Data Scientist (L3/L4)

Data Scientist (L3/L4)

Hello! 👋

"I have a solution, but it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum!"
— Leonard, Big Bang Theory

At Locus, we’re solving the real-world, gritty, edge-case-filled challenges of last-mile deliveries—because routing isn’t just about theory, it’s about handling the chaos of reality with finesse. With over 1 billion home deliveries powered by our algorithms, and more than a million new ones getting added every day, you get to play with data which is proprietary, high veracity, at scale, and updates often. 

🌍 The Impact?
Apart from all the money we save our clients ($288M and counting), and the delight we bring in the customer experience of their customers, our proprietary algorithms sequester emissions equivalent to 30,000+ acres of forests every year. 

Why Locus?

We are a leading all-mile logistics platform, featured in Gartner® 2024 Market Guides for Last Mile Delivery Technologies 2024, Multi-carrier Parcel Management Solutions and Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Execution and many more. 

We have more than 200+ Retail, CPG and 3PL/CEP clients globally - the likes of Unilever, Nestle, Tata Group, UPS & many more. We have powered >1B home deliveries, and are seeing a new wave of demand with global traditional retailers going phygital. 

Locus isn’t just a company; it’s an organization centered around solving hard problems with scientific research & innovation. Since our first PhDs joined us in 2015, this has been the beating heart of what we do. We’ve filed 14 patents, from N-Gram Analyses for PoIs to ML traffic prediction models, and many more.

What We Offer:

Data at Scale: Billions of historical deliveries, millions of new data points every month.

Patient Research: We believe in long-term impact. You'll see the effect of your work grow over years, not just in weeks.

Innovation Culture: We thrive on integrity, ambition, and out-of-the-box thinking.

Future Prospects: Our team members have gone on to build SaaS companies, AI agents, and more. You’ll be in good company.

Who We’re Looking For:

Curious? Analytical? Have high agency? Perfect. We’re expanding our Data Science team and are looking for people across experience levels (Data Scientist 3/4 ). You’ll work on cutting-edge projects, dive into probabilistic models, and help us create the next wave of innovation in logistics.

Role Description:

• Ideation and opportunity discovery to implement data science solutions to enhance existing product

• experience

• Converting fuzzy product/ business requirements into a data science problem

• To set the agenda/direction for data science application at Locus

• Taking Ownership of the entire pipeline - from idea conception to delivery

• To evangelize DS@Locus internally and externally

• Mentoring your team members and data scientists

Qualifications:

• Held the position of a DS-3 or similar level for more than a year with an overall 6-10 years experience in this domain

• Operations Research background preferred

• Have great coding skills - Python (preferred).

• High proficiency in use of scientific libraries similar to and not limited to pandas, matplotlib, nltk, numpy, sklearn, seaborn, scipy, etc.

• Experience of mentoring and guiding peer team members.

• Displayed technical leadership skills

• Have published patents / publications in national or international tier-1 peer-reviewed journals or conferences.

• Possess critical and creative thinking

• Have taken projects from ideation to production

• Have Processed data at scale and possess knowledge of distributed systems

• Have working knowledge of PyTorch, Keras and/or TensorFlow or similar framework

• Armed with:

               - Open-source contributions in the AI/ML domain is a plus

               - Knowledge of Apache Spark/Hadoop and EcoSystem tools is a big plus

               - Logistics and Supply Chain domain experience is a big plus

Life at Locus comes with added benefits as well:

• A comprehensive Health Insurance policy that covers you and also your loved ones 

• No leave restrictions(you manage your own leaves)

At Locus, every member is an owner and a leader, no matter which team or function they represent. We believe that you are excited about the potential to make an impact in Last mile deliveries through technology and the prospect of creating a legacy that outlasts you! The biggest joy of working at Locus, for all of us, comes from the opportunity to create value each day and experience autonomy in all we do.