Senior Data Scientist

Experience : 4.00 + years

Salary : INR 4000000-6000000 / year (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period : 30 Days

Shift : (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type : Remote

Placement Type : Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: Veltrix)

**(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Veltrix)

**What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required: Ci/Cd Pipelines, Python, SQL, Pyspa, Databricks, LLM, Agentic AI, Agent ai, Time Series

Veltrix is Looking for:

• We are looking for a hands-on Senior Data Scientist with strong expertise in traditional Machine Learning, retail analytics, pricing optimization, and demand forecasting. The ideal candidate will have experience working in Retail, CPG, or E-Commerce environments and will play a key role in designing and scaling ML-driven pricing and promotion solutions.**** Roles And Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable machine learning solutions focused on pricing optimization, demand forecasting, and promotion planning, product matching using text & images.

• Build and improve statistical and machine learning models for:

• • Demand forecasting
• • Price elasticity modeling
• • Promotion optimization
• • Inventory and revenue forecasting
• • Product Matching (LLM and agent-based solutions)

• Design, build and deploy robust ML pipelines in Databricks, build model monitoring systems, and production-ready APIs.

• Ability to design and evaluate transformer-based time series forecasting models for large-scale retail sales forecasting and demand planning.

• Drive experimentation, model evaluation, and continuous improvement of forecasting and pricing models.

• Analyze large-scale structured and unstructured retail datasets to uncover trends, customer behavior patterns, and pricing insights.

• Develop data-driven strategies that help maximize revenue, profitability, and pricing efficiency across products and categories.

• Apply advanced statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms to solve complex retail business problems.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Data Engineering, and Business teams to translate business requirements into scalable ML solutions.

• Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance across cross-functional teams.

• Communicate analytical findings and business recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Machine Learning and Data Science.
• Strong background in mathematics, probability, statistics, and regression analysis.
• Solid understanding of traditional machine learning algorithms and statistical modeling techniques.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases and data warehouses.
• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) & Agentic AI designs.
• Strong programming expertise in Python, including Pandas, NumPy, Object-Oriented Programming, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow or similar ML frameworks
• Experience working with PySpark and large-scale data processing systems.
• Experience developing APIs and ML services using Flask or similar frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience in Retail, CPG, or E-Commerce domains with expertise in: Demand forecasting, Price Elasticity & Pricing strategy, Promotion optimization.
• Experience with MLOps platforms and deployment pipelines such as Databricks:
• Cloud Machine Learning / AI platforms - Google Vertex AI, Azure Machine Learning, Amazon SageMaker (any)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows.

Interview Process:

• L1- Technical Coding
• L2- Interview with VP, AI & Engineering
• L3- Founder Discussion

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