At Freshworks, diversity powers innovation because great ideas can and do come from everywhere. We encourage people from all backgrounds&mdash;particularly historically underrepresented and marginalized&mdash;to join us.
We strive for a workplace culture where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, feel comfortable speaking out, take risks, and feel they&rsquo;re an integral part of the Freshworks team. It&rsquo;s simple: Happy, fulfilled employees do better, more innovative work.
Our employee resource groups (ERGs) help employees meet, learn, share their unique perspectives, and connect with mentors and opportunities.
Our current ERGs include Women360 and Prideworks, our global LGBTQIA+ group, with more to come as we continue to look for ways to support each other in our goals.

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Freshworks has partnered with one of the leading childcare providers in India, offering services for children aged five months to 6 years in select cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, etc.

Freshworks Inc. (with its subsidiaries, &ldquo;Freshworks&rdquo;) is committed to providing a work environment free of harassment, ensuring all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. The Policy Against Sexual and Other Workplace Harassment prohibits any form of harassment based on various factors, such as race, color, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), religion, veteran and military status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including genetic information or characteristics), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws

Freshworks provides 26 weeks (182 days) of maternity leave and 84 days of adoption leave.

Freshworks has partnered with Practo, one of India&rsquo;s largest digital healthcare platforms, to provide all employees access to online doctor&rsquo;s consultations, appointment booking, online medicine delivery, and health check-ups.

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About the role:As a Lead Data Scientist with a focus on GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence), you will be at the forefront of pioneering innovative applications of data science and machine learning in employee engagement. In this role, you will lead efforts to leverage GenAI techniques to address unique challenges within our company, including building a state of the art conversational servicebot that should scale across a million MAU, developing cutting edge production AI/ML solutions to complex Text2Action problems, time series data to look for anomalous behavior. Imagine the next generation of IT services being offered not via dashboards or clicks or filters but in an interactive, conversational manner, backed by real time analysis of the entire streaming data into an operating center. This vision is what you would make into a reality. You will build algorithms that analyze these millions of streaming data points, build a distributed, scalable, and high-performance system to serve the insights to the customer through a next-gen conversational UI/UX.&#xa0;&#xa0;Responsibilities:<ul><li>Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product and business teams to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the GenAI landscape, aligning data science initiatives with the organization's objectives.</li><li>Metric Definition: Define key performance metrics that accurately reflect the value delivered to end-users through GenAI solutions.</li><li>Intelligent System Design: Apply deep expertise in machine learning, statistics, and advanced mathematics to conceptualize, experiment, and design intelligent systems powered by GenAI.</li><li>Big Data Processing: Develop efficient systems capable of processing vast volumes of data, demonstrating proficiency in distributed programming frameworks like Hadoop and Spark.</li><li>ML/AI Architecture: Collaborate closely with ML Engineers to design scalable systems and model architectures that enable real-time ML/AI services.</li><li>End-to-End ML Pipelines: Take ownership of ML pipelines from end to end, encompassing data pre-processing, model generation, cross-validation, and feedback sharing.</li></ul>

Qualifications:<ul><li>A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, with a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience.</li><li>Strong problem-solving and programming skills, coupled with a profound understanding of the mathematical foundations underpinning machine learning algorithms, including probability, statistics, linear algebra, calculus, and optimization.</li><li>Proven track record of successfully deploying ML projects in production systems with substantial individual contributions.</li><li>Experience with natural language processing tasks utilizing prompt engineering, LLMs, transformers, and knowledge graphs is highly advantageous.&#xa0;</li><li>Proficiency in time series analysis, NLP, Distributed Systems, large-scale computing, and Big Data technologies such as and Spark is a plus.</li><li>A solid background in at least 2 of the following areas: Natural language processing, statistical ML techniques, graph algorithms, constraint optimization, signal processing (speech or vision), deep learning, and distributed systems.</li><li>Proficiency with database systems and schema design, encompassing both SQL and NoSQL databases.</li></ul>If you are a forward-thinking data scientist with a passion for pushing the boundaries of GenAI and envision yourself driving the transformation of IT services through interactive, conversational experiences, we encourage you to apply and join our dynamic team. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in turning our GenAI vision into a reality.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.<div sr-tagline=""></div>At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.

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