GenAI - Data Scientist (Search, Discovery)

At Proximity Works, we build AI-native products that operate at scale. We're now entering a critical phase—moving beyond baseline functionality to delivering high-quality, delightful user experiences across search, conversational AI, and multimodal systems. This role sits at the intersection of LLMs, search, personalization, and video intelligence, with direct impact on products used by hundreds of millions of users. What You'll Work OnImproving conversational search quality—making responses not just correct, but intuitive, contextual, and delightfulContributing to the unification of traditional and conversational search, including routing logic, ranking systems, and cost optimizationBuilding and integrating ranking and personalization systems, combining user context with query intentDeveloping video intelligence capabilities—scene-level understanding, embedding-based retrieval (CLIP and similar), and dynamic content stitchingWorking on reasoning over unstructured data (RAG, multi-hop reasoning), especially for high-context domains like sports and content discoveryDesigning and iterating on evaluation frameworks to continuously improve quality and performanceOperating in fast iteration cycles, closely aligned with product and engineering teams Key Problem AreasElevating search experience from functional to "magical"Designing a unified search architecture across modalities and interfacesBalancing quality, latency, and cost in production systemsScaling systems while maintaining high standards (the "90 → 95" problem) Must-HaveHands-on experience building and shipping LLM/GenAI-powered products (beyond standalone model training)Strong foundation in search, NLP, or information retrieval (ranking, query understanding, retrieval systems)Experience designing evaluation pipelines for generative AI (quality tracking, regression detection, metric-driven iteration)Ability to thrive in fast-paced, iterative environments with evolving product requirements Good to HaveExperience with multimodal systems (video/image embeddings, CLIP, temporal video understanding)Background in personalization or recommendation systems, especially within searchExperience working on quality optimization at scaleStrong intuition for cost-efficient system design (latency, inference cost, routing strategies)RequirementsMust-HaveExperience: 4.5-10 years in applied Data Science/ML with a strong focus on generative AI.Hands-on experience building and shipping LLM/GenAI-powered products (beyond standalone model training)Strong foundation in search, NLP, or information retrieval (ranking, query understanding, retrieval systems)Experience designing evaluation pipelines for generative AI (quality tracking, regression detection, metric-driven iteration)Ability to thrive in fast-paced, iterative environments with evolving product requirements Good to HaveExperience with multimodal systems (video/image embeddings, CLIP, temporal video understanding)Background in personalization or recommendation systems, especially within searchExperience working on quality optimization at scaleStrong intuition for cost-efficient system design (latency, inference cost, routing strategies)BenefitsBest in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.About usProximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world! We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has created and grown high-impact, scalable products used by 370 million daily users, with a total net worth of $45.7 billion among our client companies.Today, we are a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks, and experts. We solve complex problems and build cutting-edge tech, at scale. Our team of Proxonauts is growing quickly, which means your impact on the company’s success will be huge. You’ll have the chance to work with experienced leaders who have built and led multiple tech, product, and design teams. Here’s a quick guide to getting to know us better:Here’s a quick glimpse of Proximity and what it’s like to be a Proxonaut:Visit this YouTube link to listen to what our CEO, Hardik Jagda, has to say about Proximity.Meet some of our Proxonauts here: Know thy Proxonauts betterHere are some quick links to the Careers page, Blog, and Studio Proximity (our design wing).Follow our team's #BTS (behind-the-scenes) updates on our Instagram channels — - @ProxWrks - @H.JagdaOriginally posted on Himalayas