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    Williams Sonoma

    Home Goods Retail

    Sr. Data Scientist / Data Scientist

    Pune, IndiaOn-SiteFull-time5–8 yrs experiencePosted 3w ago
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    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, data requirements, 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) in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Math, or related field.
    • 4-8 years in data science / applied ML / advanced analytics with demonstrated production impact.
    • Strong Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) and solid SQL.
    • Strong foundations in classical ML, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
    • Experience working with large-scale data; exposure to Spark/PySpark and modern data platforms.
    • Strong communication and ability to influence decisions with data.

    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).

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    Williams Sonoma

    Williams Sonoma is a multi-channel retailer of high-quality home goods, including kitchenware, cookware, tabletop items, and home furnishings.

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