ML Engineer - Search
Zepto · Bangalore
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Founded in 2021
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ML Engineer - Search
Zepto
Bangalore4-7 Years
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About Zepto
Our Story
Founded in 2021 by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, Zepto is on a mission to save you time making every second count towards life's real joys. Our platform has revolutionized rapid commerce in India with cutting-edge technology and strategically optimized delivery hubs. Zepto offers an extensive range of 45,000+ products, from fresh groceries to electronics, beauty essentials, apparels, toys and more, delivering across 50+ cities in minutes*. Zepto Caf extends our commitment to convenience, featuring a curated menu of over 200 fresh items.
Engineering @ Zepto
Building for scale, rapid iterative development, and customer-centric product thinking at each step define every day for a Zepto engineer. If building technology that impacts millions, brainstorming with some of the best minds in the country, executing at lightning speed, product-driven thinking, and owning your work from start to finish excites you, then Zepto is the right place for you.
Job Description
Function: Data Science and Analysis → Data Science / Machine Learning
ML
NLP
machine learning
natural language processing
search
Requirements:
Strong experience in NLP, Recommender Systems, and Machine Learning algorithms (classification, regression, clustering, anomaly detection, pattern recognition techniques, deep learning, LLMs/RAG/Agentic AI).
Hands-on experience building ML systems for Search & Personalisation use cases (AI-powered product search based on lexical search, semantic search, learning-to-rank algorithms, and recommendation systems).
Deeper understanding of Transformer architecture, BERT and other embedding models for information retrieval techniques.
Advancements in Large Language Models and Generative Modelling.
Experience building deep learning models for next-purchase and next-basket recommendation (e. g., sequential/session-based recommenders based on next-purchase prediction) to personalise what and when customers are likely to buy next.
Key Technical Skills:
Languages & Frameworks: Python; PyTorch/TensorFlow; NLTK, transformer-based embedding models (BERT and similar).
Search & Retrieval: Lexical and semantic search, vector/ANN search, learning-to-rank algorithms and recommendation system design.
ML Techniques: Classification, regression, clustering, anomaly detection, pattern recognition, deep learning, knowledge graphs, and LLMs/RAG/Agentic AI.
Experience designing and building agentic workflows (multi-step reasoning, planning, tool-use, and orchestration) for product search and personalisation use cases.
Hands-on experience with memory handling and context management at scale, including short-term/session memory and long-term user memory to support coherent, personalised agentic experiences across sessions.
Experience integrating personalisation signals (user preferences, purchase history, intent) into agentic product search pipelines, enabling agents to retrieve, re-rank, and respond with results tailored to the individual user.
Familiarity with techniques for managing large-scale context (context window optimisation, retrieval-augmented context injection, state/session management) across multi-turn, multi-agent interactions in production systems.
Preferred Skills:
Experience designing and deploying ML solutions at large scale (billions of records).
Experience leveraging parallel processing techniques (multithreading, multiprocessing, distributed computing) to build high-performance, scalable machine learning pipelines and optimise large-scale data processing workloads.
Exposure to OpenSearch, ElasticSearch or Solr will be an added advantage.
Familiarity with real-time data streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, etc.
Understanding of the fundamentals of data governance, fairness, and ethical AI principles.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
3-6 years of relevant experience building large-scale ML systems.
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Kavita Kaushik
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at Fxconsulting
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