Principal Data Scientist & AI Leader (Hands-On)

Woolworths Group; Geehi; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts

Wellbeing program access

Job summary

Woolworths Group in Sydney (Eveleigh/Surry Hills) seeks a Principal Data Scientist to architect and deploy enterprise AI on Google Cloud. You will lead a hands-on team, set standards for model evaluation, observability and responsible AI, and work with product partners to deliver high-impact data solutions.

You will spend significant time writing production-grade code, mentoring a squad of data scientists, and communicating ROI and security trade-offs to senior leaders as you shape ambitious AI

Qualifications

• Advanced Python and SQL with large, disparate datasets.
• Proven ability to influence in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Tertiary qualifications in statistics, data science, mathematics, or CS; postgraduate study encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture and deployment of enterprise AI systems on GCP.
• Mentor data science team and drive technical rigor.
• Partner with commercial leaders to translate business requirements into roadmaps and deliverables.
• Communicate ROI, security considerations and technical trade-offs to executives.

Skills

Python

SQL

GCP

Stakeholder management

Education

Statistics / Data Science / Computer Science degree

Tools

Vertex AI

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Job description

Woolworths Group in Sydney (Eveleigh/Surry Hills) seeks a Principal Data Scientist to architect and deploy enterprise AI on Google Cloud. You will lead a hands-on team, set standards for model evaluation, observability and responsible AI, and work with product partners to deliver high-impact data solutions.

You will spend significant time writing production-grade code, mentoring a squad of data scientists, and communicating ROI and security trade-offs to senior leaders as you shape ambitious AI