About This Role
Flipkart is hiring an ambitious Data Scientist – Product & Recommendations to build and scale the ML systems that power Flipkart's product discovery, personalization, and recommendation experiences — helping 500 million+ Indian shoppers find products they love.
Job Overview
As a Flipkart Data Scientist in the Recommendations team, you will design and develop large-scale recommendation and ranking systems — building collaborative filtering models, deep learning–based recommendation engines, and contextual bandit algorithms that drive millions of clicks, conversions, and revenue on India's largest e-commerce platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement recommendation algorithms including collaborative filtering, content-based, hybrid, and deep learning–based models (two-tower architectures, BERT4Rec)
- Build and evaluate ML-powered ranking models for search, category pages, and personalized homepage experiences
- Run A/B experiments to evaluate recommendation system improvements and measure business impact on click-through and conversion rates
- Work with petabyte-scale behavioral data using PySpark, Hive, and distributed computing infrastructure
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and UX designers on recommendation feature design and evaluation
- Drive technical decisions on model architecture, feature design, and production deployment strategies
Requirements & Skills
- M.Tech/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or Statistics preferred
- 4–8 years of ML or data science experience — recommendation systems experience is strongly preferred
- Strong Python and SQL skills; experience with PySpark and distributed ML at scale
- Deep understanding of recommendation algorithms, information retrieval, and large-scale ML systems
- Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow) and embedding-based retrieval
- Strong A/B testing and experimentation design skills
Benefits & Work Conditions
- Highly competitive product company salary with ESOPs
- Flexible hybrid work model with Bengaluru office
- Cutting-edge data infrastructure and ML platform for large-scale experimentation
- Comprehensive health insurance, PF, and annual performance bonus
- Work on India-scale data science problems with immediate consumer impact
About the Company
Flipkart is India's largest e-commerce marketplace, serving 500 million+ registered users with a product catalog of 500+ million items. Backed by Walmart, Flipkart is at the forefront of India's digital commerce transformation and employs some of India's most talented data scientists working on large-scale recommender systems, supply chain AI, pricing models, and customer intelligence.
How to Apply
Apply at flipkartcareers.com. Search "Data Scientist Recommendations" to view current openings at Flipkart.