Principal Data Scientist, Search
Core
Technical leader building retrieval and ranking models and leveraging LLMs to power the e-commerce search engine for The Home Depot.
Role type
Principal Data Scientist (Search & Recommendation)
Builds
Intelligent shopping experience, retrieval and ranking models, advanced analytics infrastructure
Domain
E-commerce, Search, Recommendation Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Prescriptive modeling, predictive modeling, data mining, statistical techniques, optimization, computer vision, NLP, Python, SQL/BigQuery, data visualization
Preferred skills
PhD in quantitative field, thought leadership in data science, publishing papers, networking with academic/industry experts
Technologies
Python, Google BigQuery, SQL, Tableau, LLMs
Responsibilities
Design and develop algorithms/models for large datasets; Lead large data science projects and mentor junior scientists; Collaborate with business partners to identify opportunities for data science; Develop cutting-edge algorithms as intellectual property; Define best practices for model productionalization.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
