Scent Data Scientist – Build AI Tools (Remote)

IFF France; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office opportunity

Training opportunities

Learning and development programs

Job summary

IFF France is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Scent digital transformation team in Neuilly-sur-Seine. You will create and improve the creative toolset and collaborate with data scientists, engineers and Scent teams to push fragrance creation through data-driven methods.

You will develop beta version models, integrate tools with corporate systems, and research advanced analytics to generate actionable insights while embracing a rigorous scientific approach across global scent initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Machine Learning, applied mathematics or computer science (Grandes Ecoles preferred).
• Excellent algorithmic and programming skills (Python mandatory) – knowledge of graphs (GNN) and algorithms like Dijkstra, Bellman, max flow and related methods.
• You are comfortable with ML/MLOps ecosystem for Python (Polar, UV, Pydantic, FastAPI, scikit-learn) and translating business problems into models.

Responsibilities

• Develop the data science capability within the Scent organization.
• Contribute to new tool development to speed fragrance creation (beta models).
• Coordinate with IT in Chennai/India to integrate tools into corporate systems.
• Research analysis and optimization methods to generate actionable insights.
• Identify areas for deployment of data science across IFF.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, manage risks, and communicate results.
• Work with large, complex data sets and deliver scalable insights.
• Prototype analysis pipelines and documentation for stakeholders.
• Build knowledge of IFF data structures and metrics for fragrance development.

Skills

Python programming

Graph algorithms

GNN for analysis

Dijkstra

Bellman-Ford

Maximum flow

Ford-Fulkerson

Community detection

ML/MLOps (Python)

FastAPI

scikit-learn

Pydantic

Polar

UV

Education

Master’s degree in ML, applied mathematics or CS

Tools

Polar

UV

Pydantic

FastAPI

scikit-learn

Job description

IFF France is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Scent digital transformation team in Neuilly-sur-Seine. You will create and improve the creative toolset and collaborate with data scientists, engineers and Scent teams to push fragrance creation through data-driven methods.

You will develop beta version models, integrate tools with corporate systems, and research advanced analytics to generate actionable insights while embracing a rigorous scientific approach across global scent initiatives.