Senior Data Scientist — Remote ML Development & Impact

US Foods; Rosemont (IL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

US Foods seeks a Sr Data Scientist to advance AI/ML in production. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business problems into ML solutions, build baseline models, and document feasibility with stakeholders.

The role emphasizes end-to-end model development, from data exploration and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and retraining, with mentoring for junior staff. Remote work across the US except HI and territories.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in data science/mathematics/CS/statistics or 3+ years with a Bachelor's and 6+ years experience.
• Strong communication skills to work with cross-functional teams.
• Expert-level knowledge in ML topics: classification, regression, clustering, NLP, deep learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and productionize ML models from data exploration to deployment.
• Mentor junior data scientists and coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Lead model documentation, drift monitoring, and remodeling strategy.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

Agile/SCRUM

Data visualization

Education

Master’s degree in data science

Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years exp.

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

APIs

CI/CD

Containerization

Job description

US Foods seeks a Sr Data Scientist to advance AI/ML in production. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business problems into ML solutions, build baseline models, and document feasibility with stakeholders.

The role emphasizes end-to-end model development, from data exploration and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and retraining, with mentoring for junior staff. Remote work across the US except HI and territories.