Lead Data Scientist

Who we are:

Our website and apps help renters search listings, schedule tours and submit applications. Local news, classifieds and event listings for Andhra Pradesh make up the core of the site.

About the role:

Malabar Digital is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to join a small, steady team. Expect messy, real data and a fair amount of time on feature engineering and validation. You can work from home anywhere in India. We have no office requirement. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning.

What you'll work on:

Package reusable code instead of leaving it in one-off notebooks. Develop time series forecasts with Prophet, statsmodels or gradient-boosted approaches. Pull and shape data with SQL from Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks. Work with ML engineers to move models into production and monitor drift. Design and analyse A/B tests, including power calculations and guardrail metrics. Segment customers and build churn and lifetime value models.

About you:

7+ years of applied data science experience. Data visualization in matplotlib, seaborn, Plotly or a BI tool. Solid grasp of statistical inference, regression and experimental design. Experience building and validating machine learning models on real business data. Strong Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL. MS or PhD in statistics, economics, computer science, physics or another quantitative field, or a BS plus equivalent experience.

Also helpful:

Published research or strong Kaggle results. Bayesian methods with PyMC or Stan. MLflow or another experiment tracking tool.

Pay and benefits:

Salary: ₹22.5-27.5 LPA

Health insurance for you and your family. Provident fund. Paid leave.

The posting will close once we have a strong shortlist.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Malabar Digital Pvt Ltd.