
Senior Data Scientist
Vibra
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Rio de Janeiro • Brazil
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Job Level
About the role
- Lead complex end-to-end projects with multiple stakeholders and high impact
- Define modeling strategy: features, approach, baseline, success criteria, offline/online testing (when applicable)
- Design robust data pipelines for training/inference in partnership with engineering (batch/near-real-time)
- Use Vertex AI for pipelines, training, endpoints, and monitoring (when applicable)
- Implement MLOps practices: data/model versioning, model registry, drift and performance monitoring
- Assess risks and governance: bias, stability, explainability, security and compliance (when applicable)
- Mentor scientists/analysts and raise technical standards (code reviews, experimentation standards, documentation)
- Connect models to products: decisions, automations and agents (e.g., scoring, prioritization, detection, recommendation, intelligent orchestration)
Requirements
- Advanced Python and strong applied ML/statistics expertise
- Advanced SQL and strong experience with BigQuery (large-volume and performance-focused)
- Solid experience with GCP and ML (preferably Vertex AI, pipelines/endpoints)
- Experience with MLOps and model production (observability/monitoring)
- Technical leadership and strategic communication skills
- Nice-to-haves: causal inference/experimentation, optimization, LLMOps/GenAI (when applicable), enterprise model governance
- End-to-end ML architecture (data → model → production → monitoring)
- Model governance (risk, bias, drift, explainability)
- Scalability and efficiency (cost/performance) in the cloud
- Model-to-impact connection (KPIs, ROI, continuous improvement)
Benefits
- Health and Dental Plan – Bradesco – extends to dependents
- PAE - Financial assistance for dependents (children and/or stepchildren) with intellectual disabilities
- Pharmacy partnership – discounts up to 85%
- Complementary pension – FlexPrev plan – contributions ranging from 1% to 11% depending on salary
- Life Insurance – coverage for all employees from the date of hire, without contribution
- Extended leave – Maternity leave (up to 180 days) and paternity leave (up to 20 days)
- Meal and/or Food Allowance – Caju Benefits
- Educational Assistance – for dependents up to high school
- TotalPass
- Solar Subscription – opportunity to receive a special discount on energy bills by subscribing to a distributed generation plan
- Corporate Smiles Club – up to 50% discounts on travel plans; also available to spouse and children 18+
- Length-of-service bonus – additional salary paid according to tenure, to be paid at vacation time
- Learning Platform – 'Vibra values' learning path and curated content with over 200 courses available on-demand
- Internal Recruitment – company-wide job postings across Brazil to encourage internal mobility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
PythonMachine LearningStatisticsSQLBigQueryGCPVertex AIMLOpsData PipelinesEnd-to-end ML Architecture
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipStrategic CommunicationMentoringCode ReviewsDocumentation