Lead Data Scientist

Miami, FL, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 5 hours ago
Contract Independent
Contract Corp To Corp
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On-site
Depends on Experience
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Job Details

Skills

  • Data Scientist
  • MLOPS
  • NumPy
  • scikit-learn
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • cloud-native ML services
  • Airflow
  • LLM
  • GenAI

Summary

The Principal Data Scientist is a senior technical leader responsible for shaping the organization s data science strategy and delivering high-impact, production-ready analytics and AI solutions. This role combines deep hands-on expertise with architectural ownership, cross-functional leadership, and executive-level influence. The Principal Data Scientist partners with business, engineering, and product teams to solve complex problems at scale, establish best practices, and drive measurable business outcomes through advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced data science, machine learning, and AI solutions that address complex business challenges

  • Define data science standards, methodologies, and best practices, including model development, validation, deployment, and lifecycle management

  • Act as a technical authority on statistical modeling, machine learning, and AI, providing guidance and architectural direction across teams

  • Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to translate strategic objectives into scalable, data-driven solutions

  • Drive experimentation, feature engineering, and model optimization to improve performance, accuracy, and reliability

  • Oversee productionization of models in collaboration with data engineering and MLOps teams, ensuring scalability, monitoring, and maintainability

  • Establish governance frameworks for model risk management, explainability, fairness, and responsible AI

  • Mentor and develop senior and junior data scientists through technical coaching, design reviews, and thought leadership

  • Communicate complex analytical concepts, insights, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • Stay current with emerging trends in data science, AI, and GenAI, and evaluate their applicability to enterprise use cases

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  • Dice Id: 10236892
  • Position Id: 8882071
  • Posted 30+ days ago
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