Senior Data Scientist (m/f/d)
Core
Develop and improve distributional forecasting models and inventory simulation frameworks for a grocery retail software company to optimize ordering policies and live order recommendations.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (probabilistic forecasting & inventory optimization)
Builds
Production ML models for demand forecasting, inventory simulation, and ordering policy frameworks
Domain
Grocery retail / Supply chain optimization / Probabilistic forecasting
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
probabilistic forecasting, stochastic inventory simulation, operations research, distributional forecasting methods, Python, SQL, ML model evaluation and monitoring, GCP, dbt, workflow orchestration, agentic AI coding tools
Preferred skills
supply chain optimization, demand planning, retail domain experience, startup or scale-up experience
Technologies
Python, SQL, GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Run, Vertex AI), dbt, Airflow, Cloud Composer, Git, containerisation, CI/CD, Claude Code, Cursor
Responsibilities
Develop and improve distributional forecasting models; deepen existing production models and monitor forecast quality metrics; identify methodological limits and shape future approaches; contribute to inventory simulation and ordering policy framework; shape technical direction and code quality; take responsibility for end-to-end pipeline quality; translate operational findings into product improvements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
