Machine Learning Practice Leader

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., * 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.

Do you have experience in Python?, 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., * 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.