Lead Data Scientist

Tyson Foods; Town of Springdale (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data Scientist in Springdale, AR, to transform raw data into actionable insights using ML and data engineering. You will co-own the MLOps roadmap, mentor teams, and drive AI strategy with careful model evaluation and validation.

The role emphasizes scalable deployment, cost efficiency, performance, and observability, plus end-to-end testing across ML pipelines and reusable architecture patterns.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation, or a Master’s degree with 2 years of experience.
• Experience with machine learning, including binary classifiers using Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow.
• Experience in data engineering with unstructured data ingestion and staging.
• Experience designing and deploying scalable RESTful web services for production use.
• Knowledge of computer vision, distributed systems, and containerization with Docker and Git.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information.
• Co-own the MLOps roadmap, mentor teams, and contribute to AI strategy and model evaluation.
• Scale model deployment with attention to performance, cost, and observability.
• Conduct end-to-end testing, including deployment smoke tests in ML pipelines.
• Contribute to reusable ML architecture assets and patterns.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Engineering

RESTful APIs

Computer Vision

Distributed Systems

MLOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Stats

Master's degree in CS/Math/Stats

Tools

Scikit-Learn

TensorFlow

Docker

Git

Job description

Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all current P or M level candidates.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Referral Payout Eligible:

No

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Management Level:

P4

Tyson Foods, Inc. has an opening for Lead Data Scientist in Springdale, AR. Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software. Responsible for end-to-end testing, including deployment smoke tests and continuous monitoring. Co-own machine learning operations (MLOps) roadmap, support and mentor teams in achieving milestones, showing leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and the practical application of model evaluation and validation. Responsible for scaling and cost-efficient model deployment, ensuring responsiveness and observability. Execute complex software testing practices, including end-to-end, integration, and smoke testing in machine learning pipelines. Scale model deployment with an emphasis on performance, cost, and observability, including model monitoring at appropriate cadences. Broaden data science lifecycle management, involving roadmaps with business outcomes verified by business and finance teams. Contribute to the design of reusable machine learning architecture assets and patterns.

Job Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Alternatively, the Employer will accept a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Experience must include at least 2 years of experience in each of the following:

• Machine Learning, including binary classifiers using Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow.
• Data Engineering, including managing unstructured data ingestion, and staging.
• Designing and deploying scalable RESTful web services to expose machine learning models to production.
• Computer Vision, including applied advanced image processing techniques and object segmentation.
• Distributed Systems, including architecting message queuing systems to handle asynchronous task processing.
• Deployment and Version Control, including utilizing containerization and version control for software lifecycle management using Docker and Git.

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with

• paid time off
• 401(k) plans
• affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
• and more

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