CareerPlan

Principal Data Scientist, Search

STORE SUPPORT CENTER, ATLANTA - 9090, USFull-time$150k–$280k2026-11-10 → 2026-11-11
On-site · United States

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)

Builds

Intelligent shopping experience, retrieval and ranking models

Domain

E-commerce, Search, Retail

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Prescriptive modeling, predictive modeling, data mining, statistical techniques, Python, SQL/BigQuery, Tableau, optimization, NLP, computer vision, recommendation systems

Preferred skills

PhD in quantitative field, thought leadership, academic/industry networking

Technologies

Python, Google BigQuery, SQL, Tableau

Responsibilities

Design and develop algorithms/models for large datasets, mentor junior data scientists, collaborate with business partners to drive profitability, define best practices for model productionalization, publish papers and speak at conferences

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship