Senior AI/ML Data Scientist — Queenstown | Flexible Growth

Placements24; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 106,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Professional development funding

Flexible work environment

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for its Queenstown team. You will lead end-to-end data science work from data extraction to model deployment, delivering business insights and innovative ML solutions.

The role requires a PhD or Masters in a quantitative field, 7+ years of experience, and strong Python/R plus ML libraries. You will collaborate across teams, mentor juniors, and drive best practices in AI development.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in data science with a focus on AI/ML.
• Experience deploying ML models in production environments.
• Proficiency in Python or R and ML libraries.
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling, algorithms and data mining.
• Experience with big data using Spark/Hadoop and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) is desirable.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement ML models to solve business problems.
• Extract, clean and transform large datasets from various sources.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify patterns and insights.
• Validate and test model performance, iterate to improve accuracy.
• Collaborate with engineering to deploy models to production.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines for ML workflows.
• Stay current with AI/ML research and advancements.
• Communicate findings clearly to stakeholders in Queenstown.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to the data science culture.
• Document data science methodologies and best practices.

Skills

Python

R

Mathematics/Statistics

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

Education

PhD or Master’s in CS/Statistics/Math or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for its Queenstown team. You will lead end-to-end data science work from data extraction to model deployment, delivering business insights and innovative ML solutions.

The role requires a PhD or Masters in a quantitative field, 7+ years of experience, and strong Python/R plus ML libraries. You will collaborate across teams, mentor juniors, and drive best practices in AI development.