Remote Principal Data Scientist - Real-Time Payments ML

Energy Jobline ZR; United (WV); Remote; USD 117,000 - 131,000; Part time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR seeks a Principal Data Scientist to scale data science and AI for end-to-end payment optimization. The role collaborates with ML engineers and product partners to deploy real-time models and intelligent decision engines, driving strategy and roadmaps while mentoring senior data science talent.

This contract-to-hire position offers W2 benefits and a rate of $85.00 to $95.00/hr, with conversion to FTE after contract duration.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in ML research or engineering.
• 5+ years building large-scale, real-time ML systems in production.
• Strong Python (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL experience.

Responsibilities

• Define technical vision for data-driven payment optimization initiatives.
• Develop scalable real-time ML models and monitoring systems.
• Oversee design, deployment, and maintenance of ML models and pipelines.
• Enforce best practices for ML modeling and tool selection.
• Mentor senior data scientists and collaborate with product/engineering/compliance teams.

Skills

Machine Learning

Real-time ML

Python

SQL

Leadership

Communication

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Math/Engineering

PhD (bonus)

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

scikit-learn

SQL databases

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR seeks a Principal Data Scientist to scale data science and AI for end-to-end payment optimization. The role collaborates with ML engineers and product partners to deploy real-time models and intelligent decision engines, driving strategy and roadmaps while mentoring senior data science talent.

This contract-to-hire position offers W2 benefits and a rate of $85.00 to $95.00/hr, with conversion to FTE after contract duration.