Data Scientist

PLACE

Data Scientist at PLACE, focusing on AI and machine learning solutions in a rapidly growing startup. Collaborating within a small team to enhance data science applications and production deployment.

Posted 7/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $135,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PyTorchScikit-LearnTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze data to support or disprove a thesis, letting evidence guide conclusions over confirmation bias
Select and implement the right tools for each problem, from gradient boosting models to transformer-based approaches
Build, train, test, and validate models — from algorithm selection through hyperparameter tuning and rigorous evaluation
Engineer models into production so they run reliably on real infrastructure, serving real customers
Document models, testing protocols, and decision rationale for the team
Monitor and improve models in production, knowing when to retrain, rebuild, or rethink as data and performance drift
Explore agentic and reasoning systems, helping the team separate what's genuinely useful from hype in semi-autonomous, planning AI
Other duties as assigned or apparent

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
3+ years of prior work-related experience, including 3–5+ years of hands-on AI experience (LLMs like GPT, Claude, Qwen, or similar; building and deploying ML/DL models in production)
Hands-on experience with PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, AutoGluon, CatBoost, and experiment tracking (MLflow, Weights & Biases)
Experience with model testing frameworks, evaluation, validation, and documentation
Familiarity with ML pipelines, feature engineering, and model serving patterns (batch, real-time, streaming)
Git and collaborative development practices; working familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Jupyter

Benefits

Comp & perks

PTO as needed
Comprehensive insurance coverage
401(k) match
Stock option grants
Stock purchase plan