Manager, Data Science

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But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care . That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.

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Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Data Science / Machine Learning Engineering Lead to join our team and drive the development of advanced ML/AI capabilities. You will lead a team of Data Scientists / ML Engineers, focusing on building and deploying cutting-edge machine learning solutions using our modern ML infrastructure including Anthropic, OpenAI, and self-hosted LLMs.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team Data Scientists, Data Engineers, ML Engineers
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning
• Foster a collaborative, innovative team culture focused on continuous learning
• Coordinate work allocation and ensure timely delivery of projects
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices across the team
• Design and implement scalable ML model training pipelines using modern toolsets (e.g., MLflow, Comet, Langfuse, WandB, Trino, dbt, Spark, Flink)
• Lead fine-tuning initiatives for both commercial (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT) and open-source LLMs
• Utilise self-hosted LLM infrastructure using Ray, AIBrix, and vLLM for optimal performance and cost efficiency with LoRA/QLoRA
• Architect and oversee model continuous validation frameworks within our ecosystem
• Develop real-time anomaly detection systems leveraging streaming data processing
• Build predictive models for system performance, usage patterns, and automation workflow optimization
• Establish ML engineering best practices for model versioning, monitoring, and deployment on Kubernetes
• Create eval, validation and metrics pipelines for models during training and inference
• Strategic Initiatives
• Optimize the balance between commercial APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI) and self-hosted models for different use cases
• Partner with product and engineering teams to identify high-impact ML opportunities
• Define the team's technical roadmap aligned with company objectives
• Drive adoption of state-of-the-art ML techniques and tools
• Contribute to infrastructure decisions for scaling our ML platform
• Operational Excellence
• Implement robust CI/CD pipelines for ML models in Kubernetes environments
• Monitor model performance using MLflow tracking and implement drift detection
• Manage Flink jobs for real-time feature engineering and anomaly detection
• Document processes, architectures, and decision rationale

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

Education & Experience

Master\'s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or related field

10+ years of hands-on experience in data science/machine learning

5+ years of experience leading technical teams

Proven track record of deploying ML & LLM models to production at scale

Technical Skills

Deep expertise in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Extensive experience with commercial LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4)

Strong proficiency with MLflow for experiment tracking and model management

Experience with distributed computing using Apache Spark

Proficiency with Apache Flink for stream processing and real-time ML

Knowledge of LLM fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, QLoRA, full fine-tuning)

Expertise in anomaly detection algorithms and time series analysis

Leadership Skills

Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire technical teams

Strong communication skills to translate complex technical concepts to stakeholders

Experience with agile development methodologies

Track record of successful cross-functional collaboration

Ability to balance technical excellence with business pragmatism

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

Experience with AIBrix, vllm or similar ML platform solutions

Experience with AI code generation and anonymisation pipelines

Knowledge of advanced prompting techniques and prompt engineering

Experience building RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems

Background in building ML platforms or infrastructure

Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant)

Experience with model security and responsible AI practices

Contributions to open-source ML projects

(REQ ID: 2252)

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