About this role
Job Description
Job Title : Data Scientist
Location : Hyderabad - India
WHO WE ARE
Come join our Technology Team and start reimagining the future of the automotive aftermarket. We are a highly motivated tech-focused organization, excited to be amid dynamic innovation and transformational change. Driven by Advance’s top-down commitment to empowering our team members, we are focused on delighting our Customers with Care and Speed, through delivery of world class technology solutions and products.
We value and cultivate our culture by seeking to always be collaborative, intellectually curious, fun, open, and diverse. You will be a key member of a growing and passionate group focused on collaborating across business and technology resources to drive forward key programs and projects building enterprise capabilities across Advance Auto Parts.
Key Responsibilities
Model Development & Technical Expertise
- Design and implement predictive and prescriptive models for regression, classification, and optimization problems.
- Apply advanced techniques such as structural time series modeling and boosting algorithms (e.g., XGBoost, LightGBM).
- Develop and tune machine learning models using Python, PySpark, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
- Write efficient, production-ready code and frameworks optimized for scalability and deployment.
- Familiarity of GenAI and agentic solutions, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and model distillation is a plus.
Collaboration & Communication
- Work closely with stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into data science solutions and work in the end-to-end solutioning.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration of models into business processes.
Monitoring & Visualization
- Rapidly prototype and test hypotheses to validate model approaches.
- Build automated workflows for model monitoring and performance evaluation.
- Create dashboards using tools like Databricks and Palantir to visualize key model metrics like model drift, shapley values etc.
Agile Execution
- Operate effectively in Agile environments, contributing to iterative development cycles and sprint planning.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities while maintaining high standards of quality and innovation.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
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About Advance Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. is a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider that serves both professional installers and do-it-yourself customers. As of October 5, 2024, Advance operated 4,781 stores primarily within the United States, with additional locations in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company also served 1,125 independently owned Carquest branded stores across these locations in addition to Mexico and various Caribbean islands. Additional information about Advance, including employment opportunities, customer services and online shopping for parts, accessories and other offerings can be found at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com.
What you'll do
- Design and implement predictive and prescriptive models while collaborating with stakeholders to translate business challenges into data science solutions. Build automated workflows for model monitoring and performance evaluation, ensuring successful integration into business processes.
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