# Principal Data Scientist

**Company**: Meesho
**Location**: Bangalore, Karnataka
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Our Data Science team is at the forefront of building intelligent systems for millions of users across various product categories. As a Principal Data Scientist in our AdTech team, you'll drive innovation in our advertising platform using advanced machine learning and statistical methods.

Responsibilities:

- 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.

Requirements:

- 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).

## Skills

### Required
- Machine Learning
- AI
- Python
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- Big Data Technologies
- Auction Theory
- Predictive Modelling
- Causal Inference
- Reinforcement Learning

### Nice to have
- M.Tech or Ph.d in Computer Science
- AdTech experience
- Real-time bidding systems
- Programmatic advertising
- Ad exchanges
- Research-to-product transitions

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