About Pocket FM

Pocket FM is the world’s largest audio-series platform, where powerful stories travel effortlessly across languages, cultures, and continents. From India and the US to Europe and beyond, we are redefining how stories are created, discovered, and experienced across the globe, without screens.

At our core, we are an AI-powered entertainment company with a deeply human-first philosophy. We believe technology should amplify creativity. Our proprietary AI systems work alongside writers, voice artists, and creative teams to help stories scale globally, faster, smarter, and with cultural depth and emotional integrity intact.

Today, Pocket FM is home to a vibrant community of 250+ million listeners, 300,000+ creators, and 100,000+ audio series. With over 140 billion minutes streamed annually, we have emerged as one of the fastest-growing media-tech companies in the world, and we are just getting started. We operate at a massive global scale, but with a startup mindset: curious, quick-moving, and deeply owner-driven. At Pocket FM, teams are encouraged to think boldly,



move with intent, and build for long-term impact as we shape the future of audio-first storytelling worldwide

About the Role
As a Principal Data Scientist, you'll lead the development of intelligent ML solutions that drive personalization, content discovery, and user engagement. Your insights will be instrumental in enhancing user satisfaction and driving overall business success.

What you'll do
Lead the design and development of scalable machine learning solutions for recommendations, content intelligence, and user personalization
Build predictive models to forecast content performance, user engagement, retention, and long-term user value, enabling data-driven content and product decisions
Drive innovation in recommendation systems, including ranking, candidate generation, personalization, exploration-exploitation strategies, and reinforcement learning where applicable
Partner closely with

📌 Senior Data Scientist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Pocket FM
📍 Bengaluru