Remote Lead Data Scientist for ML Innovation & Impact

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Health insurance

Retirement plan with company match

Conference participation

Full remote work flexibility

Home office setup allowance

Access to cutting-edge resources

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Lead Data Scientist to head advanced ML initiatives in a remote-first setup with a strategic anchor in Queenstown (NZ). Lead a distributed team, design cutting-edge models, and drive value across business units through robust data science practices.

You will steer project lifecycles from ideation to deployment, stay current with AI advances, and ensure ethical use of data. This role offers extensive remote collaboration and opportunities for impact on transformative AI

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in Data Science, CS, Stats, Math or related field.
• Minimum 7 years in data science and ML, 3+ in leadership roles.
• Proven ML expertise across supervised/unsupervised, DL, RL.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists.
• Design and implement advanced ML algorithms.
• Clean and transform large datasets for insights.
• Develop and validate predictive models and ML systems.
• Collaborate with engineering/product to deploy models.

Skills

Leadership experience

Python/R

Machine learning

Communication

Cloud platforms

Education

PhD or Master's in Data Science/CS/Statistics

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Spark

Hadoop

SQL/NoSQL

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Lead Data Scientist to head advanced ML initiatives in a remote-first setup with a strategic anchor in Queenstown (NZ). Lead a distributed team, design cutting-edge models, and drive value across business units through robust data science practices.

You will steer project lifecycles from ideation to deployment, stay current with AI advances, and ensure ethical use of data. This role offers extensive remote collaboration and opportunities for impact on transformative AI