Lead Data Scientist - Search & Recommendation

Singapore

ODS - Data – - /

Permanent /

Hybrid

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About the Role

As an algorithm expert on the Search and Recommendations Platform team, you will work alongside top talent in Singapore, China, Indonesia, and India to shape the intelligence behind GoFood and GoPay systems. You will design and deploy cutting-edge search, recommendations, and monetisation models that power on-demand and financial use cases across Indonesia. In your first six months, you will play a key role in launching foundational platform capabilities and collaborating with business-facing data science teams, to drive business impact and improve user experience.

If you are passionate about applying advanced algorithms to deliver real business outcomes, this is one of the highest-leverage roles in the company.

We’re a growing team of algorithm members and engineers spread across Singapore, China, Indonesia, and India. We build the core search and recommendation platform capabilities to power use cases all across the GoTo universe. Everyone on the team shares a bias towards action and a passion for deploying models and strategies to real-world problems - whether it’s improving ranking and relevance accuracy, scaling LLM-powered retrieval, or personalising customer journeys.

We believe algorithm and engine application is a team sport. We work openly, challenge ideas with curiosity, and support one another to build systems that move the business forward

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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* Design and optimise hybrid lexical–semantic retrieval pipelines (e.g., BM25, dense vectors, HNSW/LSH, generative retrieval) to improve precision and recall across GoFood and GoPay surfaces.