Swish is building the next generation of food delivery by owning the entire value chain, from menu design and pricing to kitchen operations and customer experience. Backed by leading investors, we're building the future of food delivery by continuously launching current products, expanding into new markets, and creating innovative operating models.

About the role

We're looking for a hands-on Lead Data Scientist who can operate as both an individual contributor and a team leader. You'll own the data science roadmap, build models and infrastructure that drive real business impact, and mentor a growing team — all while working in a fast-paced, ambiguous, resource-constrained environment typical of an early/growth-stage startup.

What You'll Do

Define and drive the data science strategy aligned with business and product goals
Build, deploy, and monitor ML models in production (e.g., recommendation, forecasting, personalization, fraud detection — customize to Swish's use case)
Design and run experimentation frameworks (A/B testing) to validate product and business decisions




Partner closely with founders, product, and engineering to translate business problems into data solutions
Build and mentor a small but high-performing data science team
Establish best practices for data pipelines, model governance, and reproducibility where none may currently exist
Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to non-technical stakeholders, including leadership

What We're Looking For

6–7 years of experience in data science/ML, with at least 1–2 years in a lead or mentoring capacity
Strong hands-on experience with Python/SQL, and ML frameworks (scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch, etc.)
Proven experience taking models from prototype to production
Experience with A/B testing/experimentation design
Comfort operating with ambiguity, incomplete data, and shifting priorities — startup experience strongly preferred
Strong communication skills — able to influence decisions with non-technica

📌 Lead Data Scientist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Swish
📍 Bengaluru