Principal Data Scientist

Tiger Analytics, LLC; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Analytics is on the lookout for a Principal Data Scientist, who will play a strategic role in designing and implementing advanced ML solutions across various domains. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in data science and MLOps, including expertise in Python and cloud platforms. This role offers significant opportunities for career development in a dynamic environment, expecting to lead and innovate in analytics practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in advanced analytics solutions.
• 4+ years programming experience with Python.
• Deep experience with MLOps tools and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design system architecture for ML/AI solutions across business domains.
• Lead design discussions for model serving and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive analytics strategy.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Science

MLOps

Python

Cloud Platforms

Communication

Education

Master's or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

MLflow

Kubeflow

Airflow

SageMaker

Vertex AI

Job description

Tiger Analytics is looking for an experienced Principal Data Scientist to join our fast-growing advanced analytics consulting firm. Our employees bring deep expertise in Machine Learning, Data Science, and AI. We are the trusted analytics partner for multiple Fortune 500 companies, enabling them to generate business value from data. Our business value and leadership has been recognized by various market research firms, including Forrester and Gartner.

We are looking for top-notch talent as we continue to build the best global analytics consulting team in the world. You will be responsible for:

• Highly experienced Machine Learning Architect with a proven track record of designing and delivering end-to-end ML solutions across diverse business domains. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in data science, machine learning, and MLOps, and a deep understanding of scalable system design, model lifecycle management, and production-grade deployment pipelines.
• This is a strategic and hands-on role, involving collaboration with data scientists, engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to architect solutions that are robust, scalable, and aligned with business goals
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and business partners and will have the opportunity to drive current and future strategy by leveraging your analytical skills as you ensure business value and communicate the results.

What you'll do in the role-

• Design and define system architecture for ML and AI-driven solutions across multiple business verticals.
• Lead ML system design discussions and make high-level design choices for model serving, data pipelines, and MLOps frameworks.
• Architect scalable and secure cloud-native platforms for ML model training, validation, deployment, and monitoring (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Build reusable components and reference architectures for various stages of the ML lifecycle.
• Define and enforce best practices in model versioning, CI/CD for ML, testing, and rollback strategies
• Deploy and manage machine learning & data pipelines in production environments.
• Work on containerization and orchestration solutions for model deployment.
• Participate in fast iteration cycles, adapting to evolving project requirements.
• Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software that enables state-of-the-art big data and ML applications.
• Collaborate with Data scientists, software engineers, data engineers, and other stakeholders to develop and implement best practices for MLOps, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, model versioning, monitoring, alerting and automated model deployment.
• Ability to work with a global team, playing a key role in communicating problem context to the remote teams
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  

Basic Qualification-

• Master's or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field.
• Typically requires 10+ years of hands-on work experience developing and applying advanced analytics solutions in a corporate environment with at least 4 years of experience programming with Python.
• At least 7 years of experience productionizing, monitoring, and maintaining models
• Strong programming skills in Python and ML libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Deep experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, SageMaker, or Vertex AI.
• Hands-on experience designing ML systems using cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of data engineering, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and model observability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

This position offers an excellent opportunity for significant career development in a fast-growing and challenging entrepreneurial environment with a high degree of individual responsibility.