Principal Data Scientist

4 weeks ago


Bengaluru India Netcore Cloud Full time

Job Description

About us:

Netcore Cloud is a MarTech platform helping businesses design, execute, and optimize campaigns across multiple channels. With a strong focus on leveraging data, machine learning, and AI, we empower our clients to make smarter marketing decisions and deliver exceptional customer experiences. Our team is passionate about innovation and collaboration, and we are looking for a talented Lead Data Scientist to guide and grow our data science team.

Role Summary:

As the Lead/Principal Data Scientist, you will head our existing data science team, driving the development of advanced machine learning models and AI solutions. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our ML/AI strategy, leading projects across NLP, deep learning, predictive analytics, and recommendation systems, while ensuring alignment with business goals. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic decision-making to build impactful solutions for our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership and Team Management:

- Lead and mentor the existing data science engineers, fostering skill development and collaboration.
- Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and ensure best practices in model development and deployment.

Model Development and Innovation:

- Design and build machine learning models for tasks like NLP, recommendation systems, customer segmentation, and predictive analytics.
- Research and implement state-of-the-art ML/AI techniques to solve real-world problems.
- Ensure models are scalable, reliable, and optimized for performance in production environments. We operate in AWS and GCP, so it's mandatory that you have previous experience in setting up the MLOps workflow in either of the cloud service provider.

Business Alignment:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, marketing, etc.) to identify opportunities where AI/ML can drive value.
- Translate business problems into data science solutions and communicate findings to stakeholders effectively.
- Drive data-driven decision-making to improve user engagement, conversions, and campaign outcomes.

Technology and Tools:

- Work with large-scale datasets, ensuring data quality and scalability of solutions.
- Leverage cloud platforms like AWS, GCP for model training and deployment.
- Utilize tools and libraries such as Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and Spark for development.
- With so much innovation happening around Gen AI and LLMs, we prefer folks who have already exposed themselves to this exciting opportunity via AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex.

Qualifications:

Education:

- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field.

Experience:

- With an industry experience of more than 9 years with 5+ years of experience in data science, and at least 2 years in a leadership role managing a strong technical team.
- Proven expertise in machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and recommendation systems.
- Hands-on experience deploying ML models in production at scale.
- Experience in Martech or working on customer-facing AI solutions is a plus.

Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and ML frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- Strong understanding of statistical methods, predictive modeling, and algorithm design.
- Familiarity with cloud-based solutions (AWS Sagemaker, GCP AI Platform, or similar).

Soft Skills:

- Excellent communication skills to present complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving mindset and the ability to think strategically.
- A passion for innovation and staying up-to-date with the latest trends in AI/ML.

Why Join Us:

- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI/ML projects impacting millions of users.
- Be part of a collaborative, innovation-driven team in a fast-growing Martech company.
- Competitive salary, benefits, and a culture that values learning and growth.

Location

Bengaluru



  • India Microsoft Full time

    Job Description The Microsoft Teams Data Science team's charter is to foster a data-driven culture to encourage and enable the entire organization to make more informed decisions through data. Our data and analytics team works closely with engineering, marketing, finance, and business leaders to identify opportunities for improving the customer experience...


  • Pune, Maharashtra, India, Maharashtra YASH Technologies Full time

    We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Senior Principal Data Scientist to join our dynamic team. This role is pivotal in driving our organization's advanced analytics initiatives and shaping our data-driven strategy. As a thought leader, you will lead complex data science projects, mentor junior scientists, and collaborate with cross-functional...

  • Principal Data Scientist

    11 minutes ago


    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India TARGET Full time

    **Join Target Data Sciences team as a Principal Data Scientist - Merchandising** As a Principal data scientist at Target, you will develop AI/ML models and algorithms that improve our business planning and operations. You will work closely with peer data scientists and business partners to develop a deep understanding of the various processes. Then you will...


  • IND-Bangalore Office Block A, Thanisandra Main Rd, India Ecolab Food Safety & Hygiene Solutions Private Limited Full time ₹ 2,00,00,000 - ₹ 2,50,00,000 per year

    Principal Data Scientist The Principal Data Scientist/AI Engineer is a senior technical expert who leads complex, high-impact AI initiatives across the organization. This role is responsible for driving architectural decisions, establishing reusable frameworks, and influencing the AI strategy at an enterprise level. The Principal AI Engineer operates as a...


  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Microsoft Full time ₹ 20,00,000 - ₹ 25,00,000 per year

    Do you enjoy solving problems, looking at problems through a different lens, and working closely with customers to innovate new solutions to complex problems? Do you jump with excitement at the opportunity to identify trends and provide unique business solutions? Do you want to join a team where learning about a new technology or solution is part of...


  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India TARGET Full time ₹ 20,00,000 - ₹ 25,00,000 per year

    Job Description Principal Data Scientist As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasnt happened by accident. Some of the best minds from diverse backgrounds come together at Target to...


  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Symmetrical Global Search Full time ₹ 20,00,000 - ₹ 25,00,000 per year

    We are Hiring For Principal/Sr. Principal-Data ScientistExperience: 9+ yearsJob descriptionDevelop, Test, and Deploy ML/AI models for various productsPerform data preprocessing, feature engineering and ML/DL model evaluationOptimize and fine-tune models for performance and scalabilityGood understanding of Statistical, ML, AI modelsGood understanding of NLP...


  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Brillio Full time

    **Principal Data Scientist - R01554880**: **Principal Data Scientist** **Primary Skills**: **Specialization**: - Agentic AI and LLM **Job requirements**: - ** Key Responsibilities**: - Drive **Agentic AI POCs and production implementations** using frameworks such as **LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or Semantic Kernel**. - Design and implement...


  • Bengaluru, India Ecolab Global Services Full time

    Job Description The Principal Data Scientist/AI Engineer is a senior technical expert who leads complex, high-impact AI initiatives across the organization. This role is responsible for driving architectural decisions, establishing reusable frameworks, and influencing the AI strategy at an enterprise level. The Principal AI Engineer operates as a...


  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Microsoft Full time

    **Principal Data Scientist**: Bangalore, Karnataka, India Date posted **Oct 16, 2025** - Job number **1894481** - Work site **3 days / week in-office** - Travel **0-25**%** - Role type **Individual Contributor** - Profession **Research, Applied, & Data Sciences** - Discipline **Data Science** - Employment type **Full-Time** **Overview**: - Do you enjoy...