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Sara Shaista Farooqui

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Head of Data at Willow Analytics · Recommendation systems

Works at
Willow Analytics
Location
Coimbatore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
Experience
14+ years experience
Education
Manipal Institute of Technology
Languages
English, Hindi, Tamil
Hiring
Message Connect

Overview

Currently at Willow Analytics, where I lead recommendation systems with a team of 46. Built the recommendations models now used in 5 product decisions a quarter. Before that: Bajaj Finserv and Ola. Most at home with Python and PyTorch. I tinker with 3D printers.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Working sessions on ranking
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Generic networking requests
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
Pythonrecommender systemsPyTorchranking
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

5 data scientist roles open on the recommendations team in Coimbatore

Role
Data scientist
Level
Mid
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹50-60 LPA
Team
Recommendations, 11 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Clear written communication
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp ₹45-51 LPA. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Coimbatore, India · remote OKpytorchrankingpython
Open

Experience

  1. Head of Data
    Oct 2022 - Present
    Willow Analytics · 4 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Built the recommendations models now used in 5 product decisions a quarter.
    • Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.
    • Taught SQL to 84 non-analysts.
  2. Analytics Manager
    Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
    Bajaj Finserv · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Taught SQL to 101 non-analysts.
  3. Senior Data Scientist
    Aug 2016 - Apr 2020
    Ola · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Replaced 28 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 8.9%.
  4. Staff Data Scientist
    Dec 2014 - May 2016
    Flipkart · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.
  5. Data Scientist
    Jun 2012 - Dec 2014
    ICICI Bank · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.

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Education

  1. Manipal Institute of Technology
    B.Tech, Economics
    2000 - 2004

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