Lead Data Scientist in San Francisco

Energy Jobline
San Francisco, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 190K

Job location

San Francisco, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Data analysis
Big Data
Data Manipulation Languages
Distributed Systems
Python
Machine Learning
SQL Databases
Data Processing
Large Language Models
Deep Learning
Data Analytics

Job description

You'll work with massive, real-world datasets to design, optimize, and evaluate AI-driven products used by healthcare professionals nationwide. This role sits close to product and leadership, with the opportunity to influence both technical direction and product strategy.

What You'll Do

  • Build, train, and optimize machine learning and AI models powering core product features
  • Work with large-scale datasets to generate insights and improve model performance
  • Partner with product, engineering, and analytics teams to define and execute data-driven initiatives
  • Design and implement experimentation frameworks to evaluate model and product performance
  • Translate complex technical outputs into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders
  • Contribute to the broader data and AI strategy, helping shape future product direction

Requirements

  • Strong foundation in statistics, including experimentation, probability, and exploratory analysis
  • 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or related roles working with large, complex datasets
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models in production
  • Experience with modern ML techniques, including deep learning and LLMs (e.g., fine-tuning, evaluation)
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL, with strong coding and data manipulation skills
  • Experience with scalable data processing (e.g., distributed systems, large-scale pipelines)
  • Ability to communicate technical insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong product mindset with a focus on driving measurable impact

Benefits & conditions

  • Work on AI products with real-world healthcare impact
  • Access to large-scale, proprietary datasets
  • Highly collaborative, product-driven environment
  • Opportunity to shape AI strategy at scale
  • Competitive compensation: $170K-$248K total comp (base + equity)

About the company

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide. We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

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