Senior Data Scientist - ML, Gen AI & Leadership

Visa; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Senior Data Scientist at the Consultant/Manager level to develop advanced data science models on large datasets and lead technical project teams. The role requires hands-on ML/DL work and the ability to translate analytics into actionable business recommendations.

You will collaborate with product, engineering and marketing to deliver scalable solutions and communicate results to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 2+ years with an Advanced degree or 0 years with a PhD
• Experience in developing advanced data science models and applying machine learning techniques to business problems
• Experience in managing data science projects from scoping to delivery
• Experience in extracting and aggregating data from large data sets using SQL or other tools
• Experience in creating reproducible analytic pipelines
• Experience in data visualization using Tableau, Power BI, or R/Python
• Experience with modern distributed systems including Hadoop, Hive/SQL, Apache Spark
• Experience with ML, DL and LLM tools (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Experience in communicating complex technical concepts to business audiences
• Experience in leading project teams and providing technical direction

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced data science models, including deep learning, machine learning, recommendation systems, and generative models
• Lead and provide direction to technical data science teams
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, marketing) to gather requirements and deliver scalable solutions
• Translate analytics output into actionable business recommendations and communicate results to senior business audiences
• Manage end-to-end data science projects, including planning, organizing, and delivering results
• Work with real-world, large-scale data sets to build and deploy scalable models
• Utilize modern distributed systems and data science tools (Hadoop, Hive/SQL, Apache Spark, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
• Ensure reproducibility and quality in analytic pipelines and project deliverables

Skills

Advanced data science models

Machine learning

Deep learning

SQL

Data visualization

Python

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

LLM tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD)

PhD

Tools

Hadoop

Hive/SQL

Apache Spark

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Job description

Visa is seeking a Senior Data Scientist at the Consultant/Manager level to develop advanced data science models on large datasets and lead technical project teams. The role requires hands-on ML/DL work and the ability to translate analytics into actionable business recommendations.

You will collaborate with product, engineering and marketing to deliver scalable solutions and communicate results to senior stakeholders.