Sr. Data Scientist / Data Scientist

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is seeking a data-driven ML expert to design and deliver analytics solutions for retail and e-commerce use cases.

You will translate business needs into ML problems, define KPIs, and build end-to-end pipelines with Spark/PySpark. You will perform deep EDA, identify key drivers, and communicate insights to business stakeholders while collaborating with engineering to deploy models in batch or real-time environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Math, or related field.
• 4–8 years in data science / applied ML with production impact.
• Strong Python (Pandas, NumCSS, Scikit-learn) and SQL skills.
• Solid foundations in classical ML, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience with large-scale data; exposure to Spark/PySpark and modern data platforms.
• Strong communication and ability to influence decisions with data.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver ML/analytics solutions for retail and e‑commerce use cases.
• Translate business inputs into ML problem statements, KPIs, and success metrics.
• Perform deep EDA, identify drivers, and communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Build robust feature engineering and scalable modeling pipelines (Spark/PySpark).
• Select model evaluation methods and ensure reliability and leakage prevention.
• Collaborate with engineering to operationalize models (batch/real-time) with monitoring.
• Draft technical documentation and uphold code quality and reviews.
• Gain hands-on exposure to CV and Generative AI/LLMs for product search and support.

Skills

Python (Pandas, NumCSS, Scikit-learn)

SQL

Spark/PySpark

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Math, or related field

Tools

Azure

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design and delivery of ML/analytics solutions (forecasting, propensity, segmentation, churn, ranking, personalization) across retail and e-commerce use cases.
• Translate business inputs into clear ML problem statements,datarequirements, KPIs, and success metrics.
• Perform deep EDA, identify drivers/opportunities, and communicate insights through strong storytelling tailored to business stakeholders.
• Build robust feature engineering and scalable modeling pipelines (Spark/PySpark preferred).
• Select appropriate model evaluation methods (metrics, validation strategy, leakage prevention, error analysis) and ensure reliability.
• Partner with engineering/platform teams to operationalize models (batch/real-time), including monitoring, drift checks, and retraining strategy.
• Drive technical documentation, code quality, and best practices; contribute to team standards and reviews.
• Hands-on exposure to Computer Vision and Generative AI/LLMs (e.g., RAG, embeddings, prompt engineering, agent workflows) for retail use cases such as product search, customer support, and content understanding.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s (or equivalent experience) inDataScience, CS, Statistics, Math, or related field.
• 4-8 years indatascience / applied ML / advanced analytics with demonstrated production impact.
• Strong Python (Pandas, NumCSS, Scikit-learn) and solid SQL.
• Strong foundations in classical ML, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience working with large-scaledata; exposureto Spark/PySpark and moderndataplatforms.
• Strong communication and ability to influence decisions withdata.

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail/e-commerce experience (demand forecasting, pricing/promo, inventory, conversion, customer lifecycle).
• Exposure to MLOps (CI/CD basics, monitoring, experiment tracking, drift/retraining).

Cloud experience (Azure preferred).