Lead Data Scientist, Veterinary Health AI

EPAM Systems; Argentina; On-site; ARS 136,430,000 - 197,065,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Data Scientist / Data Analyst to design, validate, and integrate scalable ML solutions for health-predisposition insights from high-volume datasets. You will lead deterministic-first modeling, rigorous evaluation, and production transition with strong governance.

Responsibilities include building classification models for species, breed, age, and weight; developing health-attributes ontologies; producing model cards; and ensuring reproducibility with Databricks and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data science and ML for classification problems.
• Experience building hybrid deterministic + ML solutions for ambiguous cases.
• Lead ownership of end-to-end model delivery from prototyping through stabilization and knowledge transfer.
• Strong project execution with milestone-driven delivery and parallel model tracks.
• Hands-on Python.ML skills for feature engineering, training, and evaluation workflows.
• Databricks and MLflow experience for reproducible training, evaluation, and model versioning.
• Computer vision and natural language processing experience to support fuzzy matching and embedding-based approaches.
• OMOP Common Data Model knowledge and SNOMED CT Veterinary Extension concept-mapping experience.
• Strong analytical skills to define class-frequency tiers, calibrated risk bands, and performance thresholds.
• Strong communication skills to interpret annotation and validation plans with domain SMEs and translate them into model updates.
• Advanced English proficiency (C1+ level)

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of optimized models for species, gender, breed, weight classification, and age classification.
• Build health-predisposition insights models using standardized signalment attributes and governed ontologies.
• Apply a deterministic-first approach and use machine learning primarily for high-ambiguity scenarios.
• Define class-frequency tiers, calibrated thresholds, and evaluation plans that go beyond overall accuracy.
• Produce confidence scores, method traces, exception flags, and model versioning artifacts for each model.
• Create model cards and documentation that support governance, reproducibility, and transition to operations.
• Validate performance across common, rare, ambiguous, and clinically significant cases using appropriate classification metrics.
• Incorporate animal-health domain knowledge into life-stage thresholds, breed-dependent reference ranges, and risk mappings.
• Implement training and evaluation pipelines in Databricks with MLflow tracking and reproducible builds.
• Collaborate with SMEs to refine labels, interpret validation feedback, and adjust modeling strategies.
• Support integration into production data pipelines and contribute to stabilization and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Tools

Databricks

MLflow

Python

Computer vision

NLP

OMOP CDM

SNOMED CT Veterinary Extension

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Data Scientist / Data Analyst to design, validate, and integrate scalable ML solutions for health-predisposition insights from high-volume datasets. You will lead deterministic-first modeling, rigorous evaluation, and production transition with strong governance.

Responsibilities include building classification models for species, breed, age, and weight; developing health-attributes ontologies; producing model cards; and ensuring reproducibility with Databricks and