Principal Data Scientist - Real-Time ML for Payments Remote

Eliassen Group; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 243,560,000 - 272,214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to scale data science and AI for real-time payment optimization. Remote role with contract-to-hire terms, collaborating with ML engineers and product partners to deploy production-grade ML solutions.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on architecture, reviews, and implementation, guiding end-to-end data-driven value delivery. Strong communication with executives is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in ML research or engineering with real-time systems in production.
• Experience leading ML model deployments and end-to-end ML lifecycle.
• Strong Python and SQL skills; NoSQL/graph knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define technical vision for data-driven payment initiatives.
• Develop scalable real-time ML models and experiments.
• Oversee model development, deployment, operation, and maintenance.
• Enforce ML best practices and tool selection across teams.
• Mentor senior data scientists and foster collaboration.
• Partner with product, engineering, and compliance teams.
• Collaborate with DS leaders to optimize end-to-end ML delivery.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML lifecycle

Real-time ML

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's

Tools

AWS

GCP

Snowflake

Databricks

Vertex AI

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to scale data science and AI for real-time payment optimization. Remote role with contract-to-hire terms, collaborating with ML engineers and product partners to deploy production-grade ML solutions.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on architecture, reviews, and implementation, guiding end-to-end data-driven value delivery. Strong communication with executives is essential.