Remote Principal Data Scientist - AI Leadership & Impact

Placements24; Randburg; Hybride; ZAR 900 000 - 1 300 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Home office budget

Global health coverage

Retirement savings plan

Performance bonuses

Résumé du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Principal Data Scientist to lead end-to-end AI/ML initiatives, training and deploying models while mentoring junior data scientists and collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver impactful AI solutions. This fully remote role offers high impact across global projects.

You will stay at the forefront of AI research, ensure ethical AI practices, and help scale pipelines in cloud environments.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc required with AI/ML focus
• Hands-on data science and ML experience
• Strong Python & ML framework skills
• Proven production ML deployment experience
• Cloud and big data tech experience preferred

Responsabilités

• Lead end-to-end development and deployment of advanced AI/ML models
• Design scalable ML pipelines for training, evaluation, and production
• Mentor junior data scientists and promote best practices
• Collaborate with product, engineering and stakeholders to define scope
• Stay updated on AI/ML advancements and document models and processes

Connaissances

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Production ML

Formation

PhD in Computer Science / Statistics / Mathematics with AI/ML focus

MS in related quantitative field

Outils

Spark

Hadoop

AWS / Azure / GCP

Description du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Principal Data Scientist to lead end-to-end AI/ML initiatives, training and deploying models while mentoring junior data scientists and collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver impactful AI solutions. This fully remote role offers high impact across global projects.

You will stay at the forefront of AI research, ensure ethical AI practices, and help scale pipelines in cloud environments.