Data Scientist

Job#: 3021829

Job Description:

Apex Systems is currently hiring for a Data Scientist with one of our top clients in the Raleigh North Carolina area.

Qualified candidates will have the following experience and skills:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or related field.

Programming: 5+ years experience with Python (pandas, PySpark, scikit-learn; familiarity with PyTorch/TensorFlow helpful), bash, experience with Docker.

ML Experimentation: Design and implement predictive and prescriptive models for regression, classification, and optimization problems. Apply advanced techniques such as structural time series modeling and boosting algorithms (e.g., XGBoost, LightGBM).

ML Tooling: 5+ years experience with SageMaker (training, processing, pipelines, model registry, endpoints) or equivalents (Kubeflow, MLflow/Feast, Vertex, Databricks ML).

Location: Raleigh, NC - 2 days onsite, 1 day remote

Pay range: $50-$60 an hour

If you are interested, please apply here or email an updated copy of your resume to

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist with strong expertise in Data Science, machine learning engineering with hands on experience in designing and deploying ML solutions in production. This role focuses on building scalable ML solutions, productionizing models, and enabling robust ML platforms for enterprise-grade deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Build ML Models: Design and implement predictive and prescriptive models for regression, classification, and optimization problems.Apply advanced techniques such as structural time series modeling and boosting algorithms (e.g., XGBoost, LightGBM).

Train and Tune Models: Develop and tune machine learning models using Python, PySpark, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.

Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into data science solutions and work in the end-to-end solutioning. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration of models into business processes.

Monitoring & Visualization: Rapidly prototype and test hypotheses to validate model approaches. Build automated workflows for model monitoring and performance evaluation. Create dashboards using tools like Databricks and Palantir to visualize key model metrics like model drift, Shapley values etc.

Productionize ML: Build repeatable paths from experimentation to deployment (batch, streaming, and low-latency endpoints), including feature engineering, training, evaluation,

Own ML Platform: Stand up and operate core platform components-model registry, feature store, experiment tracking, artifact stores, and standardized CI/CD for ML.

Pipeline Engineering: Author robust data/ML pipelines (orchestrated with Step Functions / Airflow / Argo) that train, validate, and release models on schedules or events.

Observability & Quality: Implement end-to-end monitoring, data validation, model/drift checks, and alerting SLA/SLOs.

Governance & Risk: Enforce model/version lineage, reproducibility, approvals, rollback plans, auditability, and cost controls aligned to enterprise policies.

Partner & Mentor: Collaborate with on-shore/off-shore teams; coach data scientists on packaging, testing, and performance; contribute to standards and reviews.

Hands-on Delivery: Prototype new patterns; troubleshoot production issues across data, model, and infrastructure layers.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or related field.

Programming: 5+ years experience with Python (pandas, PySpark, scikit-learn; familiarity with PyTorch/TensorFlow helpful), bash, experience with Docker.

ML Experimentation: Design and implement predictive and prescriptive models for regression, classification, and optimization problems. Apply advanced techniques such as structural time series modeling and boosting algorithms (e.g., XGBoost, LightGBM).

ML Tooling: 5+ years experience with SageMaker (training, processing, pipelines, model registry, endpoints) or equivalents (Kubeflow, MLflow/Feast, Vertex, Databricks ML).

Pipelines & Orchestration: 5+ years' experience with Databricks DABS or Airflow or Step Functions, e-driven designs with EventBridge/SQS/Kinesis.

Cloud Foundations: 3+ years experience with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform on various services like ECR/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Glue/Athena/EMR, RDS/Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL), DynamoDB, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, WAF.

Snowflake Foundations: Warehouses, databases, schemas, stages, Snowflake SQL, RBAC, UDF, Snowpark.

CI/CD: 3+ years hands-on experience with CodeBuild/Code Pipeline or GitHub Actions/GitLab; blue/green, canary, and shadow deployments for models and services.

Feature Pipelines: Proven experience with batch/stream pipelines, schema management, partitioning, performance tuning; parquet/iceberg best practices.

Testing & Monitoring: Unit/integration tests for data and models, contract tests for features, reproducible training; data drift/performance monitoring.

Operational Mindset: Incident response for model services, SLOs, dashboards, runbooks; strong debugging across data, model, and infra layers.

Soft Skills: Clear communication, collaborative mindset, and a bias to automate & document.

Additional Qualification:

Experience in retail/manufacturing is preferred.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.