Designation
: Senior Data Scientist
Office Location: Gurgaon/Bangalore/Mumbai
Position Description:
We are seeking a highly autonomous and strategic Senior Data Scientist to be a pivotal member of our global team, based in India. This isn't just a role for a model-builder; we're looking for a thought partner who can take ambiguous business challenges, shape them into concrete data science initiatives, and drive them from concept to impact. You will act as a key leader on the ground in India, working independently to uncover opportunities, influence strategy, and deliver solutions that create measurable value for the business.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Own & Execute: Take full ownership of the end-to-end data science lifecycle—from discovery and ideation through experimentation, development, deployment, and monitoring.
- Shape the Roadmap: Partner with product and business leadership to identify high-impact opportunities. Proactively propose new initiatives and help define the data science roadmap.
- Bridge & Collaborate: Serve as the key data science liaison for our India-based stakeholders, effectively translating business needs into technical requirements and communicating progress and results across time zones.
- Translate Ambiguity into Action: Dive deep into complex business questions, conduct rigorous analysis, and build robust models to predict outcomes and prescribe actions.
- Communicate with Influence: Clearly articulate complex methodologies and findings to diverse audiences, from engineers to executives. Your insights will directly inform critical business decisions.
- Champion Best Practices: Establish and document standards for modeling, experimentation, and code quality to elevate the team's capabilities and ensure knowledge is shared globally.
- Mentor & Lead: While this is an individual contributor role, you will be expected to lead by example, mentor junior members, and elevate the technical bar for the team.
Required Skills:
- Proven Track Record: 5+ years of experience in applied data science or machine learning, with a portfolio of projects where you have driven significant business impact from ambiguity to delivery.
- Technical Excellence: Deep expertise in Python, SQL, and common data science libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, Pandas, XGBoost). Experience building and deploying models into production environments is essential.
- Product & Business Acumen: A strong product sense. You don't just answer the questions you're given; you ask the right questions and connect your work directly to business outcomes.
- A Founder's Mentality: You thrive in an autonomous environment, take radical ownership of your work, and are relentlessly focused on delivering value.
- Exceptional Communication: World-class ability to communicate asynchronously and in-person. You can simplify the complex and build alignment across different cultures and functions.
- Pragmatic Problem-Solver: A balance of analytical depth and a bias for action. You know when a simple heuristic is better than a complex model and can deliver value early and often.
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- Effective communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Nice-to-Haves:
- Direct experience in Ad Tech, especially with real-time bidding, user acquisition, or marketing mix models.
- Deep familiarity with modern experimentation frameworks (e.g., A/B testing, causal inference methods).
- Experience with MLOps tools for model monitoring, governance, and CI/CD.
- Experience working with large-scale data processing technologies (e.g., Spark, BigQuery, Snowflake).
Work Environment Details:
About Affle:
Affle is a global technology company with a proprietary consumer intelligence platform that delivers consumer recommendations and conversions through relevant Mobile Advertising. The platform aims to enhance returns on marketing investment through contextual mobile ads and also by reducing digital ad fraud. Affle powers unique and integrated consumer journeys for marketers to drive high ROI, measurable outcome-led advertising through its Affle2.0 Consumer Platforms Stack which includes Appnext, Jampp, MAAS, mediasmart, RevX, Vizury and YouAppi.Affle 3i Limited successfully completed its IPO in India and now trades on the stock exchanges (BSE: 542752 & NSE: AFFLE). Affle Holdings is the Singapore-based promoter for Affle 3i Limited, and its investors include Microsoft, and Bennett Coleman & Company (BCCL) amongst others.For more details please visit: www.affle.com
