Senior Real-Time Data Scientist - Payments (Remote)

Eliassen Group; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 243,560,000 - 272,214,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to scale data science and AI for real-time payment optimization. You will collaborate with ML engineers and product partners to design and deploy production-grade models, lead cross-functional initiatives, and mentor senior data scientists.

This contract-to-hire role balances strategic leadership with hands-on contributions across architecture, reviews, and implementation, delivering robust ML solutions while communicating complex ideas to

Qualifications

• 7+ years in ML research or engineering
• 5+ years building large-scale, real-time ML systems in production
• Proficiency in Python and strong SQL experience; NoSQL/graph databases a plus
• Excellent communication and leadership to influence across technical and business audiences

Responsibilities

• Define technical vision and strategy for data-driven product initiatives focused on payment optimization
• Develop scalable capabilities for real-time ML models including classification, ranking, optimization, experimentation, and monitoring
• Oversee and contribute to ML model development, deployment, operation, validation, and maintenance
• Establish and enforce best practices for ML modeling and evaluate modern tools/frameworks/infrastructure
• Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and collaboration while mentoring data scientists
• Partner with product, engineering, data, and compliance teams to integrate ML into products and communicate complex concepts
• Collaborate with Data Science leaders to optimize end-to-end delivery of business value

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

PhD preferred

Tools

Python

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to scale data science and AI for real-time payment optimization. You will collaborate with ML engineers and product partners to design and deploy production-grade models, lead cross-functional initiatives, and mentor senior data scientists.

This contract-to-hire role balances strategic leadership with hands-on contributions across architecture, reviews, and implementation, delivering robust ML solutions while communicating complex ideas to