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    Director, Data Science

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    Remote
    Director
    Full Time
    3 months ago
    💰$243,800
    remotedata sciencedirectormachine learningAIprivacymentorshipcross-functional collaboration

    Requirements

    • 10+ years of experience in data science or ML engineering
    • 4+ years leading teams with a track record of setting multi-team roadmaps
    • Experience driving organizational culture toward data-driven decision-making
    • Ability to translate technical tradeoffs and risks for executives and stakeholders
    • Experience coaching experienced data scientists and providing actionable feedback
    • Expert level deployment and iteration of ML and NLP solutions in production
    • Proficiency in production-grade Python or comparable high-level language
    • Advanced SQL and query optimization skills
    • Familiarity with columnar databases like BigQuery, Clickhouse, Redshift, or Druid
    • Strong LLM/AI experience including fine-tuning, LLM-as-judge evaluation, and AI-assisted development
    • Ability to design, implement, and analyze experiments using sparse or privacy-constrained data

    What You'll Do

    • Drive product and business impact by developing data scientists, setting clear expectations, providing mentorship, and removing blockers
    • Guide and advise multiple data science projects to ensure timely delivery and maximum impact
    • Collaborate cross-functionally to validate direction through data and build trust in organizational tactics and strategy
    • Drive improvement of the data pipeline
    • Develop strategies to surface actionable insights within privacy constraints
    • Shape the all-in-one privacy solution and contribute to the company mission

    Nice to Have

    • Experience at a consumer-facing tech company where data or analytics is core to the product strategy

    Benefits

    • $243,800 USD annual salary
    • Stock options
    • Paid parental leave
    • Office setup allowance
    • Co-working allowances
    • Company-sponsored health benefits for US-based team members

    About DuckDuckGo

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    Paoli, PA, US
    250 - 500
    Internet & Software