Senior Data Scientist

AI Superior; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working flexibility

Ability to grow with the organization

Engaging projects

High level of independence

Job summary

A leading AI consulting agency is seeking a strong Senior Data Scientist to lead projects in an innovative and flexible remote environment. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in machine learning and data science, supporting junior team members while driving technical discussions. A master's or Ph.D. in relevant fields and fluency in German are required. This role offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects that shape the future of AI services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial experience in an ML/AI-related environment.
• Experience in software development, designing, and scaling productive ML pipelines.
• Deep expertise in domains like Computer Vision or NLP.

Responsibilities

• Lead client activities, including data science & ML projects.
• Mentor junior colleagues and lead technical discussions.
• Evaluate state-of-the-art technologies for customer applications.
• Support presales team with project ideas and offer creation.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

Data Science Libraries

Computer Vision

Natural Language Processing

Sensor Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Fluency in German

Education

MSc/Ph.D. in Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

AWS

OVHCloud

Job description

AI Superior is an AI agency founded in 2019, and has been providing AI development and consulting already long before the GenAI hype. Our clients range from small startups and NGOs to international corporations, and we support these from building proof of concepts up to production systems - covering topics such as Data Science, Machine Learning, and general AI consulting.

We are working fully remotely with a presence all over Europe, but are originally based in Germany. While we expect a high level of independence of our team members, you will find flat hierarchies with high flexibility.

We are looking for a strong Senior Data Scientist who brings solid expertise and experience to our team to allow us to grow further and provide excellent services to our customers.

You have ideally already gained technical lead experience and are able to support in the oversight of our projects.

Responsibilities

• You structure, manage, and lead client activities, including data science & machine learning projects, as well as internal cutting-edge research
• You take an active role in technically guiding and mentoring your junior colleagues, drive technical discussions, and review code and technical approaches
• You are on top of state-of-the-art technologies and assess these for being applicable to our customer use cases
• You support our presales team with developing potential use cases and project ideas, as well as in the offer creation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial experience in an ML/AI-related environment
• MSc/Ph.D. in Mathematics, Optimization, (Electrical) Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Physics, or another related field
• Strong expertise in Python and main data science libraries
• Experience in software development, designing, and scaling productive ML pipelines & systems
• Deep expertise in one of the domains: Computer Vision, NLP (incl. LLM-based), or Sensor Data Analysis
• Strong communication, writing & presentation skills, business fluent English
• Working with a high degree of self-responsibility and a goal-oriented approach
• Experience with adopting AI automation for coding
• Fluency in German

Nice-to-haves

• While we value academic experience, we're specifically looking for candidates who have solid experience with industrial projects, following a pragmatic approach
• Proven ML skills: Academic papers, strong Kaggle profile, open-source project on GitHub, etc.
• Proven experience with enterprise cloud providers AWS, OVHCloud, etc.
• Experience with neural networks (PyTorch/ TensorFlow)

Conditions

• Full-time remote position
• Ability to grow with the organization and affect the processes
• Interesting projects that go to production and bring value