Lead Data Scientist

Kahuna Labs Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kahuna Labs Inc. seeks a senior ML lead to guide a team of engineers, shape scalable ML systems, and drive research-to-production efforts across products. You will mentor peers, review architectures, and help define technical strategy with product and data teams.

The role demands deep ML/DL/NLP expertise and experience with large-scale data pipelines, Python, and frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch, plus cloud ML platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in ML/AI research or DL.
• Proven technical leadership with mentoring experience.
• Strong CS, math, and ML fundamentals.
• Experience with AI systems or recommendation engines.
• Hands-on with LLMs, NLP, CNNs, transformers.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Machine learning background

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Cloud ML platforms

Job description

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in machine learning, deep learning, or AI research.
• Proven experience in a technical leadership role, with the ability to mentor and guide other engineers.
• Strong technical background in computer science, mathematics, and machine learning.
• Experience working with AI systems or recommendation engines.
• Strong hands-on experience with LLMs, NLP, classification models, CNNs, and transformer architectures.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch, as well as cloud-based ML platforms.
• Experience building and optimizing ML models.
• Experience working with large-scale data pipelines and model training.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.