Job Description :

Job Title: Data Science Lead Specialist Engineer
Location: Delaware, Delaware
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Data Science Lead Specialist Engineer with strong expertise in advanced analytics, machine learning, statistical modeling, and data engineering. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving end-to-end data science initiatives, leading technical teams, collaborating with business stakeholders, and developing scalable AI and ML solutions that solve complex business problems.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead data science strategy, architecture, design, and implementation across multiple business units.

  • Work closely with stakeholders to identify business opportunities, gather requirements, and translate them into analytics and ML models.

  • Develop predictive and prescriptive models leveraging machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and other advanced techniques.

  • Perform large-scale data exploration, data mining, feature engineering, and model optimization.

  • Design and implement scalable pipelines for model training, deployment, and monitoring in production environments.

  • Lead a team of data scientists, analysts, and ML engineers, providing technical mentorship and guidance.

  • Evaluate new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve model performance and efficiency.

  • Present actionable insights and deliver executive-level data-driven recommendations.

  • Ensure data governance, quality assurance, security, and compliance best practices.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.

  • 12+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, AI engineering, or related areas.

  • Strong programming skills in Python, R, Scala, and SQL.

  • Hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Keras, Spark MLlib.

  • Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including ML Ops capabilities.

  • Proven experience designing and deploying production-grade machine learning solutions.

  • Expertise in statistical modeling, predictive analytics, optimization, deep learning, and NLP techniques.

  • Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Databricks.

  • Excellent communication skills with ability to clearly present complex analytics to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Leadership experience managing teams and driving enterprise-wide initiatives.

Preferred Skills
  • PhD in a quantitative discipline or equivalent advanced research background.

  • Experience in data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.

  • Experience with DevOps and ML Ops tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, MLflow, Kubeflow.

  • Experience in Generative AI, LLM fine-tuning, and vector databases.

  • Experience working in regulated industries such as Finance, Healthcare, or Insurance.

  • Ability to architect large-scale data science platforms and automation frameworks.

             

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