Job Description

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist (Machine Learning & Generative AI)

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will leverage your expertise in machine learning model development, generative AI, and software engineering to rapidly prototype and deploy advanced analytics products for our manufacturing division. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, engineering, and operations, to design and implement robust advanced analytics solutions at scale within production systems. You will also engage in ad-hoc consulting roles to support various projects across the organization. Our data science team contributes to different project phases, from ideation and business case development, through data discovery and preparation, to model development, prototyping, and facilitating adoption.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Independently design and develop innovative quantitative methodologies, leveraging different methods and approaches in machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, to drive data-driven decision-making and influence key initiatives within the company.

• Apply data science, machine learning, and deep learning techniques to create tools for process monitoring, process optimization, and predictive analytics.

• Develop end-to-end digital solutions, including automation of data workflows and integration into existing systems.

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand their needs, requirements, expectations, and potential opportunities, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Build and disseminate in-depth domain knowledge of emerging trends in one or more sub-specialty areas of data analytics, fostering collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Design, lead, and document the development of analytics applications, platforms, and processes to unlock value through scientific insights.

• Stay updated on current best practices, methodologies, and technologies in AI, machine learning, and data science landscape, including compliance and ethical considerations.

Required Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of both traditional supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms, as well as familiarity with advanced deep learning architectures.

• Proven hands-on experience with Python, including practical skills with libraries such as scikit-learn, Keras, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.

• Familiarity with feature engineering for both structured and unstructured data sets.

• Knowledge of experiment tracking methodologies and tools to monitor model performance and maintain reproducibility.

• Exceptional communication skills to effectively convey complex information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• A strong software engineering mindset, emphasizing the importance of producing high-quality code, documentation, and pipelines.

• A data-centric mindset, focusing on how data can be leveraged to create actionable insights and drive business value.

• Experience working within Agile frameworks and methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Docker Compose for application deployment.

• Experience deploying machine learning models in cloud environments, particularly AWS or similar platforms.

• Familiarity with deep learning applications in computer vision and generative AI models.

• Knowledge of best practices in CI/CD and MLOps to streamline model deployment and lifecycle management.

• Understanding of large language models and techniques, including RAG, pre-training, and fine-tuning for specific applications, and use of agents.

Education:

• Master’s degree in data science, computer science, chemical engineering, applied mathematics, or a related field with 2+ years of relevant experience in data science and machine learning projects.

• Ph.D. in chemical engineering, applied mathematics, or related fields with expertise in data science and machine learning projects.

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