Sr. Data Scientist (AI & ML)

About the role

Talabat is looking for a Senior Data Scientist specialized in AI and Machine Learning to join its global AI hub. You will design, develop and ship intelligent systems that power decision‑making across product and business, owning the end‑to‑end ML lifecycle for a defined domain.

Key responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous business challenges into well‑defined ML problems with clear success metrics.
• Perform data modeling, feature engineering, and experiment design to build robust models.
• Train, evaluate, and fine‑tune models using frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, LightGBM, CatBoost and XGBoost.
• Deploy and monitor models in production on Google Cloud Platform, leveraging Airflow, MLOps and BigQuery.
• Apply Generative AI and large language models for data enrichment, content understanding and automated decision‑making.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers and business stakeholders to deliver impact.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data science or machine learning.
• Strong analytical mindset with a track record of delivering production‑grade AI solutions.
• Experience working in fast‑paced, data‑driven environments.

Required skills

• Python
• SQL
• Airflow
• TensorFlow
• PyTorch
• Scikit‑learn
• LightGBM
• CatBoost
• XGBoost
• SVMs
• Experiment design
• Generative AI
• LLM fine‑tuning
• Transformers
• Recommendation systems
• Data mining
• Data modeling
• Pattern recognition
• Deep learning
• NLP
• Google Cloud Platform
• BigQuery
• MLOps
• Keras