Senior Data Scientist / Consultant

AI brings huge potential, but many companies are still struggling to release the desired impact. We are a pragmatic and dynamic team to help “accelerating impact with Data Science” for our business clients. You as a talent are needed to rapidly grow our business which started up from three founders with proven track-records in AI consulting and scaled AI implementations.

For our powerful team, we are looking for a Swiss based Senior Data Scientist / Consultant to help realizing successful implementations for our German & French speaking customers.

Your mission

• Add real-world impact by transforming our clients’ data into business value
• Pragmatically design, implement and deploy AI solutions with “best in class” and/or open-source technology to solve pressing business problems
• Lead high-performing delivery teams in an agile way and take accountability for the delivery quality
• Communicate outcomes and collaborate with business and technical teams on solutions / and product development
• Form a trusted relationship with various stakeholders across our clients, teams and partners
• Mentor and coach other team members

What you can expect

• An adventure with great talents that want to change the future with AI
• An environment in which you can grow and share new ideas
• A flexible working model
• Further shape a fast moving start-up and help for fast growths

About Artifact

Artifact is dedicated to empower people with AI for the better. As a professional service provider, we do Data Science. Together, we are leveraging the best ideas to find pragmatic and sophisticated solutions with the best suited technology. We help our business clients to accelerate their journey with AI and deliver real impact. We have innovation in our minds, people in our hearts and agility in our veins.

Your profile:

• Master's degree or PhD in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science or a related STEM field
• 5+ years of successful experience in Data Science work
• Deep understanding and experience with advanced analytics, Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Computer Vision (at least 3 of these areas)
• Strong fluency in Python and in some more languages such as R, SQL or others
• Familiarity with analytics libraries, visualization tools and Big Data frameworks, e.g. NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hive, Spark
• Experience in architecting and bringing analytics solution into production and scale them afterwards, e.g. based on Azure, AWS and GCP with DevOps, MLOps and DataOps
• Experience in working both with technical teams and interacting with functional teams
• Successfully led data science work streams and coaching less experienced team members
• Excellent written and oral communication (English and German or French is a must) and interpersonal skills
• Experienced in working with virtual distributed teams
• Willingness to travel, go the extra mile and work with a consultant’s diligence
• Work permit in Switzerland
  

Additional preferred qualification:

• Proven track-record in consulting
• Deeper experience in several sectors such as pharma, consumer and financial industry
• Ready to move out of your comfort zone (it will happen, often)
• Open-minded and with a good sense of humor