Lead Data Scientist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and enhance data science solutions throughout the organization.

• Promote best practices within the team.

• Collaborate closely with the Digital and Marketing teams to transform ideas into experiments and convert models into deployed product features.

• Facilitate technical discussions and champion engineering best practices across the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in Data Science / ML, including a minimum of 3 years in a leadership position focused on delivering production ML.

• Strong expertise in at least one area: recommender systems, experimentation platforms, growth analytics, or retention/churn modeling.

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and widely-used ML tools (such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, or similar).

• Proven track record of linking models to outcomes (such as retention lift, conversion uplift, marketing ROI, operational efficiency, etc.).

• Familiarity with contemporary data stacks (cloud warehouses like Snowflake or similar, BI tools like Looker, ML orchestration/deployment tools).

• Ability to communicate trade-offs, uncertainties, and results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders with confidence.

• A practical and collaborative approach—focused on optimizing for effectiveness, scalability, and adoption.

🏝️ Benefits

• Hybrid work model (combining remote and office work).

• 22 days of annual leave plus an additional 2 days for each year of service (up to a maximum of 6 extra days).

• 5 training days annually.

• Private health insurance through Tranquilidade.

• Food allowance of €7.62 for each worked day provided by Coverflex.

• 24/7 confidential employee assistance program.