Provectus
ML Practice Leader (Team Lead)
ProvectusRomania2 days ago
Full-timeInformation Technology
A Practice Leader is the first point of contact for their direct reports, and they liaise and relay information between senior leaders, HR, and engineers.

The role of a Practice Leader is probably the most important because this is the first line of people management, and it provides things to be done. On the one hand, a PL is a part of the Practice, so this person must be at least senior-level in their specialty. On the other hand, a Practice Leader is a people manager.

The complete list of requirements looks like the following:

  • Practical experience and strong understanding of Python patterns & best practices
  • Strong understanding of ML project lifecycle
  • Practical experience with creating training datasets involving human annotators
  • Experience with writing Deep Learning models from scratch
  • Experience in >1 of the following areas: NLP, CV, forecasting, recommender systems
  • Strong experience with agentic workflows, RAG architecture, and GraphRAG
  • Experience and in-depth understanding of transformers
  • Practical experience with /AWS/other cloud/open source alternatives/ MLOps platforms, frameworks, and libraries
  • Practical experience with model post-production & maintenance: model and data monitoring, retraining automation, etc
  • Ability to make reusable components of ML pipelines
  • Practical experience with a variety of data sources (OLTP, OLAP, DataLake, Streaming)
  • Experience in DataOps or ML/MLOps would be a significant plus
  • Ability to explain decisions, status, and roadmap to non-technical customer representatives
  • Experience in team/department leadership
  • Ability to teach and mentor. The role assumes providing employees with their career path and helping them achieve goals
  • Diplomatic skills. It means more than just "communication skills" and includes ethics, empathy, compassion, and the ability to resolve conflicts
  • Calmness. People are complicated, and you need to be ready for any objectives or misunderstandings




Responsibilities:

  • Build effective teams
  • Participate in meetups, conferences, and build community
  • Share best practices and culture with the team
  • Mentor engineers, coach Team Leads, and encourage others to share knowledge
  • Have technical excellence and be an influencer in different teams/projects
  • Hire and onboard newcomers
  • Conduct performance reviews, 1-on-1 meetings
  • Identify and address team gaps in knowledge
  • Evaluate, improve, and maintain processes
  • Сollaborate with other managers across the company
  • Communicate and follow the company's mission, vision, and values



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