Senior Data Scientist Lead: AI Strategy & Production ML (Hybrid, Philly)

DataJobs; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account

Dependent Care FSA

401k plan with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Paid company holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Brooksource in Philadelphia, PA, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Lead or Principal) for a hybrid role. You will oversee a team of data scientists, guide ideation, and shape model development from exploratory data analysis to production deployment.

You will apply CRISP-DM, engage with stakeholders, and advance ML and Generative AI initiatives, working with MLOps, Data Eng, and ML engineers in a collaborative, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative field.
• 7+ years of hands-on data science experience with production ML models.
• Proven senior or lead experience, mentoring junior data scientists.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Deep experience with ML frameworks: Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific oversight for the data science team, including leading ideation, reviewing EDA, and advising on feature development and model selection.
• Champion CRISP-DM and AI governance practices (NIST AI RMF) in projects.
• Build, experiment with, and deploy ML models (classification and regression).
• Drive feature development including Generative AI techniques for traditional ML models.
• Collaborate with ML Engineering, MLOps, and Data Engineering to enable deployment and productionalization.
• Coordinate with infrastructure for data access and alignment with stack.
• Translate business problems into defined data science initiatives.
• Stay current on data science, ML, and generative AI developments.

Skills

Python

SQL

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

CRISP-DM

AI governance

Generative AI

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Master’s degree or Ph.D.

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Vertex AI

BigQuery

Job description

Brooksource in Philadelphia, PA, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Lead or Principal) for a hybrid role. You will oversee a team of data scientists, guide ideation, and shape model development from exploratory data analysis to production deployment.

You will apply CRISP-DM, engage with stakeholders, and advance ML and Generative AI initiatives, working with MLOps, Data Eng, and ML engineers in a collaborative, innovative environment.