Senior Data Scientist � Machine Learning & AI

Team Velocity Marketing; Virginia (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Unlimited paid leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Team Velocity Marketing is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop and deploy machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI solutions that improve customer engagement and marketing performance.

This hands-on role covers data exploration to production deployment, with collaboration across Product, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Analytics, and leadership to deliver measurable business impact. Remote nationwide, ET business hours preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on data science and ML experience (production-ready).
• Proficiency in Python and SQL with strong communication and problem-solving.
• Experience delivering measurable business impact through analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy production ML models.
• Develop predictive models for churn, lead scoring, LTV.
• Perform statistical analyses, A/B tests, and causal inference.
• Build feature engineering, model training, and inference pipelines.
• Deploy and monitor ML models, including drift detection and retraining.
• Apply Generative AI, LLMs, and vector databases to business use cases.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and leadership to translate problems into scalable solutions.
• Mentor junior data scientists and establish best practices.

Skills

Python

SQL

Production ML

MLOps

Cloud

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Spark

Airflow

GCP

Job description

Senior Data Scientist – Machine Learning & AI

Senior Data Scientist – Machine Learning & AI
Remote | Full-Time | $160,000–$190,000

Team Velocity is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop and deploy machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI solutions that improve customer engagement, marketing performance, operational efficiency, and business intelligence.

This is a hands‑on role for an experienced data scientist who can take models from data exploration and development through production deployment, monitoring, and optimization. You will partner with Product, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Analytics, and business leadership to deliver measurable business impact.

This is a full-time remote position. Candidates must reside in the Continental U.S. and be able to support an 8:30 AM–5:30 PM ET business hours. Eastern and Central Time Zones highly preferred.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, evaluate, and deploy production machine learning models.
• Develop predictive models for churn, propensity, lead scoring, customer lifetime value, recommendations, forecasting, personalization, and marketing attribution.
• Perform statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, A/B testing, causal inference, and time-series analysis.
• Build feature engineering, model training, and inference pipelines.
• Deploy and monitor ML models, including model performance, drift detection, and retraining.
• Apply Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, and vector databases to business and customer applications.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and leadership to translate business problems into scalable data science solutions.
• Mentor junior data scientists and establish best practices for model development, documentation, and code quality.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field; Master's or PhD preferred.
• 5+ years | Python + SQL | production ML | predictive modeling | model deployment | MLOps | cloud | measurable business impact
• Proven ability to deliver measurable business impact through data science and machine learning.
• Strong communication, analytical, and business problem-solving skills.
• Expert Python and SQL skills.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Statistics: Regression, Bayesian methods, hypothesis testing, experimental design, causal inference, time series
• Data & Cloud: Snowflake, dbt, Spark, Airflow, GCP preferred; AWS or Azure considered
• AI/LLMs: OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, embeddings, vector databases
• Experience with data quality and observability tools such as Great Expectations or Monte Carlo is a plus.

*You do not need experience with every technology listed above. Strong production machine learning experience is the priority.

Preferred Experience

• Large-scale customer or behavioral data
• Marketing analytics, personalization, or customer intelligence
• SaaS, automotive, retail, advertising, or marketing technology
• Real-time inference or streaming data
• Production Generative AI applications

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The expected salary range is $160,000–$190,000 annually, based on experience, skills, and qualifications. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, unlimited paid leave, wellness programs, and more.

About Team Velocity

Team Velocity is a full-service marketing and technology company serving automotive manufacturers and dealerships nationwide. Our proprietary Apollo technology platform uses data, predictive analytics, and AI to predict consumer behavior, personalize marketing, and help dealerships increase sales and service revenue.

Join us in applying data science, machine learning, and AI to real-world business problems at scale.