Associate Principal Data Scientist

The Associate Principal Data Scientist is a leadership role responsible for managing and supervising data science teams across multiple business domains.

This role involves a high degree of internal influence and public presence, contributing to the company's tech consultancy, educational programs, and open-source initiatives. The Associate Principal Data Scientist is also a technical partner to internal stakeholders and plays a key role in the client consultancy process.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supervising data science teams of more than eight people across multiple business domains
• Contributing to internal company initiatives, such as hackathons, competitions, and educational programs
• Serving as a technical partner and trusted adviser for internal stakeholders
• Participating in the activities of the CTO office and Competency Centers
• Driving the development of innovation and technology strategy at the company level
• Mentoring junior team members on the Associate Data Scientist track
• Driving proactive demand generation at the company level
• Leading and supervising competency development at the location level

• Completion of 6+ prod stage projects and 12+ PoC level projects across all data science domains
• Experience as a data science or machine learning architect in at least two main domains
• Ability to technically validate and lead the implementation of a data processing system, including data preparation, modeling, inference, monitoring, and feedback loop
• Ability to design data processing system architecture
• Proven ability to improve and evolve engineering practices
• Experience in conducting more than 150 technical interviews, with at least 50 conducted globally and at least 15 for senior level roles

Nice to have

• Public influence such as running an open-source project, high-recognized public profiles, participation in communities or foundations
• Expert knowledge in at least three business domains
• English proficiency of B2 or higher

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn