Senior Data Scientist - Algorithms & GenAI

Delivery Hero; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Delivery Hero in Dubai is seeking a Data Scientist on the algorithms track to improve product and business decisions through reliable data, modeling, and experimentation.

You will own the data value chain, collaborate with product managers and data engineers, and apply Generative AI to enhance user experiences and operations.

This role emphasizes end-to-end data science—from logging and data quality to modeling, reporting and automated insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in machine learning, Generative AI, deep learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, data mining.
• Deep knowledge in ML and GenAI frameworks (Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, SVMs, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Transformers, LLM fine-tuning).
• Excellent SQL.
• Competence with reproducible data analysis using Python or R.
• Familiarity with data modeling and dimensional design.
• Strong command over the data lifecycle including problem formulation, data auditing, rigorous analysis, interpretation, recommendations, and presentation.
• Familiarity with descriptive, exploratory, inferential, causal and predictive analysis.
• Deep understanding of experiment design and analysis workflows with statistical techniques.
• Familiarity with product data (impressions, events, etc.) and product health measurement.
• Experience with LLMs and NLP-based solutions for data enrichment and smart automation is a plus.
• Familiarity with BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform is a plus.
• Data engineering and data pipeline development experience (e.g., Airflow) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leveraging ambiguous business problems as opportunities to drive objective criteria using data.
• Solving complex business problems using the simplest most appropriate algorithms to deliver business value.
• Designing and implementing effective and impactful machine learning and generative AI systems in production.
• Developing a deep understanding of the product experiences and business processes that make up your area of focus.
• Developing a deep familiarity with the source data and its generating systems through documentation interacting with the engineering teams and systematic data profiling.
• Contributing heavily to the design and maintenance of the data models that allow us to measure performance and comprehend performance drivers for your area of focus.
• Working closely with product and business teams to identify important questions that can be answered effectively with data.
• Delivering well-formed relevant reliable and actionable insights and recommendations to support data-driven decision-making through deep analysis and automated reports.
• Designing planning and analyzing experiments (A/B and multivariate tests).
• Supporting product and business managers with KPI design and goal setting.
• Mentoring other data scientists in their growth journeys.
• Contributing to improving our ways of working our tooling and our internal training programs.

Skills

Machine learning

GenAI frameworks

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Experiment design

Product data

LLMs NLP

BigQuery

Airflow

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering

Computer Science

Technology

Job description

Delivery Hero in Dubai is seeking a Data Scientist on the algorithms track to improve product and business decisions through reliable data, modeling, and experimentation.

You will own the data value chain, collaborate with product managers and data engineers, and apply Generative AI to enhance user experiences and operations.

This role emphasizes end-to-end data science—from logging and data quality to modeling, reporting and automated insights.