Data Scientist

Job Title: Medior Data Scientist

Job Location: Utrecht, Netherlands (Hybrid work)

Job Type: Contract job opportunity (36 hours/week)

Job description:

As a Medior Data Scientist, you will work on developing, maintaining, improving and implementing machine learning models. You will be at the forefront of creating models that help solve complex challenges, streamline processes, and unlock new opportunities.

We are looking for a Data Scientist with strong engineering capabilities, someone who can dive deep into data, work with machine learning models (especially tree based and clustering models) and take solutions from prototype to production. You will work across the full ML lifecycle, contributing to scalable, reliable, and responsible solutions with a hands-on programming on production ready code.

Top responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, improve and implement machine learning models in practice;

• Combine and analyse data to create high end model input;

• Write production ready code to deploy a machine learning model;

• Work independently and as part of the model development team;

• Provide written and verbal explanations on ideas, frameworks, models and implementations;

• Engage with IT in a DevOps fashion to bring the models to production.

Skills:

• You hold a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related technical field;

• You have at least 4 years of experience working as a Data Scientist or in a similar field;

• You have expertise in statistical modeling and machine learning, especially practical experience with tree based and clustering models;

• You have experience in model deployment, performance tuning, and monitoring leveraging MLOps/DevOps;

• Hands-on person who likes spending time on writing production ready code (Python, PySpark);

• Proficient with PySpark and Databricks;

• You have experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure;

• You are skilled in Git and CI/CD pipeline development;

• You have experience with ETL processes, data pipelines, databases and data lakes;

• Basic banking knowledge (optional, nice to have);

• Experience with Kedro (optional, nice to have);

• You communicate well in English (both spoken and written);

• You are curious by heart and experienced in collaboration with internal stakeholders.

• We would like to receive a motivation showing the required competencies.

Candidates with valid Netherlands Visa are requested to apply as we are unable to sponsor Visa at this point of time.