Data Scientist

Overview

Data Scientist role in Unilever’s Home Care Research & Development team, focused on turning scientific and data into insights, models, and faster evidence-led decisions.

What you'll do

• Partner with scientists and business colleagues to define analytical questions and solution plans.
• Develop reliable Python code for data collection, cleaning, transformation, analysis, and reusable modelling workflows.
• Analyse structured and unstructured data using statistical, machine-learning, and deep-learning techniques.
• Build and validate predictive and prescriptive models, documenting assumptions, performance, limitations, and suitability.
• Continuously monitor and help teams adopt applications and models in product and research contexts.
• Create visualisations and dashboards to support informed decisions.
• Apply software development practices such as version control, modular coding, testing, and documentation.

What you'll need

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least three to four years of hands-on experience in data science, scientific computing, analytics, or modelling.
• Strong Python programming skills, including experience with widely used data analysis and machine-learning libraries.
• Practical experience in modelling, machine learning, and model evaluation techniques.
• Ability to work with complex datasets and solve open-ended problems.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical colleagues.

Nice to have

• Experience building web-based analytical applications using Flask, Dash, or Streamlit.
• Working experience in GCP.
• Use of SQL for data access and Git for version control.
• Creating reports and dashboards using Power BI.
• Working with generative AI and large language models in scientific or business settings.
• Applying software development practices to create maintainable analytical products.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Function: R&D.