Head of Data Science
Core
Founding Head of Data Science building an AI-native data infrastructure platform from 0-1, defining strategy and shipping core AI capabilities.
Role type
Senior IC / Founding Leader (Head of Data Science)
Builds
AI-native data infrastructure platform (automation, discovery, governance, quality, decisioning)
Domain
B2B SaaS / Data Infrastructure / AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, SQL, Deep Learning (PyTorch/TensorFlow), MLOps/LLMOps, Statistics, Experimental Design, Feature Engineering, Model Selection
Preferred skills
Recommender Systems, NLP/LLMs/RAG/Agents, Knowledge Graphs, Time-series/Anomaly Detection, Large-scale Optimization, Vector Databases, Feature Stores, Orchestration
Technologies
Spark, dbt, Airflow/Dagster, Snowflake/BigQuery/Databricks, Pinecone/Weaviate/pgvector, MLflow, Weights & Biases
Responsibilities
Define data science vision, strategy, and roadmap for 0-1 platform; Hire, mentor, and scale high-caliber Data Science and ML Engineering teams; Design and deploy production-grade ML/GenAI systems native to the data layer; Co-architect underlying data platform with Data Engineering; Partner with Product and Engineering on build vs. buy and architecture decisions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC / Founding Leader