Senior Principal Data Scientist, Global Search & Recs

Ingram Micro Inc; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Bonus incentives

Job summary

Ingram Micro Inc. is seeking an experienced Data Scientist / Senior Consultant to drive the science and strategy behind global search and recommendation systems.

The role is hands-on, requiring deep technical expertise and the ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical audiences. You will own the roadmap for ranking, personalization, and discovery, mentor a global team of scientists, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Business to balance near-term wins with long-term

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (CS, data science, AI, stats, or related).
• 10+ years of experience, with at least 5+ years in search, recommendation, or personalization at scale.
• Track record of owning production search/recommendation systems with measurable business impact.
• Hands-on ownership of enterprise-level search algorithms and recommendation engines.
• Experience with Python, SQL, and ML tooling; experience with GCP (BigQuery, Vertex AI, Gemini).

Responsibilities

• Own multi-quarter technical development, vision, and roadmap for search, ranking, personalization, discovery, and recommendation systems.
• Lead and mentor globally distributed team of data scientists and AI/ML engineers.
• Ensure model quality, experimentation rigor, and production impact.
• Influence platform, tooling, and architecture decisions with science, engineering, and business leadership.

Skills

Model design

A/B testing

Personalization

Semantic retrieval

Transformers

Generative AI

LLMs

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

SQL

Jupyter

R

Julia

SAS

MATLAB

GCP

Job description

Ingram Micro Inc. is seeking an experienced Data Scientist / Senior Consultant to drive the science and strategy behind global search and recommendation systems.

The role is hands-on, requiring deep technical expertise and the ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical audiences. You will own the roadmap for ranking, personalization, and discovery, mentor a global team of scientists, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Business to balance near-term wins with long-term