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Join Cloudflare as a senior data scientist to scale AI/ML models and drive impactful business outcomes in a collaborative environment.

Location
Bengaluru, India
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
senior
Type
full time · On-site

Posted by employer 1 day ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago

Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago

What you'll build

  • Train predictive models and workflows behind AI-driven applications
  • Partner with business leaders to address challenges using predictive analytics
  • Improve data collection and quality with data engineering team
  • Define and implement statistical and machine learning models
  • Mentor the data scientist team in Bengaluru

Must have

  • 5+ years of data scientist experience
  • Strong experience in scientific computing using Python
  • Experience with Spark, SQL, Tableau, Google Analytics, BigQuery
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration experience
  • Proven track record of applying data insights and machine learning

Nice to have

  • Experience in hiring data scientists
  • Proficiency in large language models and frameworks for GenAI applications

AI in the day-to-day

You will focus on building scalable, reliable AI/ML models, services and GenAI powered application backends.

Requirements

Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.

Joblaze summary

In this role, the data scientist will focus on developing and scaling AI and machine learning models that support various teams within Cloudflare, from product to engineering. Proficiency in Python, experience with large-scale data systems, and familiarity with AI tools are essential for success. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with a strong background in data science, particularly those who have worked in fast-paced SaaS environments. The team emphasizes collaboration and ownership, allowing members to engage deeply with the entire lifecycle of data-driven products.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 23, 2026. Last confirmed on Cloudflare's careers page October 23, 2026.

Quick facts

Is the Data Scientist role remote?
No — this is an on-site role in Bengaluru, India.
How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Data Scientist role.
Where is the role based?
Cloudflare is hiring for this position in Bengaluru, India.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, BigQuery, Google Analytics, Python, React, SQL.
What seniority level is this role?
Cloudflare targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Data Scientist role at Cloudflare.

From the original posting

About Us

Available Location - Bengaluru, India

About the team

The Data Intelligence & Analytics organization builds the core data platform and internal products that power decision-making across the company. We design and operate large-scale data systems, own the company’s data lake, ingestion infrastructure, and platform tooling, and develop end-to-end applications that transform complex datasets into fast, reliable, business-critical products used daily by go-to-market, product, and engineering teams. Our work sits at the intersection of data platforms, distributed systems, and product development, giving engineers the opportunity to own meaningful problems across the stack and build systems that truly run the business.

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.

What you'll do

  • 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.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

  • Bachelors or M.S in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or other quantitative fields.
  • 5+ years of data scientist experience with proven industry experience in a large scale environment (PBs scale & globally distributed teams). fast-growing SaaS business based company is preferred.
  • 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)
  • 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 (Langchain, Langgraph, etc.) necessary for implementing GenAI applications, such as AI Agents, chatbots and related use cases.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills catered to different audiences within the company.
  • Capable of working closely with business, engineering, and product teams to ensure data initiatives are aligned with business needs.
  • Experience in hiring data scientists and establishing team best practices is preferred.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

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