Data Scientist

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations - Bengaluru, India About the Role We are looking for an experienced data scientist to join our Bangalore team and help scale the next generation of our AI/ML models. In this role, you will train predictive models and the workflows behind AI-driven applications, Agents, Chatbots that power teams across the company, including go-to-market, engineering, and product. Because the products we build are initiated and owned by the team, you will be involved end-to-end — from shaping requirements and designing systems to implementation, deployment, and long-term ownership. You will focus on building scalable, reliable AI/ML models, services and GenAI powered application backends, partnering closely with data and full-stack engineers to deliver new features and operate the pipelines and platforms behind our products. Our stack spans multiple languages and technologies, including Python, React, and TypeScript, and continues to evolve. Many of our applications also incorporate strong AI components, giving you opportunities to work with modern AI infrastructure and tools such as vector databases, MCP-based services, and Workers AI. Responsibilities - Partner and align with business leaders, stakeholders, product managers and internal teams to understand the business and product challenges and goals and address them using predictive analytics in a globally distributed environment. - Understand data landscape i.e tooling, tech stack, source systems etc. and work closely with the data engineering team to improve the data collection and quality. - Understand business/product strategy and high-level roadmap and align analysis efforts to enable them with data insights and help achieve their strategic goals. - Strong audience focused presentation and storytelling skills focused on key takeaways in a crisp and concise manner. - Define, implement, and train statistical, machine learning, deep learning and generative AI models. - Use software engineering best practices to publish model scores/insights/learnings at scale within the company. - Ability to define and spot macro and micro levels trends with statistical significance on a regular basis and understand key drivers driving those trends. - Active role in hiring, growing, and mentoring the data scientist team in Bengaluru. Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience - Bachelors or M.S in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or other quantitative fields. - 3+ years of data scientist experience with proven industry experience in a large scale environment (PBs scale & globally distributed teams) - Strong experience working with business functions such as Finance, Sales, and Marketing to build models and drive impactful business outcomes (eg: customer and revenue growth) - 3+ years experience with a fast-growing SaaS business based company is preferred. - Strong experience in scientific computing using Python. - Experience with Spark, SQL, Tableau, Google Analytics, BigQuery (or any other Big data/Cloud equivalent) etc. - Experience working with and processing structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data. - Strong cross-functional collaboration experience with data engineering and data analysts teams within the function. - Proven track record of applying data insights and machine learning in order to address business needs and drive revenue. - Proficiency in large language models and the frameworks (Langchai

Bachelors or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or other quantitative fields. 3+ years of data scientist experience with proven industry experience in a large-scale environment (PBs scale & globally distributed teams). Strong experience working with business functions such as Finance, Sales, and Marketing to build models and drive impactful business outcomes (e.g., customer and revenue growth). 3+ years of experience with a fast-growing SaaS-based company is preferred. Strong experience in scientific computing using Python. Experience with Spark, SQL, Tableau, Google Analytics, BigQuery (or any other Big data/Cloud equivalent). Experience working with and processing structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data. Strong cross-functional collaboration experience with data engineering and data analysts teams within the function. Proven track record of applying data insights and machine learning to address business needs and drive revenue. Proficiency in large language models and the frameworks (LangChain).

Partner with business leaders, stakeholders, product managers and internal teams to understand the business and product challenges and goals and address them using predictive analytics in a globally distributed environment. Understand data landscape and work with the data engineering team to improve data collection and quality. Align analysis efforts with business/product strategy and roadmap to enable data-driven insights. Present findings with clear storytelling and actionable takeaways. Define, implement, and train statistical, machine learning, deep learning and generative AI models. Use software engineering best practices to publish model scores, insights, and learnings at scale within the company. Identify macro and micro trends with statistical significance and understand key drivers. Play an active role in hiring, growing, and mentoring the data science team in Bengaluru.