has come to offer over 80 million products across 80 categories including Smartphones, Books, Media, Consumer Electronics, Furniture, Fashion and Lifestyle. Launched in October 2007, Flipkart is known for its path-breaking services like Cash on Delivery, No cost EMI and a 10-day replacement policy. Flipkart was the pioneer in offering services like In-a-Day Guarantee (65 cities) and Same-Day-Guarantee (13 cities) at scale. With over 1,00,000 registered sellers, Flipkart has redefined the way brands and enterprises do business online generating and processing 2 Petabytes of data daily. Focusing on Flipkart’s core values- audacious thinking, bias for action and customer-first ethos, we are looking to hire for our only offshore R&D Center in Bellevue, Washington.
About the Role
We are looking to hire a Data Scientist to advance the state of the art in E-Commerce using Natural Language Understanding, Conversational Assistants and Computer Vision. As a ‘Flipster’ Data Scientist, you will work on applying data science solutions to solve business problems. Working in collaboration with other data scientists, data engineers, product and program managers, you will be working to deliver solutions that will be integrated into Flipkart applications. You will enjoy autonomy, a collaborative environment and will be a key contributor to the business goals.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy advanced machine learning models focused on Generative AI tasks, including but not limited to text generation, image creation, and data augmentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and identify opportunities for the application of GenAI technologies.
- Working knowledge of Transformers and LLMs/SLMs/VLMs.
- Able to write production-level code, which is well-written and explainable.
Qualifications
A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Operations Research or equivalent discipline. At least 5 years of work experience as data/applied scientist. Strong industry experience in developing practical AI applications. Experience with Python and deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch.
Required Skills
- Design, develop, and deploy advanced machine learning models focused on Generative AI tasks, including but not limited to text generation, image creation, and data augmentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and identify opportunities for the application of GenAI technologies.
- Working knowledge of Transformers and LLMs/SLMs/VLMs.
- Able to write production-level code, which is well-written and explainable.
Preferred Skills
- Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics or equivalent discipline.
- Research publications in NLP or Computer Vision in peer-reviewed journals.
- Strong writing skills (writing sample is required as part of the interview process).
- Combination of business and technical savvy.
- Conduct research on the latest developments in Generative AI.
- Familiarity with data visualisation tools.
- Experience working with GPUs to develop models.
Pay range and compensation package
Flipkart offers excellent medical, dental and vision benefits. Flipkart encourages giving back to the Open Source community. There are also many opportunities to publish and present at conferences.