Job description
🚀 Join Our Data Products and Machine Learning Development Remote Startup! 🚀
Mutt Data is a dynamic startup committed to crafting innovative systems using cutting-edge Big Data and Machine Learning technologies.
We’re looking for a Data Scientist Lead to help take our expertise to the next level. If you consider yourself a data nerd like us, we’d love to connect! 🐶🚀
🚀 What We Do
- Leveraging our expertise, we build modern Machine Learning systems for demand planning and budget forecasting.
- Developing scalable data infrastructures, we enhance high-level decision-making, tailored to each client.
- Offering comprehensive Data Engineering and custom AI solutions, we optimize cloud-based systems.
- Using Generative AI, we help e-commerce platforms and retailers create higher-quality ads, faster.
- Building deep learning models, we enhance visual recognition and automation for various industries, improving product categorization, quality control, and information retrieval.
- Developing recommendation models, we personalize user experiences in e-commerce, streaming, and digital platforms, driving engagement and conversions.
🌟 Our Partnerships
- Amazon Web Services
- Astronomer
- Databricks
🌟 Our Values
- 📊 We are Data Nerds
- 🤗 We are Open Team Players
- 🚀 We Take Ownership
- 🌟 We Have a Positive Mindset
🔍 Curious about what we’re up to? Check out our case studies and dive into our blog post to learn more about our culture and the exciting projects we’re working on! 🚀
Responsibilities 🤓
- Lead and mentor a team of data scientists, overseeing project execution, and facilitating their professional growth.
- Architect and implement robust, high-quality code in Python, enforcing best practices for software development and version control using Git.
- Deploy and monitor machine learning projects in production, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance over time.
- Translate complex business challenges into clear data science frameworks and project plans.
- Conduct in-depth research and apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to generate actionable insights.
- Effectively communicate findings and the value of data science solutions to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership through compelling presentations and reports.
- Guide junior team members in developing their presentation skills and confidence in sharing their work.
- Proactively identify and propose innovative data-driven opportunities and approaches to add value to the business.
- Foster a collaborative environment, enabling the team to work in parallel to accelerate progress and deliver results for our clients efficiently.
Required Skills 💻
- Programming Expertise: High proficiency in Python, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Software Development Best Practices: Solid understanding and practical application of software development principles, including collaborative coding and version control using Git.
- Theoretical Depth: Strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, and machine learning theory, with the ability to understand and implement new techniques from academic literature.
- Problem-Solving & Innovation: A creative and analytical mindset with a talent for proposing novel solutions to challenging problems.
- Communication & Presentation: Excellent ability to distill complex quantitative findings into clear, concise, and persuasive presentations for diverse audiences.
- Leadership & Mentoring: A passion for guiding and developing junior talent, fostering a supportive and high-performing team environment.
Nice to Have Skills 😉
- Proven experience in a data science role with a track record of leading projects or mentoring team members.
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms, particularly Databricks.
- Previous experience in a client-facing or consulting role.
- A portfolio of completed data science projects or contributions to open-source libraries.
🎁 Perks
- Remote-first culture – work from anywhere! 🌍
- AWS & Databricks certifications fully covered 🚀
- Birthday off + an extra vacation week (Mutt Week! 🏖️)
- Referral bonuses – help us grow the team & get rewarded!
- Maslow: Monthly credits to spend in our benefits marketplace.
- ✈️🏝️ Annual Mutters’ Trip – an unforgettable getaway with the team!
