Senior AI Data Scientist - Remote, High-Impact ML/DL

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Remote work with great flexibility

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist with a strong AI focus to design, develop, and deploy advanced models that drive business insights. You will work with large, complex datasets and apply machine learning and deep learning techniques to solve challenging problems.

The role emphasizes proactive AI opportunities across the business, requires excellent communication, and offers remote collaboration with a forward-thinking analytics team.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.
• 5+ years as aData Scientist with AI/ML focus.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Strong statistical modeling, ML, and deep learning knowledge.
• Experience with data visualization and big data/cloud platforms (Spark/Hadoop, AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Analytical, problem-solving and communication skills; ability to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement predictive models and ML algorithms.
• Apply AI and deep learning to business problems (customer analytics, risk, ops).
• Clean, process, and analyze large, complex datasets from various sources.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into DS solutions.
• Design and run experiments to validate model performance.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop and maintain DS code and documentation.
• Stay current with AI advancements; mentor junior DS teammates.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Master's or PhD in statistics/maths/computer science/data science

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Spark

Hadoop

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist with a strong AI focus to design, develop, and deploy advanced models that drive business insights. You will work with large, complex datasets and apply machine learning and deep learning techniques to solve challenging problems.

The role emphasizes proactive AI opportunities across the business, requires excellent communication, and offers remote collaboration with a forward-thinking analytics team.